Site suitability analysis for tef (Eragrostis tef) within the contiguous United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
pp. 119-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Colton Flynn
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Eragrostis Tef ◽  
Suitability Analysis ◽  
Site Suitability

Site Suitability Analysis for Water Conservation Using AHP and GIS Techniques: A Case Study of Upper Sina River Catchment, Ahmednagar (India)

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yogesh Badhe ◽  
Ravindra Medhe ◽  
Tushar Shelar
Keyword(s):  
Water Conservation ◽  
Soil Depth ◽  
Land Use Land Cover ◽  
Suitability Analysis ◽  
Site Suitability ◽  
Gis Techniques ◽  
Multi Criteria Evaluation ◽  
Conservation Activity ◽  
Suitable Site

The site suitability for construction of water conservation structures is an important step towards groundwater conservation in arid and semi-arid regions. Water is the most crucial for maintaining an environment and ecosystem which is helpful to sustaining all forms of the life. The increasing water scarcity day to day has been one of the common problems over a period of time. On top of it, when the area is a part of rain shadow zone like Ahmednagar district, water conservation activities are become more important. The present study aims to identify the suitable zones for water conservation activity. Multi- criteria evaluation is carried out using Geographic Information System (GIS) techniques to help the choice makers in defining suitable site for construction of water conservation structures. Different layers which were considered for multi-criteria evaluation: slope, land use land cover, soil texture, lithology, soil depth, soil erosion, wells, lineaments and drainage network. Analytical Hierarchy Processes (AHP) is used for weighted sum to find suitable sites for implementation of water conservation activity using selected criterions. The site suitability map was classified into four classes: highly suitable, moderately suitable, less suitable and not suitable with area of 19.19%, 26%, 49.03% and 5.78, respectively. This map will help for selection of suitable sites for construction of Mati Nala Bund (MNB), Check Dam, Cement Nala Bund (CNB) and Continuous Contour Trenches (CCT) for conservation of groundwater resource in the region.

Site suitability analysis of biogas digester plant for municipal waste using GIS and multi-criteria analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Afsana Akther ◽  
Tofael Ahamed ◽  
Ryozo Noguchi ◽  
Takuma Genkawa ◽  
Tomohiro Takigawa
Keyword(s):  
Municipal Waste ◽  
Suitability Analysis ◽  
Site Suitability ◽  
Multi Criteria Analysis
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