Groundwater Potential Zone (GWPZ) for Urban Development Site Suitability Analysis in Bhopal, India

This study uses remote sensing, GIS and MCDA techniques for studying the availability of groundwater resources and their suitability for urban residential planning in Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh, India. The first part of our research involves integration of nine different thematic layers in AHP to identify GWPZ. The study reveals that 13.51% of the area has very high, 13.77% of the area has high, 12.05% has medium-to-high, 27.61%...