Mapping Residential Land Suitability Using a WEB-GIS-Based Multi-Criteria Spatial Analysis Approach: Integration of AHP and WPM Methods

Abstract

Along with the rise in population and the acceleration of economic expansion, there has been a concomitant rise in the urgent requirement for additional property that can serve as a venue for a wide variety of community activities. It is not uncommon for large cities that are the epicenter of urbanization, such as the city of Surabaya, to experience a sharp uptick in the demand for land. One of the regions that has excellent accessibility is the Sidoarjo Regency, which is comparable to the City of Surabaya in this regard. The goal of this research is to use Web-GIS to conduct an analysis of spatial data in order to identify the land functions that are most suitable for use in residential areas. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the Weighted Product Model (WPM) are two of the methodologies that are included in the spatial data modeling method that uses multi-criteria decision making (MCDM). The characteristics parameters that are employed are derived from data such as the distance to the city center, the distance to the market, the distance to the hospital, the distance to public transit, the slope, the kind of soil, and the amount of rainfall. The outcomes of spatial data modeling categorize the suitability of new residential land into categories of land that is not suitable for residential use and land that is acceptable for residential use. A K value of 0.27 is the outcome of the comparison test that was run between the two MCDM approaches using Cohen's Kappa coefficients.