Locating Rescue and Settlement Centers in Sabzevar from the Perspective of Crisis Management by Using TOPSIS and AHP-GIS. 2.

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1 Journal of Geography and Urban Space Development Vol.3, No.2 ( ) - S.N.5 27 Locating Rescue and Settlement Centers in Sabzevar from the Perspective of Crisis Management by Using TOPSIS and AHP-GIS Mohammad Reza Akhavan Abdollahian PhD Candidate in Geography and Urban Planning, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran Masood Taghvaei 1 Professor of Geography and Urban Planning, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran Hamid Reza Varesi Professor of Geography and Urban Planning,University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran Received: 6 March 2016 Accepted: 21 December 2016 Extended Abstract 1. Introduction One of the important issues in crisis management is providing settlement and help to the injured. In fact, the location of rescue and help centers should be designed in such a way that after the incident, there is the best chance of giving response to victims. In this regard, one of the important tasks of urban planners is to identify suitable locations for evacuation and settlement centers after an accident. Sabzevarn as an important city over the past few decades and located in Khorasan Razavi province has witnessed a rapid development. According to its placement near the borders of East, it has different potentials and needs a Crisis Management Study. Therefore, the present study, in the first stage, intends to identify efficient measures to locate rescue and evacuation centers and to prioritize these indicators according to the conditions of Sabzevar. Then in the next stage, the research locates these centers in the city of Sabzevar. According to the conceptual framework, it can be concluded that the issue of location of rescue and settelment centers is in connection with the discussion of passive defense. This is also in line with actions before the event and at the municipal level (local) of crisis management. 2. Method In terms of objectives, the study is applied, and according to the nature, it is analyticaldescriptive (case study). Data were collect from library resources as well as a series of reports, documents and statistics. In the literature review, domestic and international sources have been used. Furthermore, in the prioritization of criteria in Sabzevar, case study method is used. The aim of this study is to identify appropriate and efficient indicators to locate evacuation and help centers. The study also seeks to prioritize the conditions and criteria with regard to the existing conditions in Sabzevar. Thus, first, the main domestic and international literature review have been searched for concepts related to passive defense. Then appropriate indicators have been identified for the location of evacuation and rescue centers. The next step is to review the documents and maps of Sabzevar to prioritize criteria in order of importance. 3. Results and discussion After knowing the location of evacuation and rescue centers, it is necessary to prioritize these criteria and to arrange them in order of importance according to the research goal. The study revealed criteria and their priorities for the location of evacuation and rescue centers in Sabzevar by TOPSIS model. For this purpose, three 1. Corresponding author. m.taghvaei@geo.ui.ac.ir

2 Journal of Geography and Urban Space Development Vol.3, No.2 ( ) - S.N.5 28 variables including time of victims' arrival in evacuation centers, rescue services by officials and the decrease of vulnerability. Finally, after the calculation with TOPSIS model, it became clear that the criterion of proximity to residential areas has the highest priority in positioning of rescue centers in the city of Sabzevar. On the one hand, due to relatively high population density in the central urban regions of Sabzevar and increase the vulnerability of these areas in the event of an accident, and on the other hand because of the importance arrival time of residents and victims in the centers, this criterion is the most important in Sabzevar. Being close to the road network in the city of Sabzevar had the second priority. In addition, criteria for proximity to the fire station, proximity to medical centers and distance from dangerous urban facilities had respectively the third and fourth priorities. Then, the positioning of rescue centers in Sabzevar was performed using analytic hierarchy process. In this study, the positioning of rescue centers was done according to previous prioritized criteria and using AHP-GIS techniques. The results showed to find the location of rescue centers was in Sabzevar, according to the criteria of having access roads, the best location is in the proximity of grade-1 roads. Also according to the criteria for residential use and treatment, the best location is around the area, in which residential areas and health centers are adjacent. According to the criteria of distance from dangerous urban utility centers, the location of centers in the proximity of these dangerous infrastructures is not appropriate. Finally, all the mentioned criteria and sub criteria are analyzed uniformly and locations that were individually determined in each criterion were combined. 4. Conclusion The results of this study showed that criteria including proximity to residential areas, closeness to health centers and fire stations, access to roads and distance from dangerous urban utility centers have the most important roles in positioning of settlement and rescue centers. Then for positioning the rescue centers by AHP-GIS method, these criteria were displayed in form of locations, and finally it was determined that the best location for establishment of rescue centers is north, northwest, south and west of Sabzevar, which respectively include Taleghani St, Dr. Shariati Sq, Imam Reza St and Imam Khomeini St. Keywords: Prioritization, TOPSIS model, Analytic hierarchy process, Rescue and settlement centers in Sabzevar, Positioning, Crisis management References (in Persian) 1. Aminai, M., & Modiri, M. (2013). Designing and planning urban parks for the aim of dministrating the settlement and assistance (From the perspective of defense passive). Journal of Passive Defense in Iran, 1(1), Ashrafi, M., & Iranmanesh, F. (2006, February). Locating sites for contemporary settlement for affected people from earthquakes using geographic information system (A case study of region 2 of Tehran. Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on Integrated Natural Disaster Management, Tehran, Iran. 3. Azimi Hosseini, M., Nazarifar, M., & Momeni, R. (2010). The application of GIS in locating sites. Tehran, Iran: Mehregan Ghalam. 4. Building and Housing Research Center. (2009). The draft of the 21st debate on national regulations for building (Passive defense) (6th ed.). Tehran, Iran: Building and Housing Research Center Press. 5. Creswell, J. (2012). Qualitative research and research design (2nd ed., H. Danaifar & H. Kazemi, Trans.). Tehran, Iran: Safar.

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