Water Resources Monitoring, Management, and Sustainability

Subodh Chandra Pal is an Assistant Professor in Department of Geography at The University of Burdwan, India. He received his Ph.D. in Geography from Visva-Bharati (Central University in India) in 2015. His main fields of expertise are fluvial geomorphology, pedo-geomorphology, land degradation, soil erosion, gully erosion, landslide vulnerability, climate change, water resources monitoring and management and published nearly two hundred international and national research articles in various renowned journals. He has authored a book on Climate Change Impact on Soil Erosion in Sub-tropical Environment: Application of Empirical and Semi-empirical Models. He is the Editor of four running Edited books and is also an Editorial board member of MDPI Water and Frontiers of Earth Science journals. His research work has been funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India. Dr. Pal has served as a reviewer for many International reputed journals. Since 2022, Stanford University has recognized Dr. Pal as one of the world's top 2% scientists Shouraseni Sen Roy is a Professor in the Department of Geography and Sustainable Development at the University of Miami, USA. Her core area of research over the last two decades has concentrated on expanding our understanding of long-term trends in climatic processes, in view of impending climate change. Her research methodology incorporates extensive spatial analysis using advanced geo-statistical techniques to analyze trends in climatic variables. In addition to researching climate processes over the Indian subcontinent, she has addressed targeted climate-related research questions in other regions of the world, including the United States, Myanmar, Burundi, China, and South Africa. Furthermore, she has recently started working on crime patterns in south Florida. Asish Saha is a Ph.D. Research Scholar (UGC-SRF) in the Department of Geography, The University of Burdwan, India. He received his Master’s degree in Geography from The University of Burdwan and Post Graduate diploma in Geoinformatics from Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of West Bengal, in collaboration with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, Kolkata. His fields of expertise are Climate Variability, Climate Change, Regional Climate Modeling, Hydro-climatic extremes, Water Resources Management, Water Quality, Hazard and Risk Assessment, Statistical Modeling, and Machine Learning applications. He has published more than ninety international research articles along with five book chapters in various renowned journals. His research work has been funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC), India. Alongside, he has served as a reviewer for many well-regarded international journals. Mohamed Abioui is an Assistant Professor (Habilitation) of Sedimentology-Stratigraphy and Petroleum Geology in the Department of Earth Sciences at Ibnou Zohr University, Morocco; and a Collaborator Member with MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre - Sedimentary Geology Group, Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Portugal. In 2024, M. Abioui became an Adjunct Professor at Universiapolis—International University of Agadir, Morocco. His research interests are related to the study of Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Petroleum Geology (Geomechanics and Pore Pressure), Geoheritage, Geoeducation, Rock Art, flood forecasting, uncertainty analysis, water resources monitoring, management, and sustainability, and flood risk management. Currently, he collaborates with international leading academics to develop novel approaches for tackling water management challenges that our human society is facing. He has contributed to many research papers published in various reputed national and international journals.

Part I: Water resource monitoring 1. Integrating modeling, monitoring, and management to minimize pollutants in water resources 2. Application of geospatial techniques in estimating the impact of Fani cyclone on land surface conditions of Puri district of Odisha, India 3. Sensitivity of cryosphere to climate change in Western Himalaya: a study from Dras Basin 4. Geostatistics-based geospatial modeling and hydrogeochemical characterization of groundwater quality: a case study in Jharia Coalfield Region, India 5. Flood susceptibility mapping of Malda District using analytical hierarchy process and remote sensing-based applications 6. Hydrological analysis and assessment of inland flood risk using geospatial data 7. Impact of soil salinity on the increasing trends of Aqua farming in the coastal blocks of Purba Medinipur District: a Geospatial Approach 8. Unveiling the dynamic seasons of the Vaal River: a multitemporal monitoring and analysis on a cloudbased geospatial platform 9. An appraisal of groundwater potentiality of Kharkai watershed, India 10. Modeling and prediction of surface runoff for the humid areas: a geospatial analysis 11. Application of GIS-based analytical hierarchy process (AHP) for the identification of groundwater potential zone in Dibrugarh District, Assam, India 12. Emission of nitrous oxide in tidal-influenced mangrove ecosystem of Indian Sundarban Part II: Water resource management 13. Integrating geospatial approach with citizen science to combat marine plastic pollution 14. Application of ground egg shell as an efficient photocatalyst for wastewater purification 15. Global solutions for integrated water resources management in cities throughout the world 16. Assessment of spatial pattern of groundwater recharge potential zones for watershed management: a study on Kuya River Basin, Eastern India 17. Use of DinSAR techniques to mitigate dam siltation: a case study of the Abdelkarim El Khattabi Dam in northern Morocco 18. Examining the effects of vented dams on land use and land cover in the Shambhavi Catchment: a multitemporal sentinel imagery analysis 19.Climate change vulnerability of water resource management in mature and active deltaic parts of inhabited islands of Indian Sundarbans: a geospatial analysis with special reference to Matla Bidyadhari interfluve 20. A scientific study on appraisal of embankment breaching and its coherent management over Indian Sundarbans 21. Basin-scale agricultural drought across India under changing climate 22. Roles and challenges of drainage basin management institutions in promoting the integrated Fish Rice-Vegetable farming technology model in the Lower Ankobra Basin 23. Altitudinal gradient and Himalayan vegetation in changing climate: A short overview 24. Assessment of drinking water quality using GIS technique and water quality index in West Bengal, India 25. Water resource mapping, monitoring, and modeling using geospatial approaches 26. An overview of geothermal energy as technology and its use in the current and modern context 27. GIS-based modeling for water resource monitoring and management: a critical review 28. Soil bacteria are more conducive to cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) growth than the physicochemical factors in agricultural fields of India