SPATIAL ANALYSIS FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT: A CASE OF TULSIPUR SMC

Abstract

This paper tries to analyze the suitability of residential areas in Tulsipur SMC. Urbanization is a shift in population from small rural settlements creating positive and negative impacts. The haphazard and unmanaged development in Tulsipur has brought about various problems in the city. If not intervened, this will only worsen. In recent decades, Tulsipur has observed unregulated shift in land-use, without certain policies. The unguided informal land development led by private land owners, a common practice, has aided in building construction purpose in random way. As a result, an intervention is crucial. Residential area suitability analysis using GIS based MCA is the process of finding the solution. Literature review and KII helped to determine the restriction and development criteria for the residential development. A final map from restriction criteria was made. Each development criterion was produced as a GIS map before being normalized to a scale in raster maps, Hence a final raster equation was given in the GIS tool to generate a final suitability map according to development criteria which were integrated into the restricted map through which a final suitability map for residential development was carried out. In the end, it was suggested that places with great potential for residential development, such as colonial homes, be approved, while those with lower potential might still be used for residential construction with certain restrictions. Similarly, it was recommended that low, dense community housing was more favourable than high-rise apartments in the city due to cultural requirements and technological deficits.