Site Suitability Analysis for Urban Development Using GIS Based Multicriteria Evaluation Technique : A Case Study of Mussoorie Municipal Area, Dehradun District, Uttarakhand, India
Identification of suitable site for urban development in hilly areas is one of the critical issues of planning. Site suitability analysis has become inevitable for delineating appropriate site for various developmental initiatives, especially in the undulating terrain of the hills. The study illustrates the use of geographic information system (GIS) and multicriteria evaluation (MCE) technique for selection of suitable sites for urban development in Mussoorie municipal area, Dehradun district, Uttarakhand.