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Abstract :
Land Suitability Analysis and Evaluation for Physical Development of cities is one of the major concerns of geographers and urban planners. In most cities where physical development has rapid trend, recognition and locating suitable lands for urban development is very necessary. Land Suitability Analysis for spreading cities, is a process that needs a synchronous evaluation of many various variables (or criteria). In this paper, using GIS-Based Weighted Linear Combination (WLC) method, Land Suitability for Physical Development in the northwest road of Shiraz based on five criteria (slope, geology, land capability, distance to city & distance to roads) was evaluated and Land Suitability map of mentioned area have been provided. This map shows suitable zones with preference for Physical Development and can be used widely by urban planners and spatial decision-makers.

Keywords: Land Suitability, Multicriteria Evaluation,Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Spatial Analysis, Shiraz