Decision support system integrated with geographic information system to target restoration actions in watersheds of arid environment: A case study of Hathmati watershed, Sabarkantha District, Gujarat

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 71-86

  Patel, Dhruvesh P ^a,b   Srivastava, Prashant K ^c   Gupta, Manika ^d   Nandhakumar, Naresh ^e  

^a Dr Jivraj Mehta Institute of Technology ^*  (India)

^b Saffrony Institute of Technology   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^e WTI Advance Technology Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Geographic information system; Morphometric analysis; Multi criteria evaluation; Prioritization; Remote sensing; Water harvesting structure

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GIS; MORPHOMETRY; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PRIORITIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

GUJARAT; INDIA;

EID: 84934880940     PISSN: 23474327     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-014-0515-z     Document Type: Article

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