GIS-based impact assessment of land-use changes on groundwater quality: Study from a rapidly urbanizing region of South India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1289-1302

  Khan, Haris H ^a   Khan, Arina ^b   Ahmed, Shakeel ^a   Perrin, Jerome ^c  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

GIS; GQI; Land use; Maheshwaram; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BUILT-UP AREAS; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GQI; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; GROUNDWATER USE; HARD-ROCK AQUIFERS; HYDERABAD , INDIA; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; INDEX VALUES; LAND ALLOTMENTS; LAND DEVELOPMENT; LAND-USE CHANGE; LAND-USE PATTERNS; MAHESHWARAM; MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGE; POULTRY FARMS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SOUTH INDIA; SPATIO-TEMPORAL COMPARISON; STUDY AREAS; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

AQUIFERS; DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; RATING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; BASIN; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GIS; HARD ROCK; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; POULTRY; SANITATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABILITY; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER USE;

INDIA;

EID: 79959577571     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0801-2     Document Type: Article

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