The impact of social and security factors on residential site suitability by using GIS-based MCDM approach: a case study the city of Kirkuk, Iraq

• Main Authors: Abdula, Mazen Abdilwahab, Mohd Yusof, Mohd Johari, Abu Bakar, Shamsul, Ahmad, Noordin, Abdullahi, Saleh, Omer, Najat Qader
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Design & Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35487/1/FKRSE1_artikel_2.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35487/; http://www.frsb.upm.edu.my/dokumen/FKRSE1_artikel_2.pdf

Unplanned population growth, alongside unplanned development, lack of good housing and inadequate infrastructure resulted in a lot of slums and informal settlements in Iraqi cities. In 1980s there were major housing shortage in Iraq as a result of war and political instability which led to economic...