Evaluation of index-overlay methods for groundwater vulnerability and risk assessment in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 575, Issue , 2017, Pages 779-790

  Shrestha, Sangam ^a   Kafle, Ranjana ^a   Pandey, Vishnu Prasad ^a,b  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b Center of Research for Environment Energy and Water CREEW   (Nepal)

Author keywords

DRASTIC; GIS; GOD; Groundwater; Risk assessment; SI; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LANDFORMS; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SILICON;

DESIGN STRATEGIES; DRASTIC; GROUNDWATER BASINS; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY; NITRATE POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT MODELS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BASIN; GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INDEX METHOD; NITRATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INDEX OVERLAY METHOD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAND USE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER AND WATER RELATED PHENOMENA; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

KATHMANDU VALLEY; NEPAL;

EID: 85006240110     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.09.141     Document Type: Article

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