Water Harvesting Structure Positioning by Using Geo-Visualization Concept and Prioritization of Mini-Watersheds Through Morphometric Analysis in the Lower Tapi Basin

Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 299-312

  Patel, Dhruvesh P ^a   Dholakia, Mrugen B ^b   Naresh, N ^c   Srivastava, Prashant K ^d,e  

^a LDRP Institute of Technology and Research   (India)

^b LDCE   (India)

^c RMSI Ltd   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e Natubhai V Patel College of Pure and Applied Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Geo visualization; GIS; LTB; Morphometric Analysis; Prioritization; SRTM

Indexed keywords

MORPHOMETRY; PRIORITIZATION; RADAR; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

INDIA; TAPI BASIN;

EID: 84859158174     PISSN: 0255660X     EISSN: 09743006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12524-011-0147-6     Document Type: Article

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