Integration of multi criteria decision analysis and GIS for evaluating the site suitability for aquaculture in southern coastal region, India
Authors:
- K. Shunmugapriya,
- Balamurugan Panneerselvam,
- Kirubakaran Muniraj,
- Nagavinothini Ravichandran,
- P. Prasath,
- Maciej Thomas,
- Karunanidhi Duraisamy
Abstract
Deterioration of water and soil quality, poor infrastructure facilities and improper maintenance are the major factors that govern aquaculture growth and production in major part of India. In the present study aims to identify the suitable land for aquaculture growth and suggest the sustainable practice to improvise the growth of aquaculture in study region. With use of analytical hierarchy process (AHP) the various significant parameters such as geology, pH, salinity, soil media, slope, geomorphology, land use land cover, distance to water, settlement and road networks were analyzed and based on these characteristics, thematic maps were prepared. The results are revealed that, that 882.13 km2 area was most suitable, 1264.88 km2 area was suitable and 14.00 km2 area was unsuitable for aquaculture in the study region. The study results will helpful to decision makers and to make a design plan for aquaculture growth in the study region.
- Record ID
- CUT128eae731b054f9881a9b2725f40f067
- Publication categories
- ;
- Author
- Journal series
- Marine Pollution Bulletin, ISSN 0025-326X, e-ISSN 1879-3363
- Issue year
- 2021
- Vol
- 172
- Pages
- [1-19]
- Article number
- 112907
- Other elements of collation
- mapy; schem.; tab.; Bibliografia (na s.) - 18-19; Oznaczenie streszczenia - Abstr.; Numeracja w czasopiśmie - Vol. 172
- Keywords in English
- aquaculture, geographical information system, analytical hierarchy process, thematic maps
- DOI
- DOI:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112907 Opening in a new tab
- URL
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0025326X21009413?via%3Dihub Opening in a new tab
- Language
- eng (en) English
- Score (nominal)
- 0
- Publication indicators
- Citation count
- 27
- Additional fields
- Indeksowana w: Web of Science, Scopus
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://cris.pk.edu.pl/info/article/CUT128eae731b054f9881a9b2725f40f067/
- URN
urn:pkr-prod:CUT128eae731b054f9881a9b2725f40f067
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