Determining the most suitable areas for artificial groundwater recharge via an integrated PROMETHEE II-AHP method in GIS environment (case study: Garabaygan Basin, Iran)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 707-718

  Nasiri, Hossein ^a   Boloorani, Ali Darvishi ^a   Sabokbar, Hassan Ali Faraji ^a   Jafari, Hamid Reza ^a   Hamzeh, Mohamad ^a   Rafii, Yusef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

AHP; Flood spreading; Garabaygan Basin; GIS; PROMETHEE II; Water resource management

Indexed keywords

AHP; ALLUVIAL FANS; ARTIFICIAL GROUNDWATER RECHARGE; CONTROL AREA; DATA LAYER; ENRICHMENT EVALUATION; GARABAYGAN BASIN; GEOLOGIC UNITS; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL UNITS; LAND SUITABILITY; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; PERMEABLE FORMATIONS; PREFERENCE RANKING; PROMETHEE; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); WATER MANAGEMENT;

FLOODS;

GROUND WATER;

ALLUVIAL FAN; ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FLOODING; GIS; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PEDIMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IRAN; LAND USE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL EROSION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; IRAN;

FARS; GARABAYGAN BASIN; IRAN;

EID: 84871943172     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2586-0     Document Type: Article

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