A comprehensive approach in green space site planning: an application of a three-stage multi-criteria decision support system

To green space site planning, this paper deals with 'Regional Park site planning', and presents a concept of 'criteria screening and selection'. Through a three-stage decision support system, this paper, firstly, identifies general criteria for green space site planning and then comes up with specific criteria for Regional Park site planning within Shiraz metropolitan area. The paper contributes to the literature by improving the existing approaches of criteria selection, and points out that the list of selection criteria aggregated from literature should be adapted to case specific characteristics before being used to select a new location for public green spaces.