Developing a Master Urban Plan for the west Bitter Lakes Region, Ismailia, Egypt, using geology considerations and the analytic hierarchy process (AHP)
Abd El-Monsef, H., Shendi, E., Mohamed, E., Smith, S., Hany, S. (2022). Developing a Master Urban Plan for the west Bitter Lakes Region, Ismailia, Egypt, using geology considerations and the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). EKB Journal Management System, 25(1), 1-10. doi: 10.21608/cat.2022.248281
Hesham M Abd El-Monsef; El-Arabi H. Shendi; Ebtehal F. Mohamed; Scot E. Smith; Sarah M Hany. "Developing a Master Urban Plan for the west Bitter Lakes Region, Ismailia, Egypt, using geology considerations and the analytic hierarchy process (AHP)". EKB Journal Management System, 25, 1, 2022, 1-10. doi: 10.21608/cat.2022.248281
Abd El-Monsef, H., Shendi, E., Mohamed, E., Smith, S., Hany, S. (2022). 'Developing a Master Urban Plan for the west Bitter Lakes Region, Ismailia, Egypt, using geology considerations and the analytic hierarchy process (AHP)', EKB Journal Management System, 25(1), pp. 1-10. doi: 10.21608/cat.2022.248281
Abd El-Monsef, H., Shendi, E., Mohamed, E., Smith, S., Hany, S. Developing a Master Urban Plan for the west Bitter Lakes Region, Ismailia, Egypt, using geology considerations and the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). EKB Journal Management System, 2022; 25(1): 1-10. doi: 10.21608/cat.2022.248281

Developing a Master Urban Plan for the west Bitter Lakes Region, Ismailia, Egypt, using geology considerations and the analytic hierarchy process (AHP)

Catrina: The International Journal of Environmental Sciences
Volume 25, Issue 1 - Serial Number 25, July 2022, Page 1-10  XML PDF (1.94 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/cat.2022.248281
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Authors
Hesham M Abd El-Monsef1; El-Arabi H. Shendi1; Ebtehal F. Mohamed1; Scot E. Smith* 2; Sarah M Hany email orcid 1
1Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
2Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, School of Forest, Fisheries, Geomatics Sciences, University of Florida, USA
Abstract
The goal of this study was to identify potential sites in the Bitter Lakes region for urban and agricultural development. Residential, institutional, commercial, and industrial lands are the four categories of urban land. Agrarian, parks, and green zones are examples of cultivated lands. Economic, social, and environmental factors are the key dimensions of Egypt's 2030 Sustainable Development Strategy. Economic development is the most significant and highest priority dimension, which comprises developing agricultural areas, supporting agro-industry (national industry), and constructing new urban settlements in order to accomplish integrated development. The suitable lands for future development were selected according to geomorphological, hydrological, environmental, social, and geological parameters. These parameters were used to create geospatial database for the study area. To avoid any future problems might be resulting from mis-planning, accurate and modern land use planning principles, field work, laboratory tests and analyses, remote sensing, and GIS techniques were integrated. To get the final highly suitable lands for development; analytical hierarchy process (AHP) steps were applied. AHP used to identify the best suitable lands from a set of alternatives with respect to several criteria and their weights. Finally, the research area was separated into three major zones to design the urban master plan: core urban zone, outer urban zone, and outskirts zone.
Keywords
Master urban plan; AHP; GIS
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