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Active Tectonics of Kumaun and Garhwal Himalaya [[electronic resource] /] / by R. Jayangondaperumal, V. C. Thakur, V. Joevivek, Priyanka Singh Rao, Anil Kumar Gupta
Active Tectonics of Kumaun and Garhwal Himalaya [[electronic resource] /] / by R. Jayangondaperumal, V. C. Thakur, V. Joevivek, Priyanka Singh Rao, Anil Kumar Gupta
Autore Jayangondaperumal R
Edizione [1st ed. 2018.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (163 pages)
Disciplina 555.496
Collana Springer Natural Hazards
Soggetto topico Natural disasters
Structural geology
Geotechnical engineering
Natural Hazards
Structural Geology
Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
ISBN 981-10-8243-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Mapping of Active Faults -- Chapter 3. Active Faults in Kumaun and Garhwal Himalaya -- Chapter 4. Concluding Comments and Structure of Online Interactive Active Fault Database.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910299377503321
Jayangondaperumal R  
Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018
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Hydro-meteorological extremes and disasters / / Manish Kumar Goyal, Anil Kumar Gupta and Akhilesh Gupta, editors
Hydro-meteorological extremes and disasters / / Manish Kumar Goyal, Anil Kumar Gupta and Akhilesh Gupta, editors
Pubbl/distr/stampa Singapore : , : Springer, , [2022]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (333 pages)
Disciplina 551.6
Collana Disaster resilience and green growth
Soggetto topico Climatic changes
Emergency management
Natural disasters
ISBN 981-19-0725-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Part I: Overview and Strategies -- 1: Hydro-meteorological Extremes and Disasters: Integrated Risk, Remediation and Sustainability -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Integrated Disaster Management: Concept and Scope -- 1.3 Disaster Management Models -- 1.3.1 Integration in DRR -- 1.3.1.1 Challenges of Increasing Disasters -- 1.3.1.2 Framework of Integrated Disaster Management Strategies -- 1.4 Initiative Taken for Integrated Disaster Management in India and Globally -- 1.5 Suggestions for Integrated Disaster Management Strategies -- 1.5.1 Proposed Approach of Integration for City Resilience -- References -- 2: Public Policy in Environment and Sustainability Strategies: Global & -- National Scenario -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Policy Implementation -- 2.3 History of the International Environment Policy -- 2.4 Policy Initiatives by The Government of India -- 2.4.1 Indian Policies Towards Environmental Protection -- 2.5 Indian Policies Towards Disaster Management -- 2.5.1 Hydro-meteorological Domains and Public Policy -- 2.5.2 Climate Finance and India´s Nationally Determined Contribution -- 2.5.3 One Health Approach -- 2.5.4 Corporate Sustainability Policy -- 2.5.5 Policy Instruments in Environment Concerns -- 2.5.6 Present Policy Scenarios in India -- 2.5.7 Way Forward -- References -- 3: Climate Finance at International and National Level: Needs, Drivers and Sources -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 An Overview of Climate Finance at Global Level -- 3.3 Allocation of Climate Finance -- 3.4 Climate Finance in India -- 3.4.1 Importance of Climate Finance in India -- 3.5 Climate Insurance -- 3.6 Way Forward -- References -- 4: Economic Impacts of Hydroclimatic Extremes and Disasters in India -- 4.1 Background -- 4.1.1 Objective of the Present Study.
4.2 Observations at National and Sub-National Levels -- 4.3 Evidence from Vulnerable Households -- 4.3.1 Poor Infrastructure Development -- 4.3.2 Agriculture Is the Main Occupation -- 4.3.3 Disaster-Induced Migration -- 4.3.4 Loss in Cropped Land -- 4.4 Conclusions and Policy Implications -- References -- Part II: Tools and Techniques -- 5: Remote Sensing Applications in Drought Monitoring and Prediction -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.1.1 Remote Sensing -- 5.1.2 Drought Concept -- 5.2 Drought Monitoring and Prediction -- 5.2.1 Drought Prediction Approaches -- 5.2.1.1 Statistical Approach -- 5.2.1.2 Dynamical Approach -- 5.2.1.3 Hybrid Approach -- 5.3 Remote Sensing in Drought Monitoring and Prediction -- 5.3.1 Precipitation -- 5.3.2 Soil Moisture -- 5.3.3 Evapotranspiration -- 5.3.4 Surface Water -- 5.3.5 Ground Water -- 5.3.6 Vegetation -- 5.4 Challenges and Future Perspectives -- 5.5 Case Study -- 5.5.1 Background -- 5.5.2 Study Area -- 5.5.3 Data Used -- 5.5.4 Methodology -- 5.5.5 Results and Discussion -- 5.6 Summary -- References -- 6: Disaster Early Warning Communication Systems -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Disaster Management Scenario in India -- 6.3 Early Warnings for Disaster Risk Reduction -- 6.4 Early Warning Communication Procedures and Systems -- 6.5 Technological Tools for EWS -- 6.6 Geo-spatial Information Systems -- 6.7 Satellites for Remote Sensing and Earth Observation and EW Communication -- 6.8 Disruptive Technologies -- 6.9 Early Warning and Forecasting Networks in India -- 6.10 Early Warning Communication -- 6.11 Conclusion -- Further Readings -- 7: Spatial Data Infrastructure for Suitable Land Identification for Government Projects -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Related Work -- 7.3 Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for Land, Rainfall and Temperature Detailing.
