A land evaluation project in Greece using GIS and based on Boolean and fuzzy set methodologies

Title: A land evaluation project in Greece using GIS and based on Boolean and fuzzy set methodologies
Creator(s): Davidson, D. A.; Theocharopoulos, S. P.; Bloksma, R. J.
Date: 1994
Is Part Of: International journal of geographical information systems
Volume: 8
Issue: 4
Pages: 369-384
Language: eng
ISSN: 0269-3798
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02693799408902007
URI: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02693799408902007
Zotero BiDiAr: https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/6QAAJLLJ/item-list
Abstract: In Mediterranean regions there is little experience in using GIS as an aid to land evaluation. This paper reports a project in Greece which investigated the usefulness of such technology, Particular emphasis was also given to comparing the results of land evaluation using Boolean and fuzzy set methodologies. The need was to produce the results as quickly and efficiently as possible to aid agricultural planning. By using a GIS, a series of single factor and land evaluation maps was produced for a range of crops; a land suitability map for receipt of sewage was also derived. A comparison of results from using Boolean and fuzzy set methodologies highlighted the advantages of the latter, although critical decisions are required on choice of membership functions and weights which have a major effect on the results.

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