Locating industrial areas by combining physical and dynamic land criteria

By preparing and implementing land exploitation and productivity plans before the emergence of land planning science in the world, humans have tried to optimally use land resources (water and land) for major human uses. Such plans often fail due to the lack of involvement of the land's natural talents in the exploitation process, and as a result, environmental damage has been caused to humans following the implementation of such plans. Evaluating the ecological potential of land as one of the tools for moving towards sustainable development has sought to measure the availability and latent potential of the land with specific and pre-planned criteria and standards. Approaches to spatial planning are changing as societies become more complex. The purpose of this research is to locate industrial areas in Mobarakeh County with attention to air pollution criteria. To do this, considering the PM10 and NOx distribution map obtained from the AERMOD software, standardization and determination of the weight of the ecological, physical, and socio-economic criteria and sub-criteria of industrial use were carried out using the AHP model, and the suitability of evaluating the power of the region was obtained using the WLC method. Finally, the best spots for industrial use were identified using the TOPSIS method. The results of this research included prioritizing industrial options with attention to air pollution, which identified 4 options, the weight of the first option was 0.24, the second option was 0.19, the third option was 0.43, and the fourth option was 0.14, and as a result, the best spot for industrial use development was determined. The above shows that to achieve sustainable and appropriate development, it is better to use dynamic physical factors such as air pollution along with the use of ecological, socio-economic, and sustainable physical criteria in a region to obtain more acceptable results with minimal damage to the environment.