7.3.1 Spatial Data Infrastructure Architecture for Land, Rainfall and Temperature Detailing -- 7.3.2 LULC Detailing by Using Satellite Images (Landsat) -- 7.3.3 LULC Detailing by Using Topo-Sheets from Survey of India (SoI) -- 7.3.4 Rainfall Detailing by Using Indian Meteorological Department Data -- 7.3.5 Temperature Detailing by Using Indian Meteorological Department Data -- 7.3.6 Weighted Sum Overlay for Decision Making or Selection of Piece of Land -- 7.4 Verification, Accuracy and Use of this Research -- 7.4.1 Verification Using Actual Ground Control Points -- 7.4.2 LULC Accuracy Calculation (How Accurate Is Our Classification) -- 7.4.2.1 Overall Accuracy -- 7.4.2.2 Errors of Omission -- 7.4.2.3 Commission Error -- 7.4.2.4 Producer´s Accuracy -- 7.4.2.5 User´s Accuracy -- 7.4.2.6 Kappa Coefficient -- 7.4.3 Significance of This Research to Federal and Regional Government Agencies -- 7.5 Summary -- References -- 8: Role of Stable Isotopes in Climate Studies - A Multi-archive Approach Focusing on Holocene to Anthropocene Records -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Basics of Isotopes -- 8.2.1 Stable Isotopes of Carbon (δ13C), Oxygen (δ18O), Nitrogen (δ15N) and Hydrogen (δD) -- 8.3 Climate Extremities from Latest Pleistocene to Present -- 8.3.1 Younger Dryas (YD) -- 8.3.2 8.2 ka Cold Event -- 8.3.3 4.2 ka Cold Event -- 8.3.4 Roman Warm Period (RWP) -- 8.3.5 Dark Age Cold Period (DACP) -- 8.3.6 Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA) -- 8.3.7 Little Ice Age (LIA) -- 8.4 Challenges and outlook -- 8.5 Conclusion -- References -- 9: Integration of Climate Model & -- Hydrology Model-Tools, Bias-Correction, Downscaling, & -- Future Focus -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Downscaling Techniques -- 9.3 Integration of GCM and Hydrological Model -- 9.4 Bias-Correction in Climate Change Impact Analysis -- 9.5 Uncertainty Analysis in Climate Change Impact Assessment.
9.6 Case Study -- 9.6.1 Study Area -- 9.6.2 Climate and Rainfall -- 9.6.3 Climate Model Data -- 9.6.4 Methodology -- 9.6.5 Multimodel Uncertainty Analysis -- 9.6.6 Bias-Correction -- 9.6.7 Hydrological Modelling -- 9.6.8 Climate Change Impact Analysis -- 9.7 Concluding Remarks and Future Focus -- References -- 10: Analysis of Precipitation Extremes at the Intra-seasonal Scale Using a Regional Climate Model -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Data and Methodology -- 10.2.1 Model and Data Used -- 10.2.2 Methodology -- 10.3 Results and Discussion -- 10.3.1 Intra-seasonal Variability of the Indian Summer Monsoon -- 10.3.2 Analysis of Low and High Frequency Modes -- 10.4 Conclusion -- References -- 11: Geospatial BigData and Its Applications -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Geospatial Data as a Big Data -- 11.2.1 Features of BigData -- 11.2.2 Gap Analysis of Geo-spatial Data -- 11.2.3 Categorization of Geospatial Big Data -- 11.2.3.1 Raster Data -- 11.2.3.2 Vector Data -- 11.2.4 Pre-processing -- 11.2.4.1 Pre-processing Architecture -- 11.2.5 Feature Extraction -- 11.2.5.1 Curse of Dimensionality -- 11.2.5.2 Dimensionality Reduction Techniques -- 11.2.5.3 Principal Component Analysis -- 11.2.5.4 Linear Discriminant Analysis -- 11.2.5.5 Independent Component Analysis Algorithm (ICA) -- 11.3 Applications of Geospatial Big Data for Monitoring Hazards -- 11.4 Case Study -- 11.4.1 Flood Change Detection Using Satellite Images -- 11.4.2 Wind Power Prediction -- 11.5 Summary -- References -- Part III: Case Studies -- 12: Quantitative Assessment of Impact of Climate Change on Crop Yield over Sikkim and Central Region of India -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Study Area and Data Utilized -- 12.2.1 Study Area Description -- 12.2.2 Meteorological Data Utilized -- 12.3 Methodology -- 12.3.1 Crop Yield Simulation Using Aquacrop Model.
