Logistics Effectiveness Evaluation for Land Freight and its Developmental Reflections in Region of Developmental Axis Tartous – Homs – Al-Farquls by Using Advanced Geographic Information System

Abstract

Many Studies in field evaluation of Logistics Performance LP gave rise to numerous models of evaluation on different scales, to settle those global methodologies according to local spatial privacy, this study had to aim to develop a spatial Decision Support System (DSS) to evaluate logistics effectiveness of land freight and its developmental reflections on a regional scale and create their evaluation map in environment of GIS, where it was developed a conceptual model based on two stages: the first stage "Logistics Planning" which include specify effectiveness areas through analysis micro and macro levels of LP then specify secondary indicators related with those areas from international practices, the second stage "Regional Logistics Planning" was selected indicators which have a developmental effects according to objects of regional planning in achieving a sustainable and equity development and was separated it in an individual indicator "reflection developmental of logistics effectiveness" , then was certified the suitable multi-criteria decision-making method for the study it was Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (FAHP), where was developed the questionnaire which was included in this method by conducting it with stakeholders who have benefits from the service, they are experts in the field of import and export in the Chamber of commercial, industry and agriculture study region ,the developed methodology had been applied on the region of developmental axis Tartous – Homs – Al-Farquls which was detected in the National Framework of Regional Planning in the governorates Hama, Homs and Tartous in GIS environment by using data for year of 2018 from multiple sectors related, The development of conceptual framework provided a fuller vision about indicators used to evaluate Logistics Effectiveness, moreover creating indicator "developmental reflections of Logistics Effectiveness" would help regional policy makers in discussing  dynamics of operation Regional Plans, whereas the developed spatial decision-making tool in GIS platform helped to analyze highly complex spatial data and showed advantages, potentials, disadvantages and needs of each area that what would make it a fundamental stage in programming the Regional Plan according to opinion of real stakeholders.