Published in Scientific Papers. Series E. Land Reclamation, Earth Observation & Surveying, Environmental Engineering, Vol. IX
Written by Vera STEFANOVA, Zhulieta ARNAUDOVA, Boyan STALEV
Nowadays making decisions quickly and selecting the best alternative are very important for location of agricultural crops to gain competitive advantage in a complex environment. In this research, multi-criteria decision analysis with pair wise comparison weighting method was utilized to determine the suitable locations for vineyard plantation in Karlovo region, Bulgaria. Soil maps, meteorological measurements, slope, aspect, elevation maps were used as input to conduct spatial analysis. AHP method is compared with previous investigation and the pair wise comparison research is identified as a better one for the spatial analysis by GIS. In this study GIS multi-criteria evaluation for zoning and exploration sites presents the potential vineyard location in the research area.
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