A quality of life index for the rural periphery of Sri Lanka using GIS multi-criteria decision analysis techniques.

ABSTRACT: Spatial evaluation of the region is associated with the assessment of the Quality of Life (QoL). Despite numerous research endeavoring to define, measure, quantify, and map the quality of life, there exists a consistent fault in Sri Lanka. Hence, the objective of this study was to construct a QoL index and determine the spatial disparities of QoL from the Polpitigma town to its periphery. The assessment was conducted by employing 20 geographical factors that quantify QoL using the Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The evaluation assigned weights to each criterion based on the assessments of both local residents and experts, utilizing the Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) and the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). The findings indicated that cultural factors made a greater contri

SUBMITTER: Withanage NC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11410255 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature