A Spatial Multi-Criteria Analysis Approach for Locating Suitable Sites for Construction of Subsurface Dams in Northern Pakistan

Water Resources Management

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 5157-5174

  Jamali, Imran Ali ^a   Mörtberg, Ulla ^a   Olofsson, Bo ^a   Shafique, Muhammad ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

AHP; GIS; Groundwater; Pakistan; Spatial multi criteria analysis; Subsurface dams

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; DAMS; DIGITAL STORAGE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); GROUNDWATER STORAGE; INTERACTION METHODS; MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; TOPOGRAPHIC WETNESS INDEX; WEIGHTING TECHNIQUES;

SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; DAM CONSTRUCTION; GIS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; LOCATION DECISION; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 84909992907     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0800-2     Document Type: Article

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