Prioritization of sub-watersheds for sustainable development and management of natural resources: An integrated approach using remote sensing, GIS and socio-economic data

Current Science

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 345-354

  Vittala, S Srinivasa ^a   Govindaiah, S ^b   Gowda, H Honne ^c  

^a Water Resources Department   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^c Karnataka Science and Technology Academy   (India)

Author keywords

GIS; Natural resources; Remote sensing; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 49449111406     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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