التحليل المكاني لاستخدامات الأرض بحي الراشدية بمدينة مكة المكرمة باستخدام نظم المعلومات الجغرافية و الاستشعار عن بعد

Abstract EN

The study of land uses is considered one of the important studies in urban geography and in urban planning studies, as it sheds light on the spatial variations of activities within the city and helps in the decision-making process.

With the development of research methods such as geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing (RS) techniques in particular, it was possible to carry out accurat analysis of spatial data and then provide the opportunity to produce good results in the use of the land, and in finding measures on the basis of which those uses are divided.

In the current study, the researcher paired the GIS and RS techniques to be applied to the case of the Rashidiya neighborhood in Makkah, using the published data of the Saudi government departments, official documents, Saudi statistical authority and satellite visuals for consecutive years, to get important results which were; there is a diversity in the use of the land according to the needs of the population, but it was unbalanced.

The most effective and influential of these were religious uses due to the scope and influence of mosques.

This is confirmed by the increase in the area of religious use, which amounted to 183347m2, while the share of worshipers eligible for religious services from the area reached 97984 m2.

On the contrary, the use of the land for educational services was confined to the western parts of the neighborhood, where the area allocated for educational use in the Rashidiya neighborhood reached 103418.96 m2, equivalent to 12.27% of the total area allocated for educational use according to the criterion of the share of the area, which amounts to 843165 m2.

While the medical and commercial uses of the land were identical to the criterion of the per capita share of the area, but in the extension of the scope of service.

The study concluded that RS technology is one of the best modern technologies for monitoring ground changes and a source of moderninformation, which highlighted the need for integration between GIS and RS technologies to build strong geographical databases to contribute to supporting decision-making, building plans and following appropriate organizational procedures.

Taking into account the standards adopted when planning and distributing public services in the Rashidiya neighborhood.

It was recommended that the establishment of advanced infrastructure such as schools and kindergartens based on sound scientific foundations.