Rainwater harvesting planning using geospatial techniques and multicriteria decision analysis

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 96-111

  Jha, Madan K ^a   Chowdary, V M ^b   Kulkarni, Y ^a   Mal, B C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NRSC   (India)

Author keywords

Distributed CN method; Geospatial techniques; Multicriteria analysis; Rainwater conservation; RWH planning; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED CN METHOD; GEOSPATIAL TECHNIQUES; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; REMOTE SENSING DATA; WATER SCARCITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; RAIN; SOLVENTS; WATER CONSERVATION;

DECISION THEORY;

RAIN; RUNOFF;

DECISION ANALYSIS; GIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; RAINWATER; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HYDROLOGY; LAND DRAINAGE; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MULTICRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; PERCOLATION TANK; POND; RAINWATER HARVESTING; REMOTE SENSING; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84891760571     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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