Space Science and Technology for Geographical Research and Applications
Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. Space science and space technology developments in India: 1. Satellite data products and services/Joseph Arokiadas and K.P.R. Menon. 2. Securing enough to eat: role of space technology/S. Bandyopadhyay, S.K. Srivastava, V.S. Hegde and V. Jayaraman. II. Geographical research: issues and solutions: 3. Sustainable development - tasks ahead/Kausalya Ramachandran and S. Padmaja. 4. Land tranformation processes and issues for geographical research - scope of remote sensing and GIS applications/G.P. Obi Reddy, A.K. Maji, S. Thayalan and V. Ramamurthy. III. Natural resources and repository, wetlands, ground water and land use: 5. National land use policies and strategies - the challenges before the current millennium/K.V. Sundaram. 6. Perspectives in landuse / landcover change with reference to future scenarios in Indian context/P.S. Roy, Kalpana Ambastha and C.S. Jha. 7. Remote sensing and GIS application for natural resource mapping/Abhishek Srivastava, Shweta Srivastava and Vandana Tiwari. 8. Natural resource management for sustainable development using remote sensing technology - a case study/V.K. Verma, P.K. Sharma, L.B. Patel, D.C. Loshali and G.S Toor. 9. Natural Resources Data Management System (NRDMS) - a suite of technologies for local level planning/R. Siva Kumar, P.S. Acharya, D. Dutta, M. Prithviraj, Nisha Mendiratta and Bhoop Singh. 10. Soil resource management in Andhra Pradesh/Poonam Malakondaiah and Qamar Iqbal Khan. 11. Ground water assessment condition using the satellite data/Abhishek Srivastava, Shweta Srivastava and Abhishek Misra. 12. Sustainable management of wetlands: a case study of District Kota, Rajasthan/Babu Lal Sharma and Pooja Puar. 13. Rural land use management and planning: an optimal strategy for commercial farming in Kashmir Valley/S.A. Shah. 14. Wastelands information system for sustainable development/R. Nagaraja, Rajiv Kumar, B. Shyamsunder, Manoj Raj Saxena and Satish Jayanthi. IV. Watershed management: 15. Use of remote sensing and GIS in watershed management/B.R.M. Rao and M.A. Fyzee. 16. Decision support model for watershed development/R.R. Hermon, P. Kesava Rao and Vasala Madhava Rao. 17. Development of spatial database in digital domain for drainage areas upto micro watershed level in Umnabad Taluk, Bidar District by using remote sensing and GIS techniques/K. Ashoka Reddy, H. Honne Gowda, L. Rangaswamappa, M. Viswanath and A.S. Rajashekar. 18. Catchment capture: "A geomorphic analysis for water resource appraisal" an illustration from Mej River Basin (Rajasthan)/S. Padmaja. 19. An integrated approach on watershed planning and management through artificial recharge and rainwater harvesting - a case study/C. Bhanu Prakash and Dinesh Kar. V. GIS technology and applications: 20. A wide platform (www) for implementing applications of geographic information system/Bhupendra Singh Purawat, Narpat Singh Rathore, Gajendra Rathore and Narender Verma. 21. Digital terrain modeling/R. Ramchandran. 22. Spatial perspectives for understanding landscape to species level diversity/Murthy, M.S.R, Pujar G.S. and Giriraj A. VI. Urban and regional studies: 23. The role of geoinformatics in urban planning/Subhan K. Pathan. 24. Population growth and land transformation in Gurgaon, Haryana: Spatio - temporal analysis using remote sensing and GIS techniques/Rupesh Kumar Gupta and V. Raghavswamy. 25. Impact of pollution and quality of life of the residents of Hyderabad/Afzal Sharieff and Mohammed Akhter Ali. 26. Blue print of problematic areas in Bangalore rural district identified through remote sensing/Nagesh, M. Padmavathi, V. Shreedhara and H. Honne Gowda. VII. Disaster management: 27. Disaster management in India - from space perspective/V. Bhanumurthy and P. Manjusree.
