METHODOLOGY

Some criteria are predetermined to identify the suitable sites for the intensive broiler farm production system in the selected region as following.
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.