Economic Land Utilization Optimization Model

Ossama A. Hosny, Elkhayam M. Dorra (), Khaled A. Tarabieh, Ahmed El Eslamboly, Ibrahim Abotaleb, Mariam Amer, Heba Kh. Gad, Mostafa Farouk, Youmna Abd El Raouf, Adham Sherif and Youssef Hussein
Additional contact information
Ossama A. Hosny: Department of Construction Engineering, American University in Cairo, Cairo 11835, Egypt
Elkhayam M. Dorra: Department of Construction Engineering, American University in Cairo, Cairo 11835, Egypt
Khaled A. Tarabieh: Department of Architecture, American University in Cairo, Cairo 11835, Egypt
Ahmed El Eslamboly: Horticulture Research Institute, Giza 12619, Egypt
Ibrahim Abotaleb: Department of Construction Engineering, American University in Cairo, Cairo 11835, Egypt
Mariam Amer: Department of Architecture, American University in Cairo, Cairo 11835, Egypt
Heba Kh. Gad: Department of Construction Engineering, American University in Cairo, Cairo 11835, Egypt
Mostafa Farouk: Department of Construction Engineering, American University in Cairo, Cairo 11835, Egypt
Youmna Abd El Raouf: Department of Construction Engineering, American University in Cairo, Cairo 11835, Egypt
Adham Sherif: Department of Construction Engineering, American University in Cairo, Cairo 11835, Egypt
Youssef Hussein: Department of Computer Science, American University in Cairo, Cairo 11835, Egypt

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 3, 1-21

Abstract: Recently, population growth and resource depletion have been matched by a growing demand for self-sustaining communities. Numerous studies promote sustainable solutions to the concerns of climate change and food scarcity. This study aims at creating an automated Economic Land Utilization Optimization Model (ELUOM) that identifies sustainable and cost-effective agricultural practices. Soil, water & climatic characteristics of over 400 crops are gathered in a relational database to build the model. Evolutionary algorithms are utilized to filter the database based on user input. Optimization process is then performed on all possible utilization plans of the filtered crops to maximize the 20-year return while minimizing water consumption. The model is verified on a case study in Giza, Egypt where it shows the potential of increasing the return/m 3 of water by 370% versus current practices. This research also studies the application of ELOUM on a vacant plot in the American university in Cairo, Egypt.

Keywords: sustainable farming; relational database; multi-objective optimization model; water efficiency; life cycle costing; return on Investment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/3/2594/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/3/2594/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:3:p:2594-:d:1053828

Access Statistics for this article

Sustainability is currently edited by Ms. Alexandra Wu

More articles in Sustainability from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().