Document Type : Research Paper
Author
Civil Engineering Department, University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq.
Abstract
In recent times, many cities have clustered new sports infrastructures in concentrated areas to create a sports city. Al Hillah City as one of the biggest cities in the center of Iraq, because of many components' countryside relocation and natural expansion of population, and other has been distinguished; extreme population expansion and lastly evolution in need of planning in some inner-city areas and places. Consequently, designated areas in terms of premier spatial allocation and appropriate location for users of general services; sports services that are rapid, on time, and at ease access to them are essential that are not considered. A small- scale recognition has spent on critical aspects of sports utilization for land measure and appropriately locating. This issue has been minimized the premier performance of these spaces and creates problems for the city and its citizens. The premier performance of these spaces has been minimized because of the above-mentioned issue, which creates difficulties for the city and its residents. This research conducted based on the integration between Fuzzy logic algorithm and GIS techniques, spatial analysis tools in ArcGIS software were utilized to implement this method. The results showed that the most suitable areas include three areas that are located on the north-west and the south of the study area. On the other hand, the largest area located on the north-west location respect to Al-Hillah city, the center of Babylon Province, which is considered the proposed area to construct sports city. This study will be useful for decision-makers and stockholders by reducing cost, time, and efforts through decreasing field works.
Highlights
- A fuzzy logic algorithm and spatial analysis methods are presented to propose suitable locations for a sports city in Iraq.
- GIS overlay analysis has been applied based on the fuzzy logic algorithm and data input extracted from the spatial analysis process.
- The proposed methodology has combined an intelligence multi-criteria analysis and GIS modelling to support the process of decision making.
GIS
Fuzzy logic
Suitability analysis
Sports-city