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
cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystems
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GH
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifierBenjamin Ghansah: 0000-0001-8068-1472
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-017-0360-6en
cg.identifier.urlhttps://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40808-017-0360-6.pdfen
cg.issn2363-6203en
cg.issn2363-6211en
cg.issue4en
cg.journalModeling Earth Systems and Environmenten
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume3en
dc.contributor.authorOwusu, Sethen
dc.contributor.authorMul, Marloes L.en
dc.contributor.authorGhansah, Benjaminen
dc.contributor.authorOsei-Owusu, P.K.en
dc.contributor.authorAwotwe-Pratt, V.en
dc.contributor.authorKadyampakeni, D.en
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-01T04:32:28Zen
dc.date.available2017-11-01T04:32:28Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/89163
dc.titleAssessing land suitability for aquifer storage and recharge in northern Ghana using remote sensing and GIS multi-criteria decision analysis techniqueen
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
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2017-08-22
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
dcterms.extentp. 1383-1393en
dcterms.issued2017-12
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectland suitabilityen
dcterms.subjectaquifersen
dcterms.subjectartificial rechargeen
dcterms.subjectremote sensingen
dcterms.subjectgisen
dcterms.subjectdecision support systemsen
dcterms.subjectirrigationen
dcterms.subjectrainfed farmingen
dcterms.subjectagricultural productivityen
dcterms.subjectagricultural sectoren
dcterms.subjectwater storageen
dcterms.subjectwater managementen
dcterms.subjectsocioeconomic environmenten
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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