Title :
Consensus Evaluation and Prioritization using GIS and DSS Tools: Case Study of Kalabagh and Bhasha Dam
Author :
Nawaz, Muhammad ; Hamid, Muhammad ; Sattar, Farha
Author_Institution :
GIS Centre, Punjab Univ.
Abstract :
Water is a resource for all. Increasing number of users as well as their increasing demands needs appropriate management of water as a resource. For sustainable water resource management use of participatory approach is advisable for decision makers. This research paper presents the application of collaborative spatial decision-making approach for dam site selection and provides a framework for the multicriteria evaluation based consensus decision-making for water resource management
Keywords :
dams; decision support systems; distributed decision making; geographic information systems; sustainable development; water resources; DSS tools; GIS; consensus evaluation; sustainable water resource management; Collaboration; Decision making; Decision support systems; Earthquakes; Geographic Information Systems; Hydroelectric power generation; Resource management; Rivers; Spatial resolution; Water resources;
Conference_Titel :
Advances in Space Technologies, 2006 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Islamabad
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0515-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0515-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICAST.2006.313809
