METHODOLOGY
Some criteria are predetermined to identify the suitable sites for the
intensive broiler farm production system in the selected region as
following.
- Land use types
- Roads for accessibility
- Water protection areas
- EPA activities
- Murray Protection zone
- Ramsar conservation zone
All of these factors are used to map the suitable site. For the proposed
analysis, weighted site selection analysis is used. Clip tool is used to
cut out the features only for selected bioregion. Considering the EPA
guidelines, water protection area and river Murray protection areas is
identified. All these features, major roads, EPA activities, industrial
areas, Ramsar reserves, Murray protection area and water protection area
are clipped to the study area.
Furthermore, Buffer tool is used to create a buffer zone around the EPA
activities (500 meters) and major roads (200 meters). Similarly,
Conservation areas and industrial areas have been identified by using
the feature datasets from the Data.SA. 2000 meters buffer is used for
the Ramsar conservation reserve as shown in the Figure 5.
Following are the Buffer distance considered for the selected criteria.