Disaster Management and Environmental Sustainability

Sanjay Kumar, PhD is an associate professor and assistant coordinator at Nalanda Open University and the Study Centre at Maharaja College, Ara. Over his tenure, he has attended several workshops, national and international seminars, quality webinars, and faculty development programs and during COVID-19, he delivered online lectures on different topics hosted by different institutions. He serves as one of the team members for curriculum design for the Master's Geography program at Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi and the Bachelor's and Master's Geography programs in Bihar. Suraj Kumar Singh, PhD is a National Service Scheme program officer at the Central University of Jharkhand and a coordinator at the Centre for Sustainable Development, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur. He has 12 years of teaching and research experience in waterlogging and flood hazards, geospatial applications in water resources, disaster management, hydrogeomorphology, urban planning, and wasteland mapping. Shruti Kanga, PhD is an assistant professor and head of the Department of Geography, School of Environment and Earth Sciences, Central University of Punjab. She has 12 years of teaching and research experience in the area of forest fire risk modeling and management, tourism, and resource management. She has also attended and organized 35 national and international conferences. Gowhar Meraj, PhD is the principal investigator of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India where he assesses the impact of climate change on the critical ecosystem services of the Kashmir Valley. More specifically, he is working on INVEST modelling for assessing sediment retention services, water yield services, and habitat quality in the Kashmir Valley. He has more than 40 research publications and serves as an editor for several additional publications. Majid Farooq, PhD is a scientist in 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. In addition to his experience, he has more than 25 publications in various international and national journals. M. S. Nathawat, PhD is a scientist of international repute. He has more than 150 publications in various international and national journals and has guided more than 50 PhD and masters students. He is also a member of expert committees in various national bodies.

Editorial xi

Preface xiii

Acknowledgments xvii

1 Assessment of Changes in River Morphology Due to Illegal Sand Mining by Geospatial Techniques 1
Saurabh Singh, Deepak Kumar Prajapat, Vikas Pandey, Rajat Agrawal and Jerripotu Gopala Rao

2 Feasibility of Solar Power Generation Potential in Una, Bilaspur, Solan, and Sirmaur Districts of Himachal Pradesh Using Geospatial Techniques 13
Lalit Jain, Krishan Chand, Rohit Chauhan and Brijesh Saklani

3 Assessment of the Drivers of Domestic Water Consumption Pattern in Growing Population of Idah LGA, Kogi State, Nigeria 39
Ogunkolu Ayodeji Bolade, Ogbole Moses, Stephen Favour Ojonuba and Oyetunji Adewale Bashir

4 Disaster Risk Reduction and Risk Management: A Conceptual Framework 61
Fouzia Rahman

5 Impact of Environmental Degradation and Disaster Happenings on Human Health 75
Kishor Kumar Anand and Sanjay Kumar

6 Impact of Development on Environmental Degradation: An Indian Diaspora 85
Rekha Vishwakarma

7 Food Crisis During Covid-19 Pandemic Among Migrants: A Study With Reference to Rohtak City (Haryana) 97
Vinod Kumar and Nitin

8 Crime Against Women in Patna and Its Environs: Degradation in Social Environment 109
Vimlesh Kumar

9 Expansion of Irrigation Facilities and Its Impact on Cropping Intensity: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis With Reference to Haryana 121
Neeraj

10 Dwindling Forest Cover and Environmental Degradation: A Case Study of Bihar 131
Vinita Prasad

11 Environment and Sustainable Development: Issues and Challenges 139
Anshu Veenapani

12 Government Programs and Policies Towards Green Environment 145
Suraj Dev

13 Use of Geospatial Technique in Urban Flood Hazard Management 155
Pallavi Tomar, Suraj Kumar Singh, Shruti Kanga, Amitanshu Pattanaik and Gowhar Meraj

14 Impact of Urbanization on Infrastructure and Environment of the Cities in Bihar 169
Anshu Veenapani and Sharat Chandra

15 Uses of Wi-Fi Technology and Its Effects on Social Life 177
Vishal Kumar

16 Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Disaster Management: An Applied Review 191
Sadaf

17 Population Change and Its Impact on the Shortfall of Groundwater: A Case Study of Berhampore in Murshidabad, West Bengal 207
Subodh Singha and Harsha Kumar Das Gupta

18 Development of Future Rule Curves for KLRS Pulichintala Reservoir Operation Using SWAT and GA Models 219
Jerripotu Gopala Rao, Saurabh Singh, Bishnu Prasad Panda, Deepak Kumar Prajapat, Sujeet Kumar and Azmeera Balu

19 Understanding the Relationship Between River Health and Society for River Restoration: A Review 229
Pradeep kr Shrivastava, Deepak Kumar Prajapat and Saurabh Singh

20 Geospatial Mapping of Groundwater Potential Zones Using Multi-Criteria Decision Making AHP Approach in a Pisangan Watershed, Ajmer District (RAJ.) 241
Shilpi Yadav and S.S. Khinchi

References 259

Index 261