12.3.2 Model Performance Evaluation Using RMSE and Coefficient of Determination (r2) -- 12.3.3 Evaluating Uncertainty of GCMs for Future Yield Simulation -- 12.3.4 Adaptation Strategy to Combat Impact of Climate Change on Crop Yield -- 12.4 Results and Discussion -- 12.4.1 Aquacrop Model Efficiency During Calibration and Validation for the Sikkim Region -- 12.4.2 Aquacrop Model Efficiency During Calibration and Validation for the Central Region of India -- 12.4.3 Future Simulated Yield of Crops -- 12.4.3.1 Sikkim Region -- 12.4.3.2 Central Region of India -- Adaptation Strategy by Shifting Sowing Dates -- 12.5 Conclusions -- References -- 13: Understanding of Future Water Challenges in a River Basin Under Ensemble of CORDEX Simulated Projections -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Study Area -- 13.3 Data Used -- 13.4 Methodology -- 13.5 Results and Discussion -- 13.5.1 Drought Occurrence and Temporal Extent -- 13.5.2 Drought Trend -- 13.5.3 Drought Concurrence -- 13.6 Conclusion -- References -- 14: Drought as a Disaster and Its Characterization over Central India -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Drought: The Creeping Hazard -- 14.2.1 Drought Types: Meteorological, Agricultural, and Hydrological Drought Types -- 14.2.1.1 Meteorological Drought -- 14.2.1.2 Agricultural Drought -- 14.2.1.3 Hydrological Drought -- 14.2.1.4 Socio-Economic Drought -- 14.2.2 Drought Indices -- 14.2.2.1 Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) -- 14.2.2.2 Standardized Runoff Index (SRI) -- 14.2.2.3 Standardized Soil Moisture Index (SSI) -- 14.2.2.4 Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) -- 14.2.3 Impact of Droughts -- 14.2.3.1 Environmental Impact -- 14.2.3.2 Economic Impact -- 14.2.3.3 Social Impact -- 14.3 Case Study over Central India -- 14.3.1 Study Area and Data Used -- 14.3.2 Drought Frequency, Mean Areal Extent, and Mean Duration -- 14.3.3 Drought Trend -- 14.3.4 Drought Concurrence.
14.4 Drought Mitigation.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910624398503321
Singapore : , : Springer, , [2022]
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Nature-based Solutions for Resilient Ecosystems and Societies [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Shalini Dhyani, Anil Kumar Gupta, Madhav Karki
Nature-based Solutions for Resilient Ecosystems and Societies [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Shalini Dhyani, Anil Kumar Gupta, Madhav Karki
Edizione [1st ed. 2020.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (XXXII, 455 p. 110 illus., 100 illus. in color.)
Disciplina 338.927
Collana Disaster Resilience and Green Growth
Soggetto topico Environmental management
Sustainable development
Climate change
Natural resources
Environmental Management
Sustainable Development
Climate Change
Natural Resources
ISBN 981-15-4712-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto 1. Opportunities and advances to mainstream Nature-based Solutions in disaster risk management and climate strategy -- Part 1. Decision making tools for mainstreaming NbS -- 2. Scaling up spring revival in the Himalaya: Graduating from spring-centric to aquifer-centric nature-based solutions -- 3. Ecosystem Based Integrated and Participatory Watershed Management -- 4. Nature-based solution for balancing the food, energy and environment trilemma: Lessons from Indonesia -- 5. Wetlands as buffers for water-mediated disaster risks: Policy and Programming Opportunities in India -- 6. Landscape Character Assessment: A method to include community perspectives and ecosystem services in landuse planning -- 7. Linking NbS with Water management: A case of South Megacities -- Part 2. Evidence and examples of NbS implementation -- 8. Forest landscape restoration as a NbS strategy for achieving Bonn Challenge pledge: Lessons from India’s restoration efforts -- 9. Guns and Roses- Forest Landscape Restoration as a Nature based solution in areas of armed conflict -- 10. Leveraging Conservation Benefits through Ecosystem–based Services Approach and Community Engagement in Wetland and Riparian Ecosystems –the case of conserving Black-Necked Crane and White -Bellied Heron in Bhutan -- 11. Geo-Information tools in implementing Nature based Solutions from High Altitude Wetlands: From mapping to decision making support for Disaster Risk Reduction -- 12. Promoting nature based solution (NbS) through restoration of degraded landscapes in the Indian Himalayan Region -- 13. Temporal Changes in Livelihood and Land Usage patterns: Case study of a Primitive Tribe, Van Raji, from Uttarakhand, India -- Part 3. Advanced Institutional provisions and policies for NbS -- 14. Nature based solutions for restoration of freshwater ecosystems: Indian experiences -- 15. Applicability of Nature based Solution through Green Infrastructure Approach to Enhance Green Cover in Urban