New Approach to Selecting Civil Defense Centers in Al-Riyadh City (KSA) Based on Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis and GIS
Maintaining and enhancing the quality of civil defense services are of importance to citizens’ life in any city. During the past few decades, the expansion of settlements in Al-Riyadh City has led to a shortage in the distribution of the civil defense centers (CDCs) there. The main aim of this study...
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| author | Bashar Bashir Abdullah Alsalman Arsalan Ahmed Othman Ahmed K. Obaid Hussein Bashir |
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| description | Maintaining and enhancing the quality of civil defense services are of importance to citizens’ life in any city. During the past few decades, the expansion of settlements in Al-Riyadh City has led to a shortage in the distribution of the civil defense centers (CDCs) there. The main aim of this study is to implement the Weighted Sum Method (WSM) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to evaluate the distribution of the CDCs in Al-Riyadh City. Eight criteria (i.e., distance from the existing civil defense center, accident density, population density, distance from the road, distance from commercial centers, distance from educational services, distance from industrial areas, and distance from residential areas) were used. The areas under the curve (AUC) of the Prediction Rate Curve (PRC) show that almost all of the AHP models are better than the WSM model. We suggest establishing five CDCs in Al-Riyadh City in areas that are lacking CDCs and characterized by a high population density and consequently a high rate of accidents. We recommend highly long-term planning for establishing new CDCs in cities where there is rapid areal expansion (e.g., Al-Riyadh City). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-12c0ecdf01f142ecb2396f7d7209b4182023-11-23T00:00:07ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2021-10-011011110810.3390/land10111108New Approach to Selecting Civil Defense Centers in Al-Riyadh City (KSA) Based on Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis and GISBashar Bashir0Abdullah Alsalman1Arsalan Ahmed Othman2Ahmed K. Obaid3Hussein Bashir4Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi ArabiaIraq Geological Survey, Al-Andalus Square, Baghdad 10068, IraqDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, UKDepartment of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Munich, 80333 Munich, GermanyMaintaining and enhancing the quality of civil defense services are of importance to citizens’ life in any city. During the past few decades, the expansion of settlements in Al-Riyadh City has led to a shortage in the distribution of the civil defense centers (CDCs) there. The main aim of this study is to implement the Weighted Sum Method (WSM) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to evaluate the distribution of the CDCs in Al-Riyadh City. Eight criteria (i.e., distance from the existing civil defense center, accident density, population density, distance from the road, distance from commercial centers, distance from educational services, distance from industrial areas, and distance from residential areas) were used. The areas under the curve (AUC) of the Prediction Rate Curve (PRC) show that almost all of the AHP models are better than the WSM model. We suggest establishing five CDCs in Al-Riyadh City in areas that are lacking CDCs and characterized by a high population density and consequently a high rate of accidents. We recommend highly long-term planning for establishing new CDCs in cities where there is rapid areal expansion (e.g., Al-Riyadh City).https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/11/1108GISAHPmulti criteria decision makingMCDMcivil defense centersLAND use |
| spellingShingle | Bashar Bashir Abdullah Alsalman Arsalan Ahmed Othman Ahmed K. Obaid Hussein Bashir New Approach to Selecting Civil Defense Centers in Al-Riyadh City (KSA) Based on Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis and GIS Land GIS AHP multi criteria decision making MCDM civil defense centers LAND use |
| title | New Approach to Selecting Civil Defense Centers in Al-Riyadh City (KSA) Based on Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis and GIS |
| title_full | New Approach to Selecting Civil Defense Centers in Al-Riyadh City (KSA) Based on Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis and GIS |
| title_fullStr | New Approach to Selecting Civil Defense Centers in Al-Riyadh City (KSA) Based on Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis and GIS |
| title_full_unstemmed | New Approach to Selecting Civil Defense Centers in Al-Riyadh City (KSA) Based on Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis and GIS |
| title_short | New Approach to Selecting Civil Defense Centers in Al-Riyadh City (KSA) Based on Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis and GIS |
| title_sort | new approach to selecting civil defense centers in al riyadh city ksa based on multi criteria decision analysis and gis |
| topic | GIS AHP multi criteria decision making MCDM civil defense centers LAND use |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/11/1108 |
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