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Zoning and spatial vulnerability assessment with emphasis on infrastructure using GIS (case study: Kurdistan Province, Iran)

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The vulnerability of any country’s infrastructure to natural and anthropogenic factors serves as one of the most important issues, which in turn may cause irreparable damage. The present practical and developmental study aims to shed light on the spatial vulnerability of infrastructure in Kurdistan province (Iran) from the perspective of passive defense using analytic network process (ANP) in a GIS environment and also zoning vulnerability infrastructure against natural and human factors. The results obtained from the study of spatial pattern and zoning of vulnerability show that the spatial distribution of infrastructure in Kurdistan province is centralized and clustered, and in terms of vulnerability, about 80% of this province have moderate to very high vulnerability. The reason behind this is the poor condition of the physical indicators and the concentration of the main infrastructure in a small part of the province, necessitating more attention to land management and passive defense plans.

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  1. Department of Environment Sciences, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran

    Farzam Hasti, Haydar Rouhi & Abdolrasoul SalmanMahiny

  2. Department of Chemistry, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

    Negin Pezhooli

  3. Department of Geography, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

    Hosien Rostami

  4. Passive Defense Organization of the Country, Tehran, Iran

    Hosien Rostami

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The DEM of the area was acquired from National Cartographic Center (NCC) of Iran.

The set of factor layers implemented in this study were obtained from Land Management Office of Kurdistan Province, which is the leading institute in conducting land use planning studies in the region. To determine the centers of gravity and the importance of each infrastructure, the tables provided in the passive defense organization of the country have been used.

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Hasti, F., Rouhi, H., Pezhooli, N. et al. Zoning and spatial vulnerability assessment with emphasis on infrastructure using GIS (case study: Kurdistan Province, Iran). Arab J Geosci 15, 115 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-09383-3

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