Geomorphology and Environment/edited by Savindra Singh, H.S. Sharma and
Sunil Kumar De. Kolkata, ACB Pub., 2004, xxxii, 534 p., tables, figs., (pbk).
ISBN 81-87500-19-0.
Geomorphology and Environment/edited by Savindra Singh, H.S. Sharma and
Sunil Kumar De. Kolkata, ACB Pub., 2004, xxxii, 534 p., tables, figs., (pbk).
ISBN 81-87500-19-0.
Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. Applied Geomorphology: 1. The Ice Age glaciation of Western Tibet between the Karakorums and the Tarim Basin, and its influence on the global energy balance/Matthias Kuhle. 2. A study of the effects of extreme rainfall of July 1998 in the Darjiling Himalayas/Leszek Starkel. 3. Hydro-meteorological study of high intensity rainstorms in the Upper Tista Basin/Subir Sarkar. 4. Irrigation practices and river links : some lessons from history/S.P. Das Gupta. 5. Linking of the rivers of India : attempts to revive an aborted plan/Sunil Sen Sarma. 6. River Bank erosion : geomorphology and environment/Ashis Sarkar. 7. Late quaternary Aeolian sedimentation history of the Thar Desert/Amal Kar, A.K. Singhvi, N. Juyal and S.N. Rajaguru. 8. Types and mechanism of slope failure due to the rainfall event in January 2003 in Molise Region (S. Italy)/P.P.C. Aucelli, D. Balteanu, M. Izzo and C.M. Rosskopf. 9. Landslide hazard assessment in the Likhu Khola drainage Basin, Middle hills, Nepal/John Gerrard. 10. Landslide Hazard Susceptibility Zonation (LHSZ) along roads: a case study from Sikkim Himalaya/Akhouri Pramod Krishna, Navin Kumar, Sisir Kanti Nag and Sanjib Kundu. 11. Landslide susceptibility along the Adriatic Flank of Southern Apennines (Italy) : the case of Molise region/P.P.C. Aucelli, L. Brancaccio, F. Ravera and C.M. Rosskopf. 12. Causes of landslides in the Balasan Basin of Eastern Himalayas/Sunil Kumar De. 13. Assessment of soil erosion and strategies for its conservation in the Western Terai and adjacent hills of the Eastern Himalayas/Sudip Kr. Bhattacharya. 14. Geomorphological investigation of badlands : a case study at Garhbeta, West Medinipur District, West Bengal, India/Jayanta Sen, Suman (De) Sen and Sunando Bandyopadhyay. 15. 20 century evolution of banks and Islands of the Hugli Estuary, West Bengal, India : evidences from Maps, images and GPS survey/Sunando Bandyopadhyay, Dipanwita Mukherjee, Sima Bag, Dilip Kumar Pal, Rabindra Kumar Das and Kalyan Rudra. 16. Geographical variation at the coast of Orissa/Ashis Kr. Paul. 17. Geography of coastal zone management in Bangladesh/K. Maudood Elahi and Sabiha Sultana. 18. Morpho-dynamics of deltaic Sunderban's rivers/Goutam Kumar Das. 19. The gradient of Piezometric level and ground water zonations in Kolkata city : a statistical analysis/Alpana Ray. II. Theoretical geomorphology: 1. Cycle of cyclic concept in geomorphology/Savindra Singh. 2. Complexity in geomorphic explanation : some cases/Jyotirmoy Mukhopadhyay. III. Environmental issues: 1. Geoinformatics for environmental justice/Parthasarathi Chakrabarti. 2. Bengal's millennium flood : the question of appropriate development/Graham P. Chapman and Kalyan Rudra. 3. Some concepts and issues on environment : recritiqued/D.K. Sinha. 4. Assessment and monitoring of water quality around Kurseong Hill and its impact on the beneficiaries/Arabinda Ghosh and Arunkanti Biswas. 5. Placing environment in national development planning/Swapna Banerjee-Guha. 6. Urban wetlands : need for comprehensive management programme in West Bengal/Nitai Kundu, Mausumi Pal, Simontini Das, Jayeeta Basu, Subhendu Mitra and Asesh Sengupta. 7. Environmental impact assessment of coal mining at Tindharia/Ramkrishna Maiti. 8. Biodiversity under threat : an overview with special reference to West Bengal/Ranjan Basu. 9. Transport problems in metropolises of India/Sukla Bhaduri. 10. Geographical factors in India's foreign policy : an ecological-political approach/Sudeepto Adhikari and Akhouri Radha Krishna Sinha. 11. Calcutta's water supply : a historical perspective/Srabanti Bhattacharya. 12. An analytical profiles of the international tourists of Darjiling Town/Sutapa Saha. 13. Challenge of population explosion and urban growth : an experience of Kolkata, West Bengal/Sisir Chatterjee. Index.
"The book 'Geomorphology and Environment' contains 34 articles written by eminent scholars from India and abroad. Many of them are internationally reputed while the others are young budding geographers. The articles covers a wide field of geomorphology and environment. The papers have been categorized into three subsections. The first section is applied geomorphology which contains 19 articles and covers glacial, fluvial, Aeolian, coastal, mountain and gully landscapes, extreme events as well as hydrological aspects. Theoretical geomorphology has been put in the second section which contains 2 articles on cyclic concept and complexity in geomorphology. The third and last section is on environmental issues which includes 13 articles covering flood hazard, geoinformatics for environmental justice, wetland, biodiversity, transport, tourism, EIA etc."