PhD Proposal Plan

1. BENHIZIA Ramzi (- licence degree: geography and territory

….. Planning

- Master degree: urban planning

2. TITLE:”Urban Planning and GIS “or “The Application of GIS Urban

Planning”

3. Abstract: Urban planning is one of the main applications of GIS. Urban planners
use GIS both as a spatial database and as an analysis and modeling tool. GIS are
increasingly being used in planning agencies in the developed and developing
countries. Many planning departments that have acquired mapping systems in the
past have since shifted to GIS in lieu of mapping software. With the increase in user
friendliness and the number of functions of GIS software, and the marked decrease in
the prices of GIS hardware, GIS is now an operational and affordable information
system for planning. It is increasingly becoming an important component in the
planning support system. Recent advances in the integration of GIS with planning
models, visualization, and the Internet will make GIS more useful to urban planning.
Today, the main constraints on the use of GIS in urban planning are not technical
issues, but the availability of data, organizational change, and staffing

4. PROBLEM STATEMENT:

The city is the human environment, where most of its natural components were
replaced with elements of its manufacture that reflect its culture and civilization in a
certain period of time. The characteristics of the human environment differ from time
to time and from place to place on the surface of the earth

There are many problems and factors facing the planners when planning the cities

1 / Urban expansion:

2 / Traffic study:

3 / Urban development in the development of slums:

4 / Distribution of parks:

5 / Distribution of utilities:

6 / Social Development in Cities:

7 / Economic development of the city:

8 / Studying Residential Characteristics:

9 / other uses and problems:

This includes an estimate of the population within the city's residential units

Inventory of houses and determine the quality and type of roof and height

Study of urban change

Studying the internal organization of the city as an independent system and

identifying the surrounding areas or the back and mixed uses which influence and
influence the existence of the city and study the internal composition of the city and
the sub-systems that form the city.

The role of GIS (geographic information system) solving these problems

What is the role of geographic information systems (GIS) in planning and urban
management and reducing urban problems?

What are the problems that occur within cities and the GIS can contribute to
solving them?

5. Objectives:

The research seeks to determine the impact of geographic information systems in

planning and management. The project will include two phases in the city of Ain
Mlila in Algeria

1. Determine the level of effectiveness and efficiency of GIS in urban planning.

2. Determine the success of geographic information systems in minimizing planning

problems.

GIS and urban planning

The many benefits in using GIS in urban planning

Include (Royal Town Planning Institute 1992):

● improved mapping – better access to maps, improved map currency, more effective
thematic Mapping and reduced storage cost;

● Greater efficiency in retrieval of information;

● Faster and more extensive access to the types of

Geographical information important to planning And the ability to explore a wider

range of ‘what if’ scenarios;

● improved analysis better communication to the public and staff;

● improved quality of services, for example speedier access to information for

planning application processing.

I will try to take advantage of these benefits to facilitate the process of urban planning
through the use of GIS in the city of Ain Mlilla

6- Research Methodology :

Throughout the master thesis, different methods of data collection were applied for
both collecting socio-economic as well as geospatial data. The method will also
integrate socio-economic and the technical aspects (Softwares based) analysis of field
data.

1/Sampling Methods

The purposive sampling method was employed for selecting the target respondents
where respondents were purposefully

identified based on their direct and indirect connection with the topic of urban
planning

2/Methods of Data Collection

Since the data sources for this particular thesis work are data from fieldwork,
different instruments for data collection are

applied during the field data collection period. Some of these methods are interviews,
survey questionnaires, geospatial data

3/Tools, Software, and Instruments

The overall structure of the study

Chapter One

1. Introduction

2. Problem Statement
3. Objectives of the Study

4. Research Questions

5. The scope of the Study

6. Limitation of the Study

7. The methodology of the Study

Chapter Two

2. Review of Related Literature

2.1 Concepts of urban planning

2.2 Concerns about urban planning

2.4 Theoretical Frame Work of the Research

2.6 Factors Hindering Efficient Solid Waste Management and Disposal System

2.7 Geospatial Technology and Land Suitability Assessment

Chapter Three

3. Description of the Study Area

3.1. Physical Features

Chapter Four

4. Data Preparation and Organization

4.1. Preprocessing and Data Preparation

Chapter Five

5. Data Analysis, Results and Discussion

5.1 Geodatabase and Model Creation

5.3 Clipping

5.4 Buffering

5.5 Constraint and Factor Maps

5.6 Reclassification of Factor Maps

5.7. The ranking, Rating, and Weighting Factor Maps

Chapter Six
Conclusion

Recommendation

6. WORK PLAN