Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
Title | GIS application in water resources master planning |
Publication Type | Communications in International Conferences |
Year of Publication | 2014 |
Authors | Tuqan N. A. S., Astuti Z. B., and Lourenço J. M. |
Abstract |
Due to water scarcity, it is important to organize and regulate water resources utilization to satisfy the conflicting water demands and needs. This paper aims to describe a comprehensive methodology for managing the water sector of a defined urbanized region, using the robust capabilities of a Geographic Information System (GIS). The proposed methodology is based on finding alternatives to cover the gap between recent supplies and future demands. Nablus which is a main governorate located in the north of West Bank, Palestine, was selected as case study because this area is classified as arid to semi-arid area. In fact, GIS integrates hardware, software, and data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographic information. The resulted plan of Nablus represents an example of the proposed methodology implementation and a valid framework for the elaboration of a water master plan.
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Conference Name | PLURIS 2014 - 6º Congresso Luso-Brasileiro para Planeamento Urbano, Regional, Integrado e Sustentável. - re-inventar-a-cidade-em-tempos-de mudança |
Journal | Proceedinds of PLURIS 2014 - 6º Congresso Luso-Brasileiro para Planeamento Urbano, Regional, Integrado e Sustentável. - re-inventar-a-cidade-em-tempos-de mudança |
Pagination | 1-11 |
Date Published | 2014-09-24 |
Publisher | Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
Conference Location | Lisboa |
URL | pluris2014.fa.ulisboa.pt/ |
Keywords | Palestine, Urban Planning, water basin managment, water policies |
Rights | openAccess |
Peer reviewed | yes |
Status | published |
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
Currently CTAC aggregates 25 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more
Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt