Groundwater vulnerability studies are sources of essential information for the management
of water resources, aiming at the water quality preservation. Different methodologies for …

The present study introduces a multi-criteria index to assess flood hazard areas in a regional
scale. Accordingly, a Flood Hazard Index (FHI) has been defined and a spatial analysis in a …

Groundwater contamination from intensive fertilizer application affects conservation areas in
a plain. The DRASTIC model can be applied in the evaluation of groundwater vulnerability …

Constructing accurate and reliable groundwater risk maps provide scientifically prudent and
strategic measures for the protection and management of groundwater. The objectives of …

Groundwater vulnerability to contamination risk is increasing daily due to human activities in
the environment and increasing load on these precious resources. The groundwater …

Groundwater management can be effectively conducted by using groundwater
contamination map assessment. In this study, a modified DRASTIC approach using …

Groundwater vulnerability and risk assessment is a useful tool for groundwater pollution
prevention and control. In this study, GIS based DRASTIC model have been used to assess …

To understand the relations between land use allocation and water quality preservation
within a watershed is essential to assure sustainable development. The land use and land …

Environmental land use conflicts are uses of the land that ignore soil capability. In this study,
environmental land use conflicts were investigated in mainland Portugal, using Partial Least …

Starting from a diagnosis of areas with different environmental land use conflicts located in
various rural sub-basins of the River Sordo basin (northern Portugal), the present study …