GIS Techniques for Suitable Locations for Urban Green Space in District 2 of Tabriz, City, Iran

Abstract

GIS technique also used to determine whether the land resource is suitable for some specific uses and to determine the suitability level. The case study area occupies an area of about 3148 hectares in Tabriz city. This paper uses GIS and tools in assessing the suitability of local parks of the city of Tabriz in East Azerbaijan in Iran. The first objective of this paper is a study of neighboring, compatibility, accessibility and other physical factors effective in the suitability of local parks of the study area; the second objective is evaluating the spaces suitable for parks distribution in the study area and the third is a study of social factors that effective in the suitability of local parks. The result suggests that 36.4% of local parks of study area are completely compatible with adjacent land uses, also study of suitability of local parks suggest that 46.6% of these parks are in high suitability status, 27.3% are in moderate and 9.1% are in low suitability situation.