Analyzing of Accessibility Role in GIS Environment for Management of Coastal Zones Security in Urban Transportation Planning of Bandar Abbas

Good establishment of police centers and urban transportation network in proportion to coastal zones is an important element in urban security planning. Increasing urban network has both positive and negative impacts. Accessibility is chosen as key element of this research with respect to its critical roles in quality of life and coastal towns’ security. The overall objective of this study is to develop a decision support tool to plan appropriate locations for police centers and urban transportation network development through the use of spatial technologies to address the issue - accessibility of police centers to strategic coastal zones. Bandar Abbas, a strategic coastal city in the fields of economy and security has been chosen as a case study. Methodology of this study focuses on selecting suitable sites for development of urban transportation network and police centers to support accessibility of coastal zones for more security. This research has successfully managed to develop a scientifically based academic approach in current and future analyzing of urban transportation networks and security landuses. This approach can easily be applied at both the local and structure levels of coastal security and transportation planning.