In: Civil Engineering
Talk about and explain what types of procedures can be implemented to improve project management for watershed investigations when using Computer software technology such as GIS/Remote Sensing.
A system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyse, manage and present all types of geographic data is the Geographic Information System (GIS). It is an integration of spatial data from different sources and hence is a powerful tool to manage large bodies.
The watershed management requires a micro-regional planning, the analysis of biophysical as well as socio-economic environments and agro-ecological zoning. The land cover changes due to the use by humans and natural causes are essential for the planning. The patterns and causes of land use dynamics can be analysed effectively using GIS. As the multi-criteria analysis is quicker with GIS the support services requirement and placement can be evaluated easily. With the GIS being able to link the different sets of data, it proves to be a powerful tool integrate the maps and databases and arrive at a comprehensive picture of the scenario at hand.