Disaster Management in the Complex Himalayan Terrains : Natural Hazard Management, Methodologies and Policy Implications / / edited by Shruti Kanga, Gowhar Meraj, Majid Farooq, Suraj Kumar Singh, Mahendra Singh Nathawat |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (186 pages) |
Disciplina | 363.3480954 |
Collana | Geography of the Physical Environment |
Soggetto topico |
Natural disasters
Geomorphology Geography Physical geography Geographic information systems Natural Hazards Physical Geography Geographical Information System |
ISBN | 3-030-89308-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part-A: Introduction to the Disasters and Hazards in the Himalayan Terrains -- 1. Disasters in the Complex Himalayan Terrains -- 2. Hazards in the perspective of Himalayan Terrain: A review -- Part-B: Landslides in the Himalayas – Causes and Consequences -- 3. Himalayan Landslides – Causes and Evolution -- 4. Landslides in the Himalayas: Causes, Evolution, and Mitigation – A Case Study of National Highway 44, India -- 5. Geo-environmental Impact of Road Widening Project along the National Highway- 44A, Jammu & Kashmir, India -- Part-C: Floods in the Himalayas – Causes and Consequences -- 6. September 2014 floods in Kashmir Himalaya - Impacts and Mitigation Strategy -- 7. A review on the estimation of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) in the Himalayan region using remote sensing and geographic information system -- 8. Impact of Floods on the Green Energy Sector in the Himalayas using remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) – A case study of Gagas Watershed, Uttarakhand, India -- Part-D: Earthquakes in the Himalayas – Assessment and Forecasting -- 9. Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry to Measure Earthquake Related Deformation: A Case Study from Nepal -- 10. Earthquake Forecasting in the Himalayas using Artificial Neural Networks -- Part-E: Hazard mitigation strategies in the Himalayas -- 11. Forest Fire Alert System of India with a Special Reference to Fire Vulnerability Assessment of the UT of Jammu and Kashmir -- 12. Hazard mitigation and climate change in the Himalayas – Policy and Decision making. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910522556903321 |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sustainable development practices using geoinformatics / / edited by Shruti Kanga, Varun Narayan Mishra, Suraj Kumar Singh |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 338.9270285 |
Soggetto topico |
Sustainable development - Geographic information systems
Geoinformatics Natural resources - Management - Geographic information systems |
ISBN |
1-119-68712-8
1-119-68716-0 1-119-68718-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910555100503321 |
Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sustainable development practices using geoinformatics / / edited by Shruti Kanga, Varun Narayan Mishra, Suraj Kumar Singh |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 338.9270285 |
Soggetto topico |
Sustainable development - Geographic information systems
Geoinformatics Natural resources - Management - Geographic information systems |
ISBN |
1-119-68712-8
1-119-68716-0 1-119-68718-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829145703321 |
Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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