Mce & Fuzzy Modelling of Environmental Suitability for Urban Development of the Kalamata municip
During the last years it has become a common knowledge that urban development is a complicated dynamic process, which involves various physical, social and economical factors. However, this process can be controlled during the design stage of new urban areas so that human activities and environment will coexist in a friendly way. In order to achieve this goal the urban planners need to know which factors should affect the urban growth and how these factors are spatially correlating each other.
This paper applies a Multi-Criteria analysis method on a Geographical Information System (GIS) basis in order to determine which areas are most suitable for urban growth based on environmental, geological and land-use criteria. This work was performed during the Urban Planning Study of the Municipality of Kalamata, located in SW Greece.
