Journal of Remote Sensing & GIS

Saima iftikhar

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• Research Article
  Site Suitability Analysis for Small Multipurpose Dams Using Geospatial Technologies
  Author(s): Saima iftikhar, Zeshan Hassan and Rida ShabbirSaima iftikhar, Zeshan Hassan and Rida Shabbir
  
  Water shortage, energy crisis and natural misfortunes are the glitches which reduce the efficacy of agricultural ecosystems especially in Pakistan where these are more frequent besides being intense. Accordingly, the agricultural water resources, food security and country’s economy are at risk. To address this, we have used geospatial techniques incorporating ASTER Global DEM, geological map, rainfall data, discharge data, Landsat 5 image of Swat valley in order to assess the viability of selected sites. The sites have been studied via GIS tools, hydrological investigation and multi parametric analysis for their potentialities of collecting and securing the rain water; regulating floods by storing the surplus water bulks by check dams and developing them for power generation. Our results showed that Siat1-1 was very useful for low cost dam with main objective of as debris dam; S.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2469-4134.1000162

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