GIS-based Industrial Land Suitability Analysis for locating Industrial Parks in Raipur and Nava Raipur

Abstract

This paper offers an integrated approach towards the preparation of a mechanism for allocation of land for the industrial parks assessing the land potential for different uses to regulate and manage the use of land and improve the surrounding environment. An Industrial land Suitability Analysis has been carried out to allocate suitable land parcels for industrial development. An Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) with the integration of Geographic Information System based Multi-criterion decision-making (MCDM) was adopted for weighing the parameters. With the pairwise comparison matrix, the establishment of the weights was carried out and based on obtained weights, overlaying was carried out in the GIS interface to generate outputs for the most suitable and least suitable areas for industrial land use with a synthesized suitability map. The final results showed that the prominent locations for future industrial development came mostly near roads and railway routes. Since the utilization of vacant and wastelands with preservation of agricultural fields were prime concerns while deciding on the ranking of the criteria, the suitability results showed lesser agricultural areas than in other areas.