International Journal of Geographical Information Systems · 1994 · 111 citations · 12 references
PlanningGeoinformaticsLand-use PlanningGeographic Information SystemsLand Use PlanningSpatial AnalysisAgricultural Land ManagementFuzzy Multi-criteria Decision MakingLand Resource AssessmentLand Suitability AnalysisLand UseMulti-criteria Decision AnalysisGeographic Information System-based Land AssessmentGeographic Information System-based Suitability AnalysisLand Evaluation CriteriaLand Suitability MappingLand Use Suitability AnalysisMembership FunctionsMulti-criteria Land EvaluationSpatial Land Evaluation
Abstract In Mediterranean regions there is little experience in using GIS as an aid to land evaluation. This paper reports a project in Greece which investigated the usefulness of such technology, Particular emphasis was also given to comparing the results of land evaluation using Boolean and fuzzy set methodologies. The need was to produce the results as quickly and efficiently as possible to aid agricultural planning. By using a GIS, a series of single factor and land evaluation maps was produced for a range of crops; a land suitability map for receipt of sewage was also derived. A comparison of results from using Boolean and fuzzy set methodologies highlighted the advantages of the latter, although critical decisions are required on choice of membership functions and weights which have a major effect on the results.
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A framework for land evaluation
Rogier van den Brink, Anthony Young · Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling · 1977 · 1.3K citations · Full text
Fuzzy mathematical methods for soil survey and land evaluation
P.A. Burrough · Journal of Soil Science · 1989 · 502 citations