ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Assessment of WLC and Fuzzy Logic Methods
for Site Selection of Water Reservoirs
in Malaysia
Himan Shahabi1, Bakhtyar Ali Ahmad2, Baharin Bin Ahmad3,
Mohammad Javad Taheri Amiri4, Soroush Keihanfard5, Saeed Ebrahimi6
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1Department of Geomorphology, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Kurdistan, Iran
2Department of Geoinformatics, Faculty of Geo Information and Real Estate,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia
3Department of GeoInformation, Faculty of Geo Information and Real Estate,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia
4Department of Construction Management, Babol University of Technology, Babol, Iran
5Department of Construction Management, Tehran Science and Research Branch,
Islamic Azad University, Mazandaran, Iran
6Department of Construction Management, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran
Submission date: 2015-02-08
Final revision date: 2016-01-21
Acceptance date: 2016-01-22
Publication date: 2016-05-25
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2016;25(3):1223-1231
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The purpose of this study is to compare the weighted linear combination (WLC) and fuzzy logic (FL)
models in identifying the most suitable location for a water reservoir in the area of Batu Pahat, Johor,
Malaysia. First of all, parameters important to a water reservoir for the studied area were identified. Then
maps of the study area were prepared and integrated. The main criteria selected for this study are pipe line,
elevation, rive, land use, road network, water supply network, and slope. Suitable locations for the water
reservoir were selected using each model. The results of this study indicated that the FL method in the early
stages had better decision-making powers for locating water reservoir sites when compared to the WLC
method. The appropriate places for water reservoir construction based on two models were located to the
northwest and west of the study area. The two models are validated using the Kappa index. According to the
results of the validation method, the map produced by the FL method exhibits satisfactory properties in the
study area. Thus, it can be concluded that the results derived from two models (WLC and FL) integrated in
ArcGIS can be a useful tool in GIS analysis for the determination of suitable locations for water reservoir
in the study area.