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.

Riverbank Filtration Site Suitability Selection Using Spatial Data Techniques: Case Study for Kota Lama Kiri, Kuala Kangsar

2015 ◽  
Vol 802 ◽  
pp. 557-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Firdaus Abdul Razak ◽  
Md Azlin Md Said ◽  
Rais Yusoh
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Data ◽  
Surface Characterization ◽  
Kappa Statistic ◽  
Riverbank Filtration ◽  
Site Suitability ◽  
Water Supply Management ◽  
Suitable Site ◽  
Suitable Area ◽  
A Site

Site surface characterization is an important factor to identify a suitable area for riverbank filtration (RBF) location. However, selecting the suitable area for RBF location using conventional methods is costly and time consuming, usually restricted to a small area. In this research, a site suitability for RBF location methodology was proposed using spatial data techniques to determine the site suitability of the potential RBF location in Kota Lama Kiri, Kuala Kangsar study area. A high resolution GeoEye-1 satellite imagery acquired in 2012 was classified using the supervised classification process for land cover. The classified image was further analyze using overlaying, buffering and Boolean analysis, to identify the suitable site for RBF based on location, distance from the river and distant from built-up area. In addition, the geology and hydrological data were extracted from published maps, which were then converted and integrated into GIS spatial database. The results show that the classified GeoEye-1 image produces the overall accuracies of 83.50% % with kappa statistic value of 0.806. The site suitability map for the potential RBF locations in the study area were produced confirms the location of an existing RBF well developed by Lembaga Air Perak (LAP). The methodology can be readily used to provide information of suitability area for RBF location in which can be used by water supply management to locate the RBF well for extraction purposes.

scholarly journals ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF SUITABLE WATER HARVESTING SITE IN GEOSPATIAL ENVIRONMENT

2018 ◽  
Vol IV-5 ◽  
pp. 189-196
Author(s):  
B. N. Shashikumar ◽  
V. Garg ◽  
B. R. Nikam
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Water Availability ◽  
Water Harvesting ◽  
Check Dam ◽  
Suitability Analysis ◽  
Site Suitability ◽  
Suitable Site ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Water Harvesting Structures

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Water is the prime requirement for agriculture, domestic uses and industrial production. In India the per capita available of water is decreasing at a higher rate due to impact of climate change and ever-increasing population. Rainwater harvesting is the technique which is being used in effective storing of surface runoff. There are various types of water harvesting structures namely check dam, farm pond, percolation tank, etc. However, identification of potential site for the construction of the particular water harvesting structure is bit difficult as it depends upon numerous parameters such as soil type, slope, water availability, land use and land cover of the site and the surrounding, etc. The guidelines such as Food and Agriculture Organization; Integrated Mission for Sustainable Development are available for selecting suitable site for water harvesting structures. As the site suitability analysis involves multiple parameters for decision making, in the present study, the selection of suitable site for check dam is made through analytical hierarchy process (AHP) in geospatial domain for Hatni watershed, Madhya Pradesh, India. As location for check dam construction is influenced by soil texture, slope of the terrain, land use land cover, stream order and water availability; these parameters were derived from remote sensing data and analysed. The slope and stream network layers were generated from the digital elevation model (DEM). Further, the influence of soil and water availability in identifying the suitable sites was studied through soil texture and curve number. Different parameters influence the site suitability analysis, therefore, in the present study, IMSD guidelines were used to assign weights to each parameter under consideration. The layers were assigned weights by AHP technique based on pairwise comparison. The layers were reclassified according to the weights, then overlay analysis has been done to get the final site suitability map. As remote sensing provides the synoptic coverage of the earth, it has been further utilised to study the impact of water harvesting structure on its surrounding. The land use land cover map of before and after the construction of water harvesting structure was analysed for change in vegetation condition. It was observed that the vegetative cover has increased after implementation of the water conservation measures. It may be concluded that the geospatial technology has immense potential in site suitability studies for water harvesting structures.</p>

scholarly journals Studi of Environmental Optimum for Pearl Oyster (Pinctada maxima) Aquacuolture Using Marine GIS and Remote Sensing Case Study of Buleleng Regency, North Bali, Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Mohan Budiman ◽  
Takahiro Osawa ◽  
I Wayan Arthana
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Pearl Oyster ◽  
Gis And Remote Sensing ◽  
Structure System ◽  
Chl A ◽  
Multi Criteria Evaluation ◽  
Oyster Aquaculture ◽  
Suitable Site ◽  
Pinctada Maxima

