Developing a new method for spatial assessment of drought vulnerability (case study: Zayandeh-Rood river basin in Iran)

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-57

  Babaei, Hamid ^a   Araghinejad, Shahab ^a   Hoorfar, Abdolhossein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

AHP; GIS; TOPSIS; Vulnerability drought; Zayandeh Rood river basin

Indexed keywords

AHP; ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); ANNUAL RAINFALL; CENTRAL IRAN; CRITERIA AND INDICATORS; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; MULTI ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE INDICATORS; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; PRODUCT WEIGHT; RELATIVE PRIORITIES; SPATIAL ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DOMAINS; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; STANDARD PRECIPITATION INDICES; TOPSIS; WATER DEMAND; ZAYANDEH-ROOD RIVER;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

DROUGHT;

RAIN;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT; GIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; RIVER BASIN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; IRAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; STANDARDIZATION;

IRAN; ZAYANDEH BASIN;

EID: 84873989426     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2012.00326.x     Document Type: Article

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