Location selection for Shenyang urban parks based on GIS and multi-objective location allocation model.

Based on geographic information system(GIS) technology and multi-objective location-allocation(LA) model,and in considering of four relatively independent objective factors(population density level,air pollution level,urban heat island effect level,and urban land use pattern),an optimized location selection for the urban parks within the Third Ring of Shenyang was conducted,and the selection results were compared with the spatial distribution of existing parks,aimed to evaluate the rationality of the spatial distribution of urban green spaces.In the location selection of urban green spaces in the study area,the factor air pollution was most important,and,compared with single objective factor,the weighted analysis results of multi-objective factors could provide optimized spatial location selection of new urban green spaces.The combination of GIS technology with LA model would be a new approach for the spatial optimizing of urban green spaces.