Modelling potential areas of groundwater development for agriculture in northern Ghana using GIS/RS;Modélisation des zones potentielles déexploitation des eaux souterraines pour léagriculture au Ghana septentrional en utilisant le SIG/RS

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 437-451

  Forkuor, G ^a   Pavelic, P ^b   Asare, E ^c   Obuobie, E ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

^c Water Resources Commission   (Ghana)

^d CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

accessibility; agriculture; availability; development potential; GIS; groundwater; northern Ghana

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL; GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT; HIGH POTENTIAL; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; NORTHERN GHANA; PRECAMBRIAN BASEMENT; RELIABILITY OF RESULTS; STATIC WATER; STUDY AREAS; TRANSMISSIVITY;

AGRICULTURE; AVAILABILITY; BOREHOLES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

BASEMENT ROCK; BOREHOLE; GIS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECAMBRIAN; RECHARGE; REGOLITH; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

GHANA;

EID: 84874761211     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2012.754101     Document Type: Article

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