Soft systems methodology and integrated flood management: A study of the Adayar watershed, Chennai, India

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 462-473

  Suriya, S ^a   Mudgal, B V ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adayar river; Force field analysis; Integrated flood management; Pair wise ranking; Soft systems methodology

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING PROCESS; FLOOD MANAGEMENT; FORCE FIELD ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PAIR WISE RANKING; PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH; SOFT SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY;

DECISION MAKING; FLOOD CONTROL; INTEGRATED CONTROL; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESEARCH; URBAN GROWTH; WATERSHEDS;

FLOODS;

ACTION RESEARCH; FLOOD; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; RANKING; SAND; TOPOGRAPHY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATERSHED;

ACTION RESEARCH; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; GOVERNMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INDIA; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPIC CLIMATE; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED;

CHENNAI; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84887141074     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2012.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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