Assessing land suitability for aquifer storage and recharge in northern Ghana using remote sensing and GIS multi-criteria decision analysis technique
Increasing 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...
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| author | Owusu, Seth Mul, Marloes L. Ghansah, Benjamin Osei-Owusu, P.K. Awotwe-Pratt, V. Kadyampakeni, D. |
| author_browse | Awotwe-Pratt, V. Ghansah, Benjamin Kadyampakeni, D. Mul, Marloes L. Osei-Owusu, P.K. Owusu, Seth |
| author_facet | Owusu, Seth Mul, Marloes L. Ghansah, Benjamin Osei-Owusu, P.K. Awotwe-Pratt, V. Kadyampakeni, D. |
| author_sort | Owusu, Seth |
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| description | Increasing 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. |
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| spelling | CGSpace891632025-03-11T09:50:20Z Assessing land suitability for aquifer storage and recharge in northern Ghana using remote sensing and GIS multi-criteria decision analysis technique Owusu, Seth Mul, Marloes L. Ghansah, Benjamin Osei-Owusu, P.K. Awotwe-Pratt, V. Kadyampakeni, D. land suitability aquifers artificial recharge remote sensing gis decision support systems irrigation rainfed farming agricultural productivity agricultural sector water storage water management socioeconomic environment farmers Increasing 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. 2017-12 2017-11-01T04:32:28Z 2017-11-01T04:32:28Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89163 en Open Access Springer Owusu, 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/s40808-017-0360-6 |
| spellingShingle | land suitability aquifers artificial recharge remote sensing gis decision support systems irrigation rainfed farming agricultural productivity agricultural sector water storage water management socioeconomic environment farmers Owusu, Seth Mul, Marloes L. Ghansah, Benjamin Osei-Owusu, P.K. Awotwe-Pratt, V. Kadyampakeni, D. Assessing land suitability for aquifer storage and recharge in northern Ghana using remote sensing and GIS multi-criteria decision analysis technique |
| title | Assessing land suitability for aquifer storage and recharge in northern Ghana using remote sensing and GIS multi-criteria decision analysis technique |
| title_full | Assessing land suitability for aquifer storage and recharge in northern Ghana using remote sensing and GIS multi-criteria decision analysis technique |
| title_fullStr | Assessing land suitability for aquifer storage and recharge in northern Ghana using remote sensing and GIS multi-criteria decision analysis technique |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing land suitability for aquifer storage and recharge in northern Ghana using remote sensing and GIS multi-criteria decision analysis technique |
| title_short | Assessing land suitability for aquifer storage and recharge in northern Ghana using remote sensing and GIS multi-criteria decision analysis technique |
| title_sort | assessing land suitability for aquifer storage and recharge in northern ghana using remote sensing and gis multi criteria decision analysis technique |
| topic | land suitability aquifers artificial recharge remote sensing gis decision support systems irrigation rainfed farming agricultural productivity agricultural sector water storage water management socioeconomic environment farmers |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89163 |
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