Groundwater Vulnerability Mapping: A Geospatial Modeling for the Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment - Softcover

Farjad, Babak; Z. M. Shafri, Helmi; Ahmed Mohamed, Thamer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3844332421 ISBN 13: 9783844332421

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

A protection strategy in environmental management such as groundwater vulnerability mapping is a powerful tool for decision making and land use planning. Groundwater vulnerability evaluates a multilayer system over a large basin. It has a large and complex data and variables. Geographical Information System (GIS) provides an easy means to analyze large and complex groundwater data. These complexities also necessitate a systematic approach such as Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) for decision analysis in a framework that supports hydrogeological spatial attributes as well as facilitates the incorporation of knowledge, experience and judgments in the vulnerability assessment. In addition, statistical methods can be integrated with hydrogeological model to calibrate the original model and validate the results.

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About the Author

Babak Farjad: PhD candidate in Spatial Information Engineering at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). MSc in GIS & Geomatics Engineering (UPM). He is also Coordinator at the International Geoinformatics Research and Development Journal (IGRDJ). His Rresearch areas are Geomatics, artificial intelligence and applications in hydrology.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3844332421
• ISBN 13: 9783844332421
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144