Activity: Exercise 3 Survey Questionnaire Design

Instruction: Design a survey questionnaire for your research topic.

Revised Research Topic:

Land Suitability Analysis for Relocation Sites Selection using GIS and AHP: A case study in
Legazpi City.

Revised Research Question:

This research study aims to answer the following questions:

1. What are the criteria to be considered in selecting suitable relocation sites?

2. How to determine the weight or importance of each criteria using AHP?
3. Where are the Potential Relocation Sites in Legazpi City?

Survey Questionnaire:

In this study, Geographic Information System (GIS) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)
will be used to determine the factors to be considered and where are the potential Relocation Sites
in Legazpi City.
The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) is the most widely used among Multi Criteria
Decision Making (MCDC) methods. This method is an organized way to make decisions and
collect relevant information by taking into consideration all the important factors, to derive priority
scales, and use it to make a pairwise comparison between two alternatives (Saaty, 2008).
The researcher will create a questionnaire which is based on AHP. The researcher will
consult nine experts in rating each criterion. The rating is using Saaty scale of 1 to 9 that defines
from equal importance to extreme importance between the two comparatives.
The factors that will be considered by the researcher in determining potential relocation
sites are (1)Safety, (2)Zoning, (3)Geographic Attribute (Slope), (4)Accessibility and (5)Service.
Under the criterion Safety are the sub-criteria (a) safety from Flood, (b) safety from landslide and
(c) safety from Mayon Volcano Hazards (Lahar flow and Lava Flow) and (d) Storm Surge Hazard.
Under the criterion Accesiibility are the sub-criteria proximity to (a) Road, (b) School, (c) Market
and (d) Hospital. Under the Criterion Service are the sub-criteria (a) Water Service and (b)
Electricity Service.

Below is the proposed questionnaire.

Name: Date:

May we ask your help to weigh the importance of the criteria we have identified in selecting a
suitable relocation sites? The criteria identified will be the factors considered in determining the
suitability of an area. We will be using Analytic Hierarchy Process pairwise comparison in
evaluating the weight of each criterion.

SAFETY Criteria means that the relocation site should not be vulnerable to Flood, Landslide,
Volcanic and Storm Surge Hazards
ZONING Criteria means that the relocation should consider the land use of the area.
 GEOGRAPHIC ATTRIBUTE Criteria means that the relocation site should consider the slope of
the area.
ACCESSIBILITY Criteria means that the relocation site should be near or accessible to major
roads and health care facilities
SERVICE Criteria means that the relocation site should have water connection service.

AHP Saaty Scale:

1- Equal Importance
3- Moderate importance
5- Strong importance,
7- Very strong importance
9- Extreme importance (2,4,6,8 values in-between).

Please select (highlight) how much more important or how much less important are the
Factors/ Criteria in the left most column compared to its pair on the right most column.

Weighing Score
CRITERIA CRITERIA
More Importance than Equal Less Importance than

1. Safety 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1. Zoning

2. Safety 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2. Geographic

3. Safety 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 3. Accessibility

4.Safety 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 4.Service

5.Zoning 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 5. Geographic

6.Zoning 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 6.Accessibility

7.Zoning 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7.Service

8.Geographic 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 8.Accessibility

9.Geographic 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9.Service

10.Accessibility 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10.Service
 SAFETY Weighing Score SAFETY

CRITERIA More Importance than Equal Less Importance than CRITERIA

1. Flood 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1. Landslide

2. Mayon
2. Flood 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Volcano
Hazards

3. Mayon
3. Landslide 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Volcano
Hazards

ACCESSIBILTY Weighing Score ACCESSIBILITY

CRITERIA More Importance than Equal Less Importance than CRITERIA

1. Road 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1. School

2. Road 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2. Market

3. Road 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 3. Hospital

4.School 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 4.Market

5.School 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 5. Hospital

6.Market 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 6.Hospital

SERVICE Weighing Score SERVICE

CRITERIA More Importance than Equal Less Importance than CRITERIA

1.Water 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1. Electricity