A GIS-based methodology to delineate potential areas for groundwater development: A case study from Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Applied Water Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 453-465

  Pandey, Vishnu P ^a   Shrestha, Sangam ^b   Kazama, Futaba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

GIS; Groundwater management; Groundwater storage; Kathmandu Valley; Nepal

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CASE-STUDIES; EFFECTIVE PLANNING; GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER STORAGE; KATHMANDU; KATHMANDU VALLEY; NEPAL; SOIL MATRICES; STORAGE VOLUMES;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; GIS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROGEOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STORAGE;

KATHMANDU VALLEY; NEPAL;

EID: 84939499428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21905495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13201-013-0094-1     Document Type: Article

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