Site suitability analysis for locating petroleum stations using analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and MCDA approach: a case of Wolayita Sodo town, Ethiopia, Africa
Department of Surveying Engineering, Wollega University, Nekemte, Oromia, Ethiopia, Africa.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 18(02), 796–806
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.18.2.0880
Publication history:
Received on 06 April 2023; revised on 12 May 2023; accepted on 15 May 2023
Abstract:
This study allows the local people as well as planners for the appropriate plans of land use planning in sustainable petroleum station of Wolayita Sodo town, Ethiopia, East Africa. The problem of haphazard location of petrol stations is one of the major difficulties at Wolayita Sodo towns. Due to less scientifically accepted sites and lack of attention to planning standards that has experienced the planning methods are expressed in poor sitting. The main objective of this study is to identify appropriate for locating petroleum stations and assessing existing stations by using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) & Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) techniques. This study demonstrates the use of an integrated Idris 17.1 and Arc GIS 10.3.1 are used for to designate petroleum station site in the study area. MCDA consists of a series of techniques that permit a range of criteria relating to a particular issue to be scored, weighted and then ranked by their degree of suitability or importance for locating a particular facility or service to locate the suitable petroleum station site. The thematic maps of these criteria were prepared and standardized using pair wise comparison matrix. A weight for each criterion was given by comparing them with each other according to their importance, the consistence of comparing matrix were checked by calculating the consistence ratio (CR). The consistency ratio of this study indicated that 0.04 which is less than 0.1. Thus, consistent matrix was formed which was acceptable in order to combine all the mapping layers.
Keywords:
Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP); MCDA; Petroleum stations; Site selection; Suitability analysis
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