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    Transition to Transformation

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
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  • Dams, Development and Environmental Flow in the Damodar River Basin

    An Integrated Approach

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The Damodar River Basin (DRB), one of the most populated regions of the world, exerts huge pressure on land through different kinds of human interventions like the construction of the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) and environmental flow alterations. However, there is no single book produced to date on the environmental flow in the context of dams and development from a holistic perspective. ... Read more

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  • Riverbank Erosion in the Bengal Delta

    An Integrated Perspective

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book discusses the issue of riverbank erosion and its associated causes, risks and social challenges in the Bengal Delta. The book covers the physical processes and indicators of riverbank erosion such as sediment flux and channel morphology, the anthropogenic and natural causes of erosion, the social consequences that afflict vulnerable communities who depend on the delta for their ... Read more

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  • Palaeochannels and Water Resource Management

    A Study in the Western Bengal Delta

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book characterizes palaeochannels and their hydrological properties in the Western Bengal Delta (Damodar Fan Delta) to help understand palaeochannel development, with the goal of better informing sustainable water resource management in the world's largest delta. It not only demonstrates the link between palaeochannels and water resource management, but also explains how anthropogenic ... Read more

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  • Tropical Deltas

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    Tropical deltas of the world are in decline and are threatened by climate change, geo-environmental dynamics, natural hazards, and disasters. This book is a comprehensive discussion of the present delta crisis and the various risks the deltas are facing due to human and natural factors. It addresses their resilience, the importance of biodiversity, and the future adaptations for sustainable ... Read more

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    An Introduction to Morphology, Landscape and Modelling

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This volume provides a versatile introduction to the study of drainage basin evolution, morphology, drainage basin hydrology and sedimentology, human interference, natural and anthropogenic hazards and various management techniques.This book offers the responsible factors of sediment yield and their absolute and specific growth and rate of delivery through tributaries to the main streams. Rivers ... Read more

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  • Floods in the Ganga–Brahmaputra–Meghna Delta

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
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    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This edited book presents a novel collection of field-based empirical studies on the Quaternary geomorphology of the Lower Ganga Basin.The book covers a wide range of topics discussing various geomorphological facets of the Lower Ganga and its subsidiary rivers focussing on laterites, palaeoenvironment and palaeogeomorphology, palaeo-coastal landforms, neo-tectonism, tidal-fluvial dynamics, extra ... Read more

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    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book addresses the various factors affecting fluvial systems, the processes governing them, system responses arising from human-nature interventions, and geospatial and geo-ecological modeling to understand system behaviour better and restore degraded ecosystems around the globe. Thanks to their hydrological and agro-ecological advantages, humans have settled along riverbanks since the dawn ... Read more

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    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book explores the latest advances in our understanding of the evolution of the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta, examining the Damodar basin, Bhagirathi-Hooghly basin and Jalangi basin from historical, quantitative and applied geomorphology perspectives. The evolution of the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta is highly complex and remains poorly understood. To address that gap, this edited volume presents 11 ... Read more

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  • Himalayan Neotectonics and Channel Evolution

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book focuses on neotectonic movements and river channel evolution of the Indian subcontinent, with special reference to the Himalayan Neotectonics. Neotectonic movements have played an important role in channel evolution in tectonically active zones especially for the mountain chains, foredeeps and active deltas. The book addresses the issues of the channel evolution in neotectonically active ... Read more

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  • Anthropogeomorphology of Bhagirathi-Hooghly River System in India

    The Bhagirathi-Hooghly Basin in India is one of the most densely populated regions in the world and is undergoing rapid transformation of its natural landscape induced by human interventions, such as mushrooming of dams and barrages, deforestation, and urbanization. Human activities and interventions on basin landforms and the processes that shape those landforms have accelerated at an alarming ... Read more

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