Agricultural Land Use Planning and Groundwater Quality

Spatial and Temporal Variations of Groundwater Quality for Agricultural Use in Gavkhooni Basin

In this study, the quality of groundwater aquifer of Gavkhooni basin was investigated in agriculture. For this purpose, water quality data related to 96 wells prepared by Isfahan Regional Water Authority during the statistical period 2015-2016 were used. In this study, sodium parameters, electrical conductivity, chloride, hydrogen bicarbonate and sodium absorption ratio (SAR) were used. Then, g...

Compactness for Regionalization and its Application in Land-Use Planning

Groundwater Ecosystems Vary with Land Use across a Mixed Agricultural Landscape.

Changes in surface land use may threaten groundwater quality and ecosystem integrity, particularly in shallow aquifers where links between groundwater and surface activities are most intimate. In this study we examine the response of groundwater ecosystem to agricultural land uses in the shallow alluvial aquifer of the Gwydir River valley, New South Wales, Australia. We compared groundwater qua...

An Agricultural Decision Support System for Optimal Land Use Regarding Groundwater Vulnerability

The availability of quality water is a basic condition of socioeconomic development. The agriculture water demand can be damaged by contamination of groundwater resources. This paper proposes a tool to preserve groundwater quality by using groundwater vulnerability assessment methods and a decision support system (DSS). The mapping of intrinsic groundwater vulnerability was based on reliable me...

Land Use Planning