Determining The Paths of Urban Expansion for The City of Kirkuk Using The Hierarchical Analysis – Multi - Criteria Decision - Making Method

The research aims to choose the paths of urban expansion byadopting a correct scientific approach that enhances themethodology of spatial analysis of the most appropriate sitesby studying indicators that affect the city, and since thehierarchical analysis method is a scientific method, i.e. the twowaycomparison process, the comparison of couples is the onewho reaches the relative weights of factors or Indicators andevaluation. Therefore, spatial decision-making usuallyincludes many criteria that reflect the opinions and decisionsof decision-makers, experts, interested parties andstakeholders to determine the paths of urban expansion, andbecause of these multiple opinions and decisions, all thesematters must be resolved through the adoption of a strategy ofdirect integration into the environment of information systemsprograms. The geographical representation of the results of thehierarchical analysis, which was based on the weights of allfactors, i.e. the main and sub-indicators obtained from theExpert Choice program, which worked on the integration andintegration of multi-criteria capabilities by creating anintegrated integrated unit, which proved to provide andprovide practical and scientific solutions to decision makers inthe least possible time and cost. Effort as well as its ability andcompetence to provide technical support to planning decisionmakers. Through what we mentioned in the study of assessingthe spatial suitability of urban expansion, we obtained theresults of the most appropriate, most and least appropriate forthe areas of determining the paths of urban expansion in thecity of Kirkuk.