Providing the optimal method for sport places site selection based on GIS analytic functions
Journal of Facilities Management
ISSN: 1472-5967
Article publication date: 4 February 2021
Issue publication date: 22 June 2021
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to provide a novel method for sport places site selection, although instead of using decision-making methods, the focus is on analytic functions in geographic information systems (GIS).
Design/methodology/approach
Researchers today have combined site selection science to a large extent with GIS and different decision-making methods to provide methods with higher confidence coefficients, however, it seems that there is a long way left to the best result.
Findings
After making a study database including data related to uses and urban elements, sports places, population density in study territory and drawing map of the region, by exporting data to GIS environment this database was prepared to use as separate layers. In the next step, the final map was made by shared overlapping of layer resulted from combining determining factors in sport places site selection and a layer of the sphere of influence of sport places available.
Originality/value
As with other research studies done for site selection, the region determined as high value in the final map was wide, a method of minimizing the difference of maximum and minimum standard deviation of polygons was used to minimize these lands. This method made it possible to plan to construct multiple sport places in succession.
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Citation
Salimi, M. and Khodaparst, M. (2021), "Providing the optimal method for sport places site selection based on GIS analytic functions", Journal of Facilities Management, Vol. 19 No. 3, pp. 339-357. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFM-10-2020-0072
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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