APCRS-2020-0002
AUTHOR(S):
Anna Fijałkowska, Rafał Sadowski
TITLE:
SPATIAL ANALYSIS SUPPORTING URBAN APIARY SITE SELECTION
ABSTRACT:
Spatial analysis and GIS technologies support decision-making in many different fields. New applications are also emerging in agriculture and the environment, one of which is beekeeping. Climate change, noticed on all continents, means that one of the priorities is sustainable development and care for the natural environment, also in cities where one of the trends is increasing the area of urban greenery. It means that one of our priorities is sustainable development and care for the natural environment, also in cities where one of the trends is increasing the green urban spaces. In Europe, the main pollinators are bees. They are essential for maintaining ecosystems in balance and biodiversity. The location of the municipal apiary must be planned in such a place as to provide bees with good living conditions and access to food, but also so that insects do not pose a threat to the inhabitants. This article presents a two-stage methodology for the use of multi-criteria spatial analysis supporting the determination of the optimal location of an urban apiary. The first stage consists in determining the areas of apiary location, considering the location criteria, and the second stage creates a rank of areas from the first stage, taking into account the needs of the bee colony. In order to automate the testing of
various scenarios of the proposed solution, a data flow diagram tool was created in the ArcGIS Desktop environment using the Model Builder application. The evaluation of the obtained results shows that the research carried out with the use of GIS technology proved that the hypothesis was correct.
KEY WORDS: multi-criteria analysis, GIS technology, automation, ArcGIS Desktop, Model Builder, beekeeping
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14681/apcrs.2020.0002