Study of zoning for groundwater heat pump adaptability in Kashgar

Establishes the model of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) for division of adaptability for GWHP in this city, and obtains a distribution map of adaptability for GWHP. This city in the map is divided into four subareas—forbidden use subarea, cautious use subarea, tolerable use subarea and suitable use subarea. This zoning result provides references for the related administration in planning the range of GWHP use in this city and guiding the small-scale hydrogeological investigations for the target project in the suitable use subarea.