Work

Schools Distribution Planning using GIS in Jeddah City

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are used today to provide advanced analysis tools and complete data packages for analyzing services distribution and demographic information.These tools can help planners in taking important decision such as choosing schools locations, and identifying best schools new locations.The aim of this paper is to use GIS functions (overlay analysis, and buffer) in evaluating spatial distribution of schools.The study area in this study is a residential area of Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia.A geo-database is designed that includes land use of Jeddah, and schools located in Jeddah city.Several GIS functions are used in this paper using ArcGIS 10.2.The results are utilized in evaluating spatial distribution of schools, which can help planner in managing the distribution of the future schools at Jeddah city.

Source: International Journal of Computer Applications

DOI: 10.5120/ijca2016908693

Authors: Mazloh Al-Enazi, Saleh Mesbah, Amani Anwar

Institution: Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport

Language: English

Topic: Geographic Information Systems Studies

Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2332283570

FWCI: 13.79

Cites: 15

Cited by: 15

Related to: 10