Land Suitability Assessment in Optimal Site Selection of of Educational Centers Using CutFill Analysis (Case Study: District 7 of Ahvaz Municipality)

Proper use of land is one of the main plans of the planner to avoid mismanagement and eventually lead to land appropriation. The present study was conducted with a "descriptive-analytical" approach to assess the suitability of educational centers with emphasis on schools in zone 7 of Ahvaz municipality. In order to achieve this goal and analyze the obtained data, Cut Fill analysis in ArcGIS software environment was used to prioritize urban land use with regard to school-based neighborhood use problem to evaluate land suitability and optimal location. Is. The results of user weighting have been compiled and analyzed by experts using Cut Fill analysis in ArcGIS. The results show that residential land use with the least loss in network performance in Cut Fill analysis with respect to the weights obtained from the experts' view, is most compatible with educational land use and has the highest priority for neighborliness and land uses. Military, industrial, religious have been the most wasted in Cut Fill analysis, and incompatible uses have been identified.