Geospatial Modeling for Environmental Management

Shruti Kanga is an associate professor and coordinator at the Center for Climate Change and Water Resources, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur, India. Previously she was an assistant professor at Central University of Jharkhand (CUJ), Ranchi and also served as Research Associate in Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF). She received her PhD in 2013 from the Department of Remote Sensing, Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi. She has worked in the areas of forest fires risk modeling and management, tourism, resource management etc. Suraj Kumar Singh is an associate professor and coordinator at the Center for Sustainable Development, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur. Previously he worked as an assistant professor at the Central University of Jharkhand (CUJ), Ranchi. He has also served as Research Associate in National Remote Sensing Center (NRSC), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). He earned his Ph.D. degree in 2012 from the Department of Remote Sensing, Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi. He has experience in the area of water logging and flood hazards, geospatial applications in water resources, disaster management, hydrogeomorphology, urban planning and wasteland mapping. Gowhar Meraj is a Young Scientist Fellow, in the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India’s Scheme for Young Scientist and Technologists (SYST) at Department of Ecology, Environment, and Remote Sensing, Government of Jammu and Kashmir. Previously he worked at the Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) and as a consultant with World Bank Group, New Delhi for its South Asia Water Initiative Program. He has done his M Phil. and M Sc. in Environmental Sciences from the University of Kashmir, India. He has more than nine years of experience in research and teaching in various themes related to satellite remote sensing and GIS. He has published over 40 articles in various international and national journals. Majid Farooq is a scientist at the Department of Ecology, Environment, and Remote Sensing, Government of Jammu and Kashmir, India. He has more than 15 years of experience in research, teaching and consultancy related to remote sensing and GIS such as climate change vulnerability assessments, flood modeling, ecosystem assessment, watershed management, natural resource management, ecosystem services, and modeling. He has over 25 publications in various international and national journals.

PART A Geospatial Modeling in Hydrological Studies

Chapter 1 Flood Vulnerability and Risk Assessment with Parsimonious Hydrodynamic Modeling and GIS

Chapter 2 Estimation of Parameters in Ungauged Catchment Using Map- Correlation Method: A Case Study on Krishna-Godavari Basin

Chapter 3 Soil and Water Assessment Tool for Simulating the Sediment and Water Yield of Alpine Catchments: A Brief Review

Chapter 4 Temporal Assessment of Sedimentation in Siruvani Reservoir Using Remote Sensing and GIS

Chapter 5 Review of Conceptual Models of Estimating the Spatio-Temporal Variations of Water Depth Using Remote Sensing and GIS for the Management of Dams and Reservoirs

PART B Geospatial Modeling in Landslide Studies

Chapter 6 Geospatial Modeling in Landslide Hazard Assessment: A Case Study along Bandipora-Srinagar Highway, N-W Himalaya, J&K, India

Chapter 7 Causes, Consequences and Mitigation of Landslides in the Himalayas: A Case Study of District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh

Chapter 8 Landslide Hazard and Exposure Mapping of Risk Elements in Lower Mandakini Valley, Uttarakhand, India

PART C Geospatial Modeling for Climate Change Studies

Chapter 9 Crop Response to Changing Climate, Integrating Model Approaches: A Review

Chapter 10 Snow and Glacier Resources in the Western Himalayas: A Review

Chapter 11 Detecting Vegetation and Timberline Dynamics in Pinder Watershed Central Himalaya Using Geospatial Techniques

Chapter 12 Climate Change Studies, Permanent Forest Observational Plots and Geospatial Modeling

Chapter 13 Analyzing the Relationship of LST with MNDWI and NDBI in Urban Heat Islands of Hyderabad City, India

PART D Geospatial Modeling in Change Dynamics Studies

Chapter 14 Assessment of the Visual Disaster of Land Degradation and Desertification Using TGSI, SAVI, and NDVI Techniques

Chapter 15 Dynamics of Forest Cover Changes in Hindu Kush-Himalayan Mountains Using Remote Sensing: A Case Study of Indus Kohistan Palas Valley, Pakistan

Chapter 16 Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System for Evaluating the Changes in Earth System Dynamics: A Review

PART E Geospatial Modeling in Policy and Decision-Making

Chapter 17 Sustainable Livelihood Security Index: A Case Study in Chirrakunta Rurban Cluster

Chapter 18 Carrying Capacity of Water Supply in Shimla City: A Study of Sustainability and Policy Framework