Industrial Activity Land Suitability Assessment Using Delphi and AHP to Control Land Consumption¨: The Case Study of Bordj Bouarreridj, Algeria

Studies and research on land suitability for the localization of economic industrial activities in cities are attracting academics local policies concerned with urban planning organization order to make areas more accommodating. The current paper aims demonstrate ability visualization simulation techniques assist planners preserving real estate by combining Delphi method one multi-criteria hierarchical analysis decision-making techniques. city Bordj Bouarreridj Algeria was chosen as case study and, participation experts, a set criteria were adopted determine suitability. Three selected first phase use method. In second phase, we applied Analytical Hierarchy Process (AH, During third stage, obtained results translated into GIS program derive spatial map. following among most important achieved results: 13.38% (521.793 km2) area regarded be high suitability, 67.54% (2,634.758 km2), moderate 12.94% (504,794 attained low 6.14% (239,685 found not suitable at all.