Groundwater Resources Development and Planning in the Semi-Arid Region

Dr. Chaitanya B. Pande is a Research Associate at The Centre for Advanced Agricultural Science and Technology, and the Centre for Climate Smart Agriculture and Water Management in Akola, India. 

Chapter 1-Issues and challenges of groundwater and surface water management in the semi-arid region.- Chapter 2-Aquifer Mapping & Management and Groundwater Flow Modelling.- Chapter 3-Agriculture, Rainwater harvesting sites, and crop suitability analysis using WOA, RS, and GIS methods.- Chapter 4-Hydrogeological systems: drainage analysis, morphometric analysis, watershed prioritization.- Chapter 5-Integrating watershed Planning and Management using Remote Sensing and GIS methods and modeling.- Chapter 6-Assessment of Groundwater Prospects Zones using RS, GIS, and MIF methods.- Chapter 7-Changes in land use and land cover impact on the groundwater recharge planning and water level.- Chapter 8-Assessment of Groundwater quality mapping for groundwater development.- Chapter 9-Groundwater level variation and Trend analysis of groundwater level.- Chapter 10-Identification of Soil Fertility and Gully Erosion mapping.- Chapter 11-Assessment of Groundwater recharge panning using AHP and WOA Techniques.- Chapter 12-Flood Mapping and Impact Analysis using RS, GIS, and GEE Methods.- Chapter 13-Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing Applications in Water Resources and Irrigation Management.- Chapter 14-Assessment of Evapotranspiration (Et), Rainfall, and Crop Coefficient (Kc) estimation using satellite data.- Chapter 15-Soil Salinity mapping using remote sensing methods.- Chapter 16-Surface runoff modeling for surface and groundwater development and planning.