Optimized site selection for a health themed recreational city

Nadim, Zahra; Gandomkar, Amir; Roberts, Chris

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Optimized site selection for a health themed recreational city

dc.contributor.author	Nadim, Zahra
dc.contributor.author	Gandomkar, Amir
dc.contributor.author	Roberts, Chris
dc.contributor.department	Islamic Azad University Najafabad Branch
dc.contributor.department	Islamic Azad University Najafabad Branch
dc.contributor.department	DePaul University
dc.date	2024-03-13T19:56:39.000
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-26T19:55:42Z
dc.date.available	2017-05-08T00:00:00Z
dc.description.abstract	Industrial cities have many issues including people working long hours, environmental pollution, the aging of the population, and consumers demanding to have leisure, recreation and outdoor recreation opportunities. Constructing a place for healthy outdoor recreation can address some of those needs. The primary objective of this study is to test this concept by identifying and prioritizing the potential health recreational sites using Geographic Information System (GIS) and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in Isfahan City, Iran. This study identifies the following factors as indicators of suitability within a health recreational city: land prices, road system, capitation, distance from industrial areas, the Air Quality Index, distance from a river, recreational sites, access to public transport stations, and distance to medical care. These factors were selected based on the professional expert’s opinions developed through the Delphi method. AHP was effectively used in this study to calculate the details of the factors and class weights. GIS (v10.2), which plays a crucial role in urban planning, was employed. The methodology proposed was useful in identifying health recreational sites by linking the criteria deemed important with the actual resources of the province.
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.7275/kqs0-7s13
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/39408
dc.relation.url	https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1019&context=palat&unstamped=1
dc.source.status	published
dc.subject	Tourism
dc.subject	site selection
dc.subject	recreational city
dc.subject	health tourism
dc.subject	AHP
dc.subject	GIS
dc.subject	Isfahan city
dc.title	Optimized site selection for a health themed recreational city
dc.title.alternative	Optimized site selection for a health themed recreational city
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digcom.contributor.author	isAuthorOfPublication\|email:crober31@depaul.edu\|institution:DePaul University\|Roberts, Chris
digcom.date.embargo	2017-05-08T00:00:00-07:00
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