What is it about?
When deciding where to build an asphaltic concrete plant, a number of geophysical, environmental, and cultural heritage constraints must be met, however, and these constraints are enforced by a number of laws and government regulations. In this study, the entire research area was considered to be subject to national legislation, while local rules for the Karbala governorate were also taken into account. The research area is thus subject to a large number of restrictions, leading to the prohibition of asphaltic concrete plants in a significant portion based on planning guidelines. Agricultural lands and residential areas, for example, are subject to stringent preservation regulations, and some operations, such as the development of asphaltic concrete plants, are thus prohibited. The data pertaining to these constraints was organised and converted into geo-referenced layers. In order to retain a minimum protective distance, an additional buffer zone was established around specific locations as specified in the regulations and rules. In some cases, the facility was permitted to be established at the edge of such a buffer zone. Using a GIS model and a supply chain cost analysis, the study also attempted to evaluate the best candidate locations for asphaltic concrete plants in Karbala. A GIS model, including a supply chain cost analysis, was thus used to identify and analyse optimal candidate locations that balance economic, environmental, and social criteria for new potential asphaltic concrete plants. The findings of the study show that GIS can be effectively used to combine and map data on land availability, land use, and supply chain costs to identify preferred candidate locations for asphaltic concrete plants.
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Our findings show that the constraints and limitations, such as buffer zones, were examined in accordance with local and national regulations, instructions, and laws that have been created to address various environmental, health, and social concerns, the sophisticated geographical information technologies and spatial data with unique limitations can be used to produce scientific plans for the construction of asphaltic concrete plants in Karbala, and a map showing the available land for the development of asphaltic concrete plants in Karbala governorate was created using data analysis and processing in a GIS-Model-Builder. This land includes areas designated for industrial use, as well as land not designated for a specific use
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Writing this article was a great pleasure as it has co-authors with whom I have had long standing collaborations. In a substantial way, This article should reflect some studies that will contribute to defining the principal rules of the work environment in the industrial sector or other sectors such as the service sector and construction, and can be summed up as follows: Conduct a study to determine the optimal locations of plants associated to other heavy industries, such as cement production plants, and the economic sizes of those plants, Using GIS, Using GIS, and study the optimal locations of service facilities such as water purification plants and sewage treatment plants and the determination of their capacities.
Ghayath Ali
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This page is a summary of: Investigating optimal locations for potential asphaltic concrete plants in Karbala governorate using GIS, January 2023, American Institute of Physics,
DOI: 10.1063/5.0131253.
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