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Water, Land, and Forest Susceptibility and Sustainability, Volume 2

Insight Towards Management, Conservation and Ecosystem Services

  • 1st Edition - March 23, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Uday Chatterjee, Biswajeet Pradhan, Suresh Kumar Kailasa, Sourav Saha, Mohammad Zakwan
  • Language: English

Water, Land, and Forest Susceptibility and Sustainability, Volume 2: Insight Towards Management, Conservation and Ecosystem Services brings an interdisciplinary perspecti… Read more

Description

Water, Land, and Forest Susceptibility and Sustainability, Volume 2: Insight Towards Management, Conservation and Ecosystem Services brings an interdisciplinary perspective to solving complex problems in sustainability, utilizing the latest research and technologies, and includes case studies that emphasize the applications of remote sensing, GIS, and image processing for addressing the current state and future needs to achieve sustainability. As forests, land, and water are among the most precious resources on earth, emphasizing the need to conserve them for future generations and, of course, a safe and sustainable planet. The assessment of the susceptibility of all these three precious resources must therefore be addressed to inform their sustainable management.

This second volume focuses on environmental management, conservation, and ecosystem services and provides information on forest, land, and water resources, presenting in integrated manner various aspects of their characterization, susceptibility, and sustainability.

Key features

  • Presents theoretical context and practical solutions for understanding the current knowledge and where future efforts should be directed
  • Includes case studies in each chapter demonstrating the use of geospatial technologies
  • Offers an interdisciplinary approach to addressing susceptibility and achieving sustainability

Readership

Environmental researchers, particularly in the fields of land use planning, geography, soil science, environmental and civil engineering, natural resources, and GIS

Table of contents

SECTION I: Introduction: Natural Resources Management, Conservation, and Ecosystem Services Approaches Towards Sustainability

1. Natural Resources Sustainability and Ecosystem Services - A Paradigm Shift

SECTION II: Water Resource Susceptibility and Sustainability

2. A Mathematical Model-based Approach to Assessing Water Pollution Through the Dynamics of Freshwater Zooplankton Community and Remediation

3. Soil-Water Modeling as a Tool for Sustainable Soil Resources Management: Progress and Future Directions

4. Valuing Ecologically Sensitive Areas Ecosystem Services in Bhitharkanika: Implications for Sustainable Management

5. A Comparative Analysis of Changes in Surface Water Resources in Dry and Wet Areas of Zimbabwe Between 1990 and 2020: The Case of Mazowe and Mberengwa Districts

6. Assessment of Covid-19 Lockdown Impact on Surface Water Quality Using Remote Sensing Techniques in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

7. Description of the Processing Technique for the Monitoring of Marine Environments with a Sustainable Approach Using Remote Sensing

SECTION III: Land Resources Susceptibility and Sustainability

8. Sustainable Land Use Management and Drivers of LULC Change and Degradation: An Assessment of Malappuram Metropolitan Region, Kerala, India

9. Mapping Alternative Solid Waste Disposal Sites using Fuzzy- DEMATEL Method in Coastal City of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh (India)

10. Urban Land-Use Susceptibility and Sustainability-Case Study

11. Assessing Urban Land Use Sustainability: Asansol Durgapur Planning Area, West Bengal, India

12. Geospatial Modelling for Sustainability of Soil Ecosystem Services in Hilly and Mountainous Landscapes

SECTION IV: Forest Resource Susceptibility and Sustainability

13. Aspects of Forest Degradation and Inventory Approaches for Forest Management

14. Forest and Livelihood Susceptibility and Sustainability in Relation to Trekking and Tourism: A Study in Singalila National Park of India

15. The Impact of Human Footprints on Forest Resource/Reserve: A Case for Sustainable Forestry in Stubb Stubbs Creek Forest Reserve (SCFR), Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

16. Shifting Cultivation in the East Garo Hills, Meghalaya (India): An Earth Observation Perspective

17. The Impact of Anthropogenic Activities on Mangrove Forest Health in Urban Areas of the Niger Delta: Its Susceptibility and Sustainability

