Assessing land suitability for aquifer storage and recharge in northern Ghana using remote sensing and GIS multi-criteria decision analysis technique

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystemsen_US
cg.coverage.countryGhanaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GHen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierBenjamin Ghansah: 0000-0001-8068-1472en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-017-0360-6en_US
cg.identifier.urlhttps://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40808-017-0360-6.pdfen_US
cg.issn2363-6203en_US
cg.issn2363-6211en_US
cg.issue4en_US
cg.journalModeling Earth Systems and Environmenten_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.volume3en_US
dc.contributor.authorOwusu, Sethen_US
dc.contributor.authorMul, Marloes L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGhansah, Benjaminen_US
dc.contributor.authorOsei-Owusu, P.K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAwotwe-Pratt, V.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKadyampakeni, D.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-01T04:32:28Zen_US
dc.date.available2017-11-01T04:32:28Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/89163en_US
dc.titleAssessing land suitability for aquifer storage and recharge in northern Ghana using remote sensing and GIS multi-criteria decision analysis techniqueen_US
dcterms.abstractIncreasing climate variability and challenge in access to water pose major impediments to rainfed agricultural productivity. Extensive flooding of agricultural lands during the rainy season and lack of water during the 8-month long dry season affect the livelihood of the people in the northern Ghana, a situation that calls for better water management practices. The use of aquifer storage and recharge (ASR) based technique, helps to reduce flooding and improve access to water during the dry season; however such technology has specific requirements for successful implementation. This study assesses suitable areas for the technology in the northern Ghana terrain using multi criteria decision analysis (MCDA) in ArcGIS environment. The result suggests around 66% (48,516 km2) of the crop area in the northern Ghana available for the technology are within moderate to very high suitable sites, of which 44% (29,490 km2) fall into the high and very high suitable sites. This could imply high potential for the artificial groundwater storage system in northern Ghana given other conditions.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.available2017-08-22en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationOwusu, Seth; Mul, Marloes L.; Ghansah, Benjamin; Osei-Owusu, P. K.; Awotwe-Pratt, V.; Kadyampakeni, D. 2017. Assessing land suitability for aquifer storage and recharge in northern Ghana using remote sensing and GIS multi-criteria decision analysis technique. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 11p. (Online first) doi: 10.1007/s40808-017-0360-6en_US
dcterms.extentp. 1383-1393en_US
dcterms.issued2017-12en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherSpringeren_US
dcterms.subjectland suitabilityen_US
dcterms.subjectaquifersen_US
dcterms.subjectartificial rechargeen_US
dcterms.subjectremote sensingen_US
dcterms.subjectgisen_US
dcterms.subjectdecision support systemsen_US
dcterms.subjectirrigationen_US
dcterms.subjectrainfed farmingen_US
dcterms.subjectagricultural productivityen_US
dcterms.subjectagricultural sectoren_US
dcterms.subjectwater storageen_US
dcterms.subjectwater managementen_US
dcterms.subjectsocioeconomic environmenten_US
dcterms.subjectfarmersen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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