Site suitability analysis for urban development using GIS base multicriteria evaluation technique in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Abstract

During the planning of urban area economic and social factor are consider planning. Future growth of economic is depend on infra-structure development and utility. Finding appropriate site for development in hilly area facing the problem and difficulty for planning and implementation. Appropriate site analysis is providing sure skeleton for conducting various development, particularly in the rising and falling ground associated with the hills with helping of geographic information system and multicriteria evaluation technique to find appropriate site for development in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. In this process of site selection some thematic maps layers are prepared using ArcGIS software. Site selection Standards use for analysis such as slope, land use /land cover map, road proximity, digital elevation, flood map and rainfall map. Category weight is given according to importance and maps were convert into raster. Weights overlay in give all importance to each category then process to preparation suitable site selection map for development. Using all maps prepare suitable site selection map is created. It is essential for designing spatial analysis map for taking any decision relating to development in which remote sensing facilitate important role. This study is useful for planner, public and other agency for planning project and implementations in area.