Combining GIS with multicriteria decision making for siting water harvesting ponds in Northern Jordan

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1471-1477

  Al Adamat, Rida ^a   Diabat, Abdullah ^a   Shatnawi, Ghada ^b  

^a AL AL BAYT UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b Natural Resources Authority   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Boolean; GIS; Harvesting; Jordan; Ponds; WLC

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GIS; LOCATION DECISION; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; POND; POPULATION GROWTH; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

JORDAN;

EID: 77956231795     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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