The purpose of this study is to prepare a geotechnical microzonation map regarding the
suitability of the residential areas in EskiSehir downtown area. In order to obtain the
microzonation map, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) based Multicriteria
Decision Analysis (MCDA) is used. For this analysis, the slope, flood susceptibility, soil,
depth to groundwater table, swelling potential and liquefaction potential layers are
prepared. The weight values to the layers and rank values to the classes of each layer
are assigned by applying Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) and Analytical Hierarchical
Process (AHP) methods. Two geotechnical microzonation maps are obtained as outputs
of these methods. The study area is categorized into three different zones regarding the
foundation suitability of residential areas as: (1) Areas suitable for settlement / (2)
Provisional settlement areas / (3) Areas requiring detailed geotechnical investigations.
The maps prepared using SAW and AHP methods are found to be consistent with each
other. The geotechnical microzonation map prepared using AHP method is
recommended as the final map of the study area.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12605410/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 September 2004 |
| Creators | Kolat, Cagil |
| Contributors | Doyuran, Vedat |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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