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 23, 2023
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Uday Chatterjee

Dr. Uday Chatterjee is an Assistant Professor at Bhatter College in Dantan, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India, and an Applied Geographer with a Post-Graduate in Applied Geography from Utkal University and a Doctorate in Applied Geography from Ravenshaw University in Cuttack, Odisha. He has contributed to a number of research papers that have been published in reputable national and international publications, as well as edited book volumes. He has also organized (as the convener) a Faculty Development Program on "Modern ways of teaching and advanced research methods," which was funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). Urban Planning, Social and Human Geography, Applied Geomorphology, Hazards & Disasters, Environmental Issues, Land Use and Rural Development are some of his research interests. The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) of the Government of West Bengal, India, financed his research. He has worked as a reviewer for a number of international publications. Dr. Uday Chatterjee is currently the lead editor of the Springer Special Issue (S.I) on Urbanism, Smart Cities, and Modelling.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Bhatter College (Affiliated to Vidyasagar University), Dantan, India

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Biswajeet Pradhan

Professor Pradhan is a globally recognized expert in geospatial analytics and artificial intelligence applications in Earth and environmental sciences. Currently a Distinguished Professor at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia, he also leads the Centre for Advanced Modelling and Geospatial Information Systems (CAMGIS). With a PhD in GIS-based modeling, Prof. Pradhan has over two decades of experience in spatial data science, remote sensing, natural hazard modeling, and environmental monitoring. He has been listed among the world's top 2% scientists by Stanford University and received numerous international awards, including from IEEE and Elsevier. A Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS), he also serves on editorial boards of several top-tier journals. His research integrates geospatial AI and deep learning for disaster risk reduction, land use planning, and sustainability.

Affiliations and expertise
Centre for Advanced Modelling and Geospatial Information Systems (CAMGIS), Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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Suresh Kumar Kailasa

Suresh Kumar Kailasa, FRSC is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, Gujarat, India. He obtained his M.Sc. in Chemistry (Natural Products) from Sri Krishnadevaraya University and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India. He completed postdoctoral research at Chonbuk National University, South Korea, and National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan, and joined SVNIT in 2009. He received the Young Scientist Award from the Taiwan Mass Spectrometry Society in 2013 and served as a Brain Pool Scientist at Chung-Ang University, South Korea, in 2017 and 2023. He has published over 230 peer-reviewed articles and holds a Taiwan patent. His research interests include analytical chemistry, mass spectrometry, nanosensors, and functional nanomaterials.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Chemistry, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) Surat, Gujrat, India and Nanochemistry, Analytical Chemistry, MALDI mass spectrometry

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Sourav Saha

Dr. Sourav Saha PhD is a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Saha is an early career scientist who recently completed his Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati, USA. He also taught several Geology courses as an adjunct faculty member at Northern Kentucky University, USA. His research interests are focused on the use of geomorphic, geochronologic, remote sensing, and sedimentary tools to quantify surface processes, landscape evolution, paleoseismic, and paleoclimatic changes. His goal is to understand the dynamic interaction between climate, tectonics, and landscapes, especially in environmentally sensitive regions. He uses and develops a variety of geochronometers, especially luminescence and cosmogenic surface exposure dating techniques. He is also a member of the Geological Society of America, the American Geophysical Union, the American Quaternary Association, and several other international organizations.
Affiliations and expertise
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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Mohammad Zakwan

Dr. Mohammad Zakwan PhD is presently working as an Assistant Professor in Maulana Azad National University, Hyderabad, India. He has published numerous papers and has a demonstrated history of working in Water Resource Engineering. He has been serving as an editorial board member and reviewer for various journals. His research interests include modelling of infiltration, modelling river water quality, sediment rating curves, stage discharge curves, computation of effective discharge and dominant discharge, climate change, trend analysis in water resources, river engineering, hydraulics, and hydrology of rivers. Dr. Mohammad Zakwan was a recipient of Gold medals during his M.Tech and B.Tech. He was awarded MHRD GATE scholarship and CSIR NET JRF scholarship for his M.Tech and PhD, respectively.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

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