Oyster aquaculture is one of priorities for development and promotion of aquaculture activities in Buleleng Regency and since 2010 the production always increase and supports coastal communities. The selection of aquaculture structure system and farm site are importance. The selection should be based on an appraisal of the life history, habits, environmental parameters and socio-infrastructure. This study focused on obtaining the aquaculture structure system and site selection for Pearl Oyster (Pinctada maxima) in Buleleng Regency with seven attributes Chl-a, SST, bathymetry, and currents, distance to town, distance to pier, and distance to laboratory. The model structure for identifying culture structure and suitable sites for oyster aquaculture in coastal of Buleleng Regency was built on MCE (Multi Criteria Evaluation), the final result for suitable site outputs were compared with pearl production in Buleleng Regency in 2009, 2010, and 2011. The result of this study is that most areas at Buleleng coastal had medium suitability scores.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SITE SUITABILITY MAP FOR RBF LOCATION USING REMOTE SENSING AND GIS TECHNIQUES

2015 ◽  
Vol 74 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Firdaus Abdul Razak ◽  
Md Azlin Md Said ◽  
Rais Yusoh
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Satellite Image ◽  
Kappa Statistic ◽  
Site Suitability ◽  
River Bank ◽  
Gis Techniques ◽  
Suitability Map ◽  
Hydrogeological Map ◽  
A Site

Remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) techniques was used in this study to develop the site suitability map for river bank filtration (RBF) locations based on a case study in Jenderam Hilir, Dengkil. A high resolution 2012 GeoEye-1 satellite image was classified into six classes using the supervised maximum likelihood classification process. The classified image was further analyzed using GIS techniques such as overlaying, buffering and Boolean analysis, to identify the suitability of a RBF location area based on location, distance from the river and distant from built up area. Geology and hydrogeological map were extracted from published maps, which are then converted and integrated into the GIS spatial database. The classified GeoEye-1 results show that the overall accuracy is 89% with  kappa statistic of 0.864. The developed site suitability map for RBF locations also in good agreement  with the existing borehole location of the study area.

scholarly journals IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL SITES FOR WATER HARVESTING STRUCTURES USING GEOSPATIAL TECHNIQUES AND MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS

2018 ◽  
Vol XLII-5 ◽  
pp. 329-334
Author(s):  
A. Saha ◽  
M. Patil ◽  
S. Karwariya ◽  
S. M. Pingale ◽  
S. Azmi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Decision Analysis ◽  
Central India ◽  
Remote Sensing And Gis ◽  
Water Harvesting ◽  
Suitability Analysis ◽  
Site Suitability ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Analysis ◽  
Suitable Site ◽  
Water Harvesting Structures

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Changing hydrological phenomenon and increase the water demand in all sectors create a huge problem of water scarcity. Precipitation is one and only major source to mitigate this problem. In Central India, the average annual precipitation is sufficient in most of the part but not capable to harvest and utilize during the summer season. Identification of suitable site for water harvesting structures plays a key role to enhance the water level for watershed management. In the present study, suitable sites have been demarcated to build up a water resource development plan in Mandri river watershed of Kanker district, Chhattisgarh using Remote Sensing and GIS techniques. Basic guidelines of Integrated Mission for Sustainable Development (IMSD) have been used for identifying the suitable sites for water harvesting structures. Remote Sensing and GIS are used for site suitability analysis of water harvesting structure to extract the information of various features such as lineament, land use/land cover, soil, slope, lithology, geomorphology, drainage order, rainfall etc. In order of importance, we have assigned weights to each feature. Slope and design discharge are key parameters in site suitability analysis, so that we assigned maximum weight to this parameters. A possible site suitability map for water harvesting/conservation structures was derived following an Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA). This work attempts to identify the probable zone for water harvesting structures such as boulder check/gabion, gully plug/bori bandhan, check dams and stop dams. Multi-criteria analysis is applied in GIS to assist the decision-makers in determining appropriate zones for water harvesting structures in view of external characteristics of the watershed. Further, using weighted overlay method, the catchment was grouped into categories of suitable or highly suitable.</p>

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document