<![CDATA[This study develops a GIS-based multicriteria decision analysis (GIS-MCDA) framework to identify priority locations for Provincial Distribution Centers (PDP) and Regional Distribution Centers (PDR) in South Kalimantan Province. Its principal contribution is the integration of Land Capability Units (SKL), which represent the intrinsic physical suitability of land, with accessibility and utility indicators that capture operational support. The framework employs a vector-overlay procedure that combines thematic layers, standardized scores, and a Weighted Linear Combination (WLC). The SKL component is weighted at 0.55, while the accessibility-utility component is weighted at 0.45, reflecting the premise that physical land suitability constitutes a fundamental threshold that cannot be fully offset by high accessibility alone. The results show that class S2 dominates the study area, covering 1,566,737.61 ha (42.22%), followed by S3 at 1,037,104.41 ha (27.95%) and S4 at 1,004,058.64 ha (27.06%). By contrast, S1 covers only 68,751.95 ha (1.85%), while class N accounts for 34,496.78 ha (0.93%). These findings indicate that most of South Kalimantan is conditionally suitable, meaning that PDP/PDR development generally still requires technical adjustment, infrastructure improvement, or a combination of both. Spatially, the most prospective areas are concentrated in the Banjarbakula metropolitan corridor and several strategic logistics nodes. Overall, the study demonstrates that distribution center location decisions should simultaneously account for physical land resilience and operational efficiency in order to support more adaptive, measurable, and policy-relevant regional logistics planning]]>
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