Environmental Changes and Natural Disasters
Contents: Preface. I. Environmental Changes: Their causes, impacts and assessment: 1. Importance of environmental impact assessment and monitoring studies in industrial development/Baban Ingole. 2. Inter-linking of rivers--an evaluation/M.S. Kodarkar. 3. Environmental protection by Microbial Metal Remediation/S.R. Dave. 4. Behaviour of groundwater pollution at Tuppa, Nanded, Maharashtra--a case study/R.D. Kaplay. 5. Environmental Impact Assessment for Hydro Power Projects/N.J. Pawar. 6. Effect on water quality of Godavari River at Paithan after Nath Sheshti/Megha Rai, Ayesha Durrani and Mazhar Farooqui. 7. Environment and society--an overview/R.B. Borse, S.N. Patil, M.V. Baride and Anupama Chavan--Patil. 8. An evaluation of physio-chemical analysis of surface water: Jakekur Dam, Omerga/V.V. Khadke, A.W. Suryawanshi, S.D. Hulpalle and S.S. Nakade. 9. Study of air pollution levels in Nanded City/S.R. Warhekar and S.V. Shivanikar. 10. Hydrogeochemistry of groundwater and stream water ecosystem of Pingalgad Nala in Parbhani District, Maharashtra/Md. Babar. 11. Groundwater pollution due to waste disposal in Parbhani City, Maharashtra/R.B. Muley, Md. Babar and R.K. Joshi. 12. Physico-chemical characteristics of water samples from reservoirs of Parbhani District, Maharashtra/S.U. Kadam, Md. Babar and J.M. Gayakwad. 13. Characterization and treatment of waste water from distillery--a case study/S.K. Akuskar, J.L. Somwanshi and V.V. Khadke. 14. Use of Amyl Alcohol for control of Acid Rock Drainage (ARD) in mining environment/P.S. Wakte and S.R. Dave. 15. Increase in levels of Fluoride increases total hardness and total dissolved solids from Fluoride Prone area of Mahur Taluka, District Nanded, Maharashtra/A.R. Naregalkar and S.V. Shivnikar. 16. Environmental characteristics of Lonar Lake with reference to geological and microbial attributes/Md. Babar and P.S. Wakte. 17. Ecology and fisheries of Manjara Reservoir, Maharashtra/V.B. Sakhare and R.J. Chavan. 18. Environmental aspects of deforestation, agriculture and population of spatio-temporal analysis of Uttar Kannada District, Karnataka/Shrinivas P. Dandin and Virupakshi. 19. Balancing environment--a challenge/M.N. Sondge. 20. The nature of ecological problems/M.G. Deshpande. II. Natural Disasters: Mitigation and Management: 21. Natural disasters in India: mitigation and management/M.K. Ghose and Chandan Ghose. 22. Disaster management and mitigation/S.S. Patil and K.L. Karkare. 23. Application of GIS and Remote Sensing in disaster management/J. Loveson Immanuel. 24. Influence of lineaments on landslide prone area around Mahad, Raigad District, Maharashtra/P.T. Sawant and N.J. Sathe. 25. Disaster mitigation and flood control--a case study/A.J. Shirke and R.S. Deshpande. 26. Earthquakes as natural disasters: an overview with reference to causes, effects and mitigation measures/M.S. Godbole, R.B. Muley and Md. Babar. 27. Impact of geohydrology in the conservation of Groundwater Reserve in Parts of Sindkhedraja Tehsil of Buldhana District/A.V. Tejankar. 28. Tsunami Hazard Assessment using GIS Techniques--a case study between Colachel and Arockiapuram Coast, Tamil Nadu/N. Chandrasekar, M. Rajamanickam, J. Loveson Immanuel, S. Saravanan and G.V. Rajamanickam. 29. Role of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System in Rispana Watershed -- a study of projected water demand v/s estimated water availability in Dehradun City/Baby Tabassum. 30. A study of prioritization for soil conservation of Dikrong River Basin through Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System/Baby Tabassum.
"The book covers the multidisciplinary nature of environment, public awareness, current burning topics on environment and natural changes. The book includes disaster management, mitigation and application of Remote Sensing and GIS for disaster management and environmental changes. It also consists of drawing a long-term policy to overcome the problems of environmental pollution and disaster management. The other important environmental issues discussed are environmental impact assessment studies, environmental health hazards and ecological consequences in relation to the inter-linking of rivers in India. The issues of natural disasters include landslides, flood and flood control, earthquakes and tsunamis.
The book is useful for students and researchers of various disciplines like biology, microbiology, environment, ecology, pedology, geology, geography, hydrology, remote sensing, social sciences etc, and others who are concerned with environment and disaster management. The whole book is divided into 2 parts including 30 chapters. Part I covers environmental changes: their causes, impacts and assessment and Part II highlights natural disasters: mitigation and management and other related aspects."
