This project, submitted to the United States Geological Survey, Caribbean District, assesses land use changes between 1977 and 1995 in selected river basins of Puerto Rico and determines their significance for the hydrologic response to rainfall. A GIS software package was used to analyze these land use changes, and a statistical analysis was conducted to evaluate the significance of these changes in modeling basin discharge. Based on these analyses, we developed recommendations to mitigate the detrimental hydrologic effects of such changes.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Misra, Ravi Shankar
• Amaral, Nicholas
• Bullock, Samuel Joseph
• Fairbanks, Adam Peter

Subject

• Computing
• Water
• Environment
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 99D255I

Stichwort

• Water--Pollution
• Computer simulation
• Water-supply--Environmental aspects

Advisor

• Rissmiller, Kent J.
• Addison, W. A. Bland

Year

• 1999

Center

• San Juan, Puerto Rico Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• United States Geological Survey, Caribbean District

Date created

• 1999-01-01

Ort

• San Juan

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

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• 2021-01-27