Transition Scenario -- 16. Climate Adaptive Agricultural Intervention for Food, Nutritional, Health and Livelihood Security -- 17. Agroforestry as a nature based solution for reducing community dependence on forests to safeguard forests in rainfed areas of India -- 18. Trees, shrubs and herbs for slope stabilization in landslide prone areas of Eastern Himalaya -- Part IV. Insights to Research Innovations in NbS -- 19. Permeable pavements as sustainable nature-based solution for management of urban lake ecosystems -- 20. Habitat Suitability Modelling and Nature-based Solutions: An efficient combination to realise the targets of Bonn Challenge and SDGs in South Asia -- 21. Role of tropical floodplain wetlands in carbon sequestration: a case study from Barak river basin of Assam, Northeast India -- 22. Ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change and disaster risk reduction in Eastern Himalayan forests of Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India -- 23. Nature Based Solutions Entry Points through Sectoral Policies, Strategic Instruments and Business Continuity -- 24. New Pathways for NbS to realize and achieve SDGs and post 2015 targets: Transformative Approaches in Resilience Building.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910411921303321
Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020
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River, Sediment and Hydrological Extremes: Causes, Impacts and Management [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Manish Pandey, Anil Kumar Gupta, Giuseppe Oliveto
River, Sediment and Hydrological Extremes: Causes, Impacts and Management [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Manish Pandey, Anil Kumar Gupta, Giuseppe Oliveto
Edizione [1st ed. 2023.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (441 pages)
Disciplina 551.483
Collana Disaster Resilience and Green Growth
Soggetto topico Human ecology - Study and teaching
Landscape ecology
Restoration Ecology
Environmental Studies
Landscape Ecology
ISBN 981-9948-11-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Part 1. Introduction and Overview -- 1. Flood Modelling using MIF method with GIS techniques: a case study of Iril River catchment, Manipur, India -- 2. A case study on estimating the ecosystem service values (ESVS) under anthropogenic influences for Chennai and Hyderabad -- 3. Groundwater vulnerability mapping using modified drastic model: a GIS based case study of Imphal east district, Manipur, India -- 4. Flood hazard mapping using hydraulic models and GIS: a review -- 5. A case study on prediction of heatwave days using machine learning algorithms over Telangana -- 6. Quantifying the reliability of reanalysis precipitation products across India -- 7. Weakly nonlinear waves in non-ideal fluids -- 8. Spatial and temporal variability of soil moisture, its measurement and methods for analysis: a review -- Part 2. Causes and Impacts -- 9. Streamflow estimation using entropy-based flow routing technique in Brahmani river, Odisha -- 10. Infiltration of suspended fine sediments into surface layer of coarse sediment-bedded channel -- 11. River water flow prediction rate based on machine learning algorithms: a case study of Dez river, Iran -- 12. A case study in evaluating spatio-temporal variations in drought and its risk assessment over Telangana using satellite data -- 13. Drought modeling through drought indices in GIS environment: a case study of Thoubal district, Manipur, India -- 14. Copula based probabilistic evaluation of meteorological drought characteristics over India -- 15. Nonstationary flood frequency analysis: review of methods and models -- 16. Multi-day Extreme Precipitation Ranking and Association with Atmospheric Moisture Transport during Indian Summer Monsoon -- Part 3. River Restoration, Hydraulic Structure Stability and Flood Risk Management -- 17. Remote sensing and its application on soil and ecosystem services -- 18. Sustainable land and water management in urban areas: Emerging challenges -- 19. Nature of Bursting Events Over a Rigid Bed with Emergent Vegetation -- 20. Recirculation region control behind a partially submerged cylinder due to wave against current -- 21. Assessment of sedimentation in Kaliasote reservoir, Bhopal using satellite remote sensing techniques -- 22. Development of River Atlas using space and ground based inputs for Brahmaputra and Barak valleys in Assam, India -- 23. Numerical study of flow through Linear Weir -- 24. Artificial Intelligence Based Fully Scalable Realtime Early Flood Warning System -- 25. Sustainability through Integrated Resilience and Risk Management: Rivers and Disasters in Changing Climate.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910751388703321
Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023
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