Open AccessEvaluation of Sustainable Site Selection Using Analytical Hierarchy Process for Hospitals: Karbala City as A Case Study
Author(s) -
Hussein Ali Mohammed,
Mohammed Neamah Ahmed,
Aymen J. Alsaad
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2227-524X
DOI - 10.14419/ijet.v7i4.20.26132
Subject(s) - site selection , analytic hierarchy process , sustainability , selection (genetic algorithm) , hierarchy , service (business) , government (linguistics) , environmental resource management , process (computing) , environmental planning , computer science , operations research , business , geography , engineering , environmental science , ecology , economics , linguistics , philosophy , marketing , artificial intelligence , political science , law , market economy , biology , operating system
Site selection for a hospital location is one of the pivotal strategy- related decisions taken by the government. The selection of a suitable site for a hospital requires consideration of multiple alternative solutions and assessment factors. The present study aims at determine the optimum site out of three alternative sites to build a new hospital in Kerbala city. The main sustainability factors are; urban factors (including size, accessibility, restrictions, availability), environmental factors (including geomorphology, hydrology, vegetation, climate, other environmental factors) and economic factors (including service and utilities, cost) factors. The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) as a multi criteria decision support system was adopted to find the weights of each factor and reach to select the most suitable site from three alternative sites. The results showed the site number (2) was the most sustainable site to construct the hospital project, where the alternative site records a biggest normal index of 0.419.