AN INTEGRATED APPROACH OF AHP AND GIS APPLICATIONS TO ANALYZE AND DEVELOP RECREATIONAL ZONING : A study to determine suitability and priority zones in the Aso national park

Abstract

Zoning pQlicy has been widely used tbr p 【 anning and decision makings in land use ibr more than a decade ． Most of the existed zonlng plans are incQmpetent due to lhe outdated oonditions ． In other situations ． the MCDM and GIS t hniques have been applied for land ． evaiuations ． One means oll enhancing the zoning efficiency is by applying a similar approach