A modified-DRASTIC model (DRASTICA) for assessment of groundwater vulnerability to pollution in an urbanized environment in Lucknow, India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 5475-5490

  Singh, Anjali ^a   Srivastav, S K ^b   Kumar, Sudhir ^c   Chakrapani, Govind J ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

DRASTICA; Groundwater vulnerability; Lucknow; Modified DRASTIC; Sensitivity analysis; Urbanized area

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; POLLUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

DRASTICA; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY; LUCKNOW; MODIFIED DRASTIC; URBANIZED AREA;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INNOVATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; NITRATE; SATELLITE DATA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY;

INDIA; LUCKNOW; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 84941184357     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4558-5     Document Type: Article

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