[HTML][HTML] Identification of suitable sites for rainwater harvesting structures in arid and semi-arid regions: A review

A Ammar, M Riksen, M Ouessar, C Ritsema - International Soil and Water …, 2016 - Elsevier
Harvested rainwater is an alternative source of water in arid and semi-arid regions (ASARs)
around the world. Many researchers have developed and applied various methodologies …

[HTML][HTML] A GIS-based approach for identifying potential sites for harvesting rainwater in the Western Desert of Iraq

A Adham, KN Sayl, R Abed, MA Abdeladhim… - International Soil and …, 2018 - Elsevier
People living in arid and semi-arid areas with highly variable rainfall and unforeseeable
periods of droughts or floods are severely affected by water shortages and often have …

Selection frameworks for potential rainwater harvesting sites in arid and semi-arid regions: A systematic literature review

S Ahmed, M Jesson, S Sharifi - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Water shortage is a concern in arid and semi-arid regions across the globe due to their lack
of precipitation and unpredictable rainfall patterns. In the past few decades, many …

A multi-criteria decision analysis approach towards efficient rainwater harvesting

AS Toosi, EG Tousi, SA Ghassemi, A Cheshomi… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) is becoming one of the most promising alternative sources of
fresh water which can be potentially captured and utilized, particularly in arid and semi-arid …

Environmental land use conflicts: a threat to soil conservation

RFV Junior, SGP Varandas, LFS Fernandes… - Land use policy, 2014 - Elsevier
Soil vulnerability and environmental land use conflicts were quantified and cross tabulated
in the Sordo River basin (Trás-os-Montes Province, NE Portugal) to provide insights about …

Prioritizing the best sites for treated wastewater instream use in an urban watershed using fuzzy TOPSIS

Y Kim, ES Chung, SM Jun, SU Kim - Resources, Conservation and …, 2013 - Elsevier
This study developed a new framework that prioritized the best sites for treated wastewater
(TWW) instream use using fuzzy Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal …

Modelling rainfall runoff relations using HEC-HMS and IHACRES for a single rain event in an arid region of Jordan

E Abushandi, B Merkel - Water resources management, 2013 - Springer
Abstract The HEC-HMS and IHACRES rainfall runoff models were applied to simulate a
single streamflow event in Wadi Dhuliel arid catchment that occurred on 30–31/01/2008 …

Minimizing the impacts of desertification in an arid region: a case study of the West Desert of Iraq

KN Sayl, SO Sulaiman, AH Kamel… - Advances in Civil …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, desertification is a major problem in the western desert of Iraq. The harsh nature,
remoteness, and size of the desert make it difficult and expensive to monitor and mitigate …

Land-use suitability in Northeast Iran: Application of AHP-GIS hybrid model

E Memarbashi, H Azadi, AA Barati, F Mohajeri… - … International Journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Land-use suitability is the ability of a given type of land to support a defined use. Analysis of
land-use suitability requires the consideration of a variety of criteria, not only the …

Ranking suitable sites for irrigation with reclaimed water in the Nabeul-Hammamet region (Tunisia) using GIS and AHP-multicriteria decision analysis

M Anane, L Bouziri, A Limam, S Jellali - Resources, Conservation and …, 2012 - Elsevier
The present study describes an innovative methodology to rank suitable sites for irrigation
with TWW using fuzzy-AHP based on GIS where the Nabeul-Hammamet aquifer catchment …