Groundwater Potential Zone (GWPZ) for Urban Development Site Suitability Analysis in Bhopal, India

This study uses remote sensing, GIS and MCDA techniques for studying the availability of groundwater resources and their suitability for urban residential planning in Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh, India. The first part of our research involves integration of nine different thematic lay...

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Published in:Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing 2019-11, Vol.47 (11), p.1793-1815
Main Authors: Tiwari, Anuj, Ahuja, Ankit, Vishwakarma, Bramha Dutt, Jain, Kamal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Geographic information systems
Groundwater
Groundwater availability
Groundwater potential
Remote sensing
Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry
Research Article
Residential areas
Residential development
Urban areas
Urban development
Water resources
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Summary:This study uses remote sensing, GIS and MCDA techniques for studying the availability of groundwater resources and their suitability for urban residential planning in Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh, India. The first part of our research involves integration of nine different thematic layers in AHP to identify GWPZ. The study reveals that 13.51% of the area has very high, 13.77% of the area has high, 12.05% has medium-to-high, 27.61% of area has medium groundwater potential, while the remaining 33.05% has low groundwater potential. In the second part of the research, the resultant GWPZ is combined with eight different thematic layers for identifying suitable urban residential development sites. Urban residential site suitability map shows that only 16.97% of the area has very high suitability, 20.71% area has high suitability, 25.81% of the area has moderate suitability and 23.56% has low suitability, while the remaining 12.94% area is non-suitable.
ISSN:0255-660X
0974-3006
DOI:10.1007/s12524-019-01027-0