Abstract
Resettlement site selection is a systematic project constrained by multiple geographic, social, and economic factors, and site selection in karst mountainous areas is even more complicated. The key step in resettlement site selection is to reduce the uncertainty and inaccuracy of evaluation models. This study constructed an evaluation index system of a model for resettlement site selection in karst mountainous areas from multiple aspects, including karst rocky desertification environment, degree of geological hazard development, resource and environmental carrying capacity, transportation and economic development potential, as well as relocation cost. A hierarchical model was applied to classify the indices, determine the weighted optimal solution of the eigenvectors in matrices, and evaluate the suitability. A new algorithm for model parameter inference was developed based on four objectives, including achieving suitable ecoenvironment capacity, ensuring production and development, controlling relocation cost, and meeting the comprehensive requirements. The objective functions and constraints of the model with four objectives were also established. To address this problem, the multiobjective particle swarm algorithm was applied, and a novel concept of “noninferior solution set” was proposed. The objective functions and constraint conditions of the algorithm were optimized and improved from four aspects: parameter setting, representativeness of particles, noninferior solution set storage, and selection of global noninferior solution set. Guanling County, an area in Guizhou Province with a typical development of karst rocky desertification, was selected as the study site. The latest data for land use mapping were adopted as the smallest evaluation unit, and the improved multiobjective particle swarm algorithm was employed in evaluating the resettlement site selection within this area. The improved algorithm was applicable to a wide range of multiobjective optimization problems.
Highlights
Settlement site selection in karst mountainous areas is a complex systematic project that faces many challenges, and it is a multiconstraint, multiobjective optimization problem [1], which is highly non-trivial due to the geological background of extensive karst development
To handle the above issues, this study aims to develop a comprehensive evaluation model for resettlement site selection in karst areas using multiobjective particle swarm optimization
The main contributions of this study mainly include the following three aspects: (i) The influencing factors of resettlement site selection in karst areas were systematically analyzed, and the corresponding evaluation index system was established to provide support for scientific evaluation; (ii) An improved multi-objective swarm intelligence algorithm was proposed to handle the site selection problem of reservoir resettlement; (iii) Taking Guanling County, Guizhou Province, a typical karst landform area, as an example, engineering practice was carried out according to the proposed method, and a variety of algorithms were compared to test the research results, which can provide a reference model for the application of more projects in the future
Summary
Settlement site selection in karst mountainous areas is a complex systematic project that faces many challenges, and it is a multiconstraint, multiobjective optimization problem [1], which is highly non-trivial due to the geological background of extensive karst development. Various aspects need to be considered to construct an evaluation index system for resettlement sites selection, such as rocky desertification environment, development degree of geological hazards, carrying capacity of resources and the environment, transportation and economic development potential, and cost of relocation in the karst mountainous areas [11]. The main contributions of this study mainly include the following three aspects: (i) The influencing factors of resettlement site selection in karst areas were systematically analyzed, and the corresponding evaluation index system was established to provide support for scientific evaluation; (ii) An improved multi-objective swarm intelligence algorithm was proposed to handle the site selection problem of reservoir resettlement; (iii) Taking Guanling County, Guizhou Province, a typical karst landform area, as an example, engineering practice was carried out according to the proposed method, and a variety of. Algorithms were compared to test the research results, which can provide a reference model for the application of more projects in the future
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