LEADER 04071nam 22006855 450 001 9910624313403321 005 20251009103220.0 010 $a3-031-11181-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-11181-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7132918 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7132918 035 $a(CKB)25289945100041 035 $a(PPN)266355137 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-11181-5 035 $a(OCoLC)1350917361 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925289945100041 100 $a20221105d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFluvial Systems in the Anthropocene $eProcess, Response and Modelling /$fedited by Aznarul Islam, Prakriti Das, Sandipan Ghosh, Abarna Mukhopadhyay, Ayan Das Gupta, Arun Kumar Singh 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (495 pages) 225 1 $aEarth and Environmental Science Series 311 08$aPrint version: Islam, Aznarul Fluvial Systems in the Anthropocene Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783031111808 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Discoursing River from Physical and Social Backdrops -- 2. Rivers in Distress : A Geo-Ecological consideration -- 3. Incorporating hydromorphological assessments in the fluvial geomorphology domain for transitioning towards Restorative River Science ? Context, Concepts and Criteria -- 4. The Role of Rivers on Man and Society reflected in Literature: A critical study of a few selected River-oriented popular Bengali Novels in Geographical Perspective -- 5. An assessment of human impact on Bhagirathi river in Murshidabad district : From reverence to responsibility. . 330 $aThis book addresses the various factors affecting fluvial systems, the processes governing them, system responses arising from human-nature interventions, and geospatial and geo-ecological modeling to understand system behaviour better and restore degraded ecosystems around the globe. Thanks to their hydrological and agro-ecological advantages, humans have settled along riverbanks since the dawn of civilization. Thus, the ancient "ecumene" (settlements) were located near major rivers worldwide. This legacy of river-based civilizations continues to this day in many forms. However, in the course of the 'Anthropocene' era, countless fluvial systems have been altered by human interventions in the form of large-scale dams and barrages, changes in land use and land cover, road-stream crossings, mining of sand and gravel, mushrooming of brickfield, expansion of modern agriculture, industrial growth, and urbanization. Thus, the present-day development pattern threatens fluvial systems,especially riverine morphology and ecosystems. In brief, human-induced morphological changes, water pollution, eutrophication, and related damages to aquatic organisms are the major threats to fluvial systems. Thus, maintaining the 'environmental flow' of the world's major rivers to preserve the proper functioning of riverine ecosystems and promote sustainable development is a global challenge. 410 0$aEarth and Environmental Science Series 606 $aWater 606 $aHydrology 606 $aPhysical geography 606 $aSedimentology 606 $aEcology 606 $aWater 606 $aPhysical Geography 606 $aSedimentology 606 $aEcology 615 0$aWater. 615 0$aHydrology. 615 0$aPhysical geography. 615 0$aSedimentology. 615 0$aEcology. 615 14$aWater. 615 24$aPhysical Geography. 615 24$aSedimentology. 615 24$aEcology. 676 $a551.355 676 $a551.355 702 $aIslam$b Aznarul 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910624313403321 996 $aFluvial systems in the anthropocene$93065680 997 $aUNINA