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Posted by subu on June 26, 2008, 2:45 am
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Watershed Abstract
The present study is part of a research project conceived and
developed by
Sustainable Development of Maili Watershed in Hoshiarpur District,
Punjab Using Spatial Information Technology. Due to the ever-
increasing demand on water resources, the pressure on its judicious
utilization is also increasing. Besides being precious, this resource
is also complex to manage on account of its dynamic behaviour. It
implies that the response to a unit of precipitation input is
dependent on the state of wetness of the land mass and the environment
prevalent at that time. Therefore, the changing weather conditions as
well as the spatial variability of land mass result in nonlinear
behaviour of the response of the watersheds in a place like India,
where emphasis is being placed on making the local-level users
participate in the management of natural resources at the watershed
level, it is imperative that these local-level organizations be
strengthened by providing the integrated watershed management tools
which are user-friendly, but still use all the scientific knowledge to
arrive at the appropriate decisions.
=95 The objective of the study is to generate various thematic layers
like Land Use/Land Cover (LULC), Ground Water Potential, Soil and
Slope maps in the GIS Domain.
=95 To formulate a model by using remote sensing imagery for identifying
areas for suitable watershed treatment plans;
=95 To generate implementable action plans suggesting soil and water
conservation measures based on Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques for
comprehensive and sustainable development. The assessment was based on
the following studies of the watershed.
In this study an approach using Remote Sensing and GIS has been
applied to identify the natural resources problems and to generate
locale specific micro-watershed development plans for sustainable
development a part of Maili watershed, Hoshiarpur District, Punjab.
An attempt is made in the present study to suggest an action plan for
the sustainable development of the area using GIS and Remote Sensing
techniques. For the present study IRS P6 LISS IV, Imagery has been
used for the preparation of land use/land cover, hydrogeomorphogy and
soil maps.
The study of remote sensing data and geographic information system has
been used to locate potential zones for ground water in Maili
watershed. Hydrogeomorphological maps, geological map, structural map,
drainage map, base map, slope map, land use/land cover map and ground
water prospect zones maps have been prepared from remote sensing data
along with the existing maps. This Dissertation demonstrates the use
of GIS-based modeling framework for local-level planning,
incorporating the sustainability aspects of watershed development.
Submitted
M. SUBRAMANIAN M. Sc., M.Tech GIS
DEPT. OF GEOGRAPHY
SCHOOL OF GEOSCIENCES
BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY,
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI
TAMIL NADU
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