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Information and communication technology, which has been incorporated and provided in the Geographic Information System (GIS), is valuable and effective geospatial information for the decision makers in improving their decisions in planning and development. The integration of this GIS using the multicriteria decision analysis approach provides an environment to the decision makers in citing areas using land suitability analysis procedures. This review paper particularly examines the GIS-based analytic hierarchy process as a multicriteria analysis/evaluation technique in land suitability analysis by means of literature reviews and surveys.
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Chandio, I.A., Matori, A.N.B., WanYusof, K.B. et al. GIS-based analytic hierarchy process as a multicriteria decision analysis instrument: a review. Arab J Geosci 6, 3059–3066 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-012-0568-8
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