Integrating biophysical and socioeconomic information for prioritizing watersheds in a Kashmir Himalayan lake: A remote sensing and GIS approach

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 6419-6445

  Badar, Bazigha ^a   Romshoo, Shakil A ^a   Khan, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^b SHER E KASHMIR UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY OF KASHMIR   (India)

Author keywords

Dal Lake; GWLF; Land use land cover; Prioritization; Remote sensing; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; ENVIRONMENTAL DETERIORATION; GWLF; LAND USE/LAND COVER; LAND USE/LAND COVER CHANGE; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; PRIORITIZATION; SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTS;

BIOPHYSICS; CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; EROSION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LAKES; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL DETECTION; WATER QUALITY;

WATERSHEDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EROSION; GIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; LAND USE; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE SENSOR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDIA; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE SEDIMENT; LAND USE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIOECONOMICS; VEGETATION; WATERSHED; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INDIA; LAKES; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DAL LAKE; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR;

EID: 84879843049     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-3035-9     Document Type: Article

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