Debapriya Dutta
Debapriya Dutta
AVSWAT- a spatial decision support system for land and water management and its application for watershed management in Bankura district of West Bengal
Posted on 12 May, 2009 12:09 PMThe article deals with AVSWAT- A spatial decision support system for land and water management and its application for watershed management in Bankura district of West Bengal. Decision Support Systems (DSS) are defined as computer-based information systems designed to support decision makers interactively in thinking and making decisions about relatively unstructured problems. Spatial Decision Support Systems (SDSS), which are the integration of DSS and GIS was initiated by Densham and Goodchild ( 1988) are emerging as efficient tools for managing natural resources like land and water.