Participatory Rs and Gis for Micro Level Watershed Planning and Management
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چکیده
Remote sensing and GIS has emerged as an effective tool for the macro and micro level mapping of natural resources. With the increased resolution in RS data the accuracy in mapping has increased multifold and further these data may be uniformly overlaid on the geographical maps of the region or locality with various GIS packages. In order to have people’s viewpoint in the validation of ground level truths and actualization of planning and management of natural resources the PRA/RRA (Participatory Rural Appraisal/ Rapid Rural Appraisal) Exercises are very useful. These exercises are helpful in identification of the sites for the construction of water harvesting structures, mapping the potentiality of the natural resources and most important thing is that it ensures people’s participation in the management of natural resources. Thus, the participatory RS and GIS is the need for hour for micro level planning and management.
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Decision support system (DSS) for site selection floodwater spreading schemes using remote sensing (RS) and geographical information systems (GIS)
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