Environmental Geo-Hazards : Science and Society, Vol. II
Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. I. Land slide. 1. Landslides: an introduction/Vijendra Kr. Pandey. 2. Landslide Hazard Donation (LHZ) mapping on Meso-scale for planning and expansion of urban centres in Hilly terrains/R. Anbalagan, Dhrubajyoti Chakraborty and Atul Kohli. 3. Remote sensing and GIS: a comprehensive approach of landslide hazard management/Kaushal Kumar Sharma and Suresh Kumar Bandooni. 4.Landslide mitigation-an overview/V.K. Sarda and R.S. Banshtoo. 5. Static liquefaction for flow type landslide at Karshingsa: a case study/Gokul K. Bayan. 6. Strategies for efficient gully erosion management in foothills of Shiwaliks region/S.S. Kukal and Bhoop Singh. 7.Environmental geo-hazards in Himachal Pradesh : case of Shimla/A.R. Sankhyan. 8. Quantitative Avalanche risk analysis on national highway (Nh-la)/Anant Kumar Shukla. 9. Avalanche control Scheme for Gulmarg Gondola/Anant Kumar Shukla. 10. Land slide Hzard Zonation in Chamoli area, Utarakhand/Ravi Shekhar. 11. Land use dynamics and risk from hazards: an evaluation of geoecological crisis in the Western Himalaya/B.W. Pandey and V.S. Negi. 12. Geomorphic approach for Landslide Hazard Zonation of Bhilangana River Basin, Uttarakhand Himalaya/Vijendra Kumar Pandey. 13. Science of landslide: its mitigation, mapping and management strategies/Mohan S Panwar and Zubair Ahmad Malik. II. Earthquake: 14. Earthquake: a disaster/Nitin Punit. 15. Earthquake damage assessment and mitigation measures for District Hamirpur (H.P.): importance in the development planning/Ravi K. Sharma. III. Floods: 16. Flood and its management/Nawal Prasad Singh. 17. Flood disaster in Himachal Pradesh: a spatio-temporal analysis/D.D. Sharma. 18. Atmospheric and Terrestrial Hazards in Himalaya: an overview on some devastating incidences/Vishwambhar Prasad Sati. Others: 19. Man-made, natural hazards and preventive measures during construction of hydropower projects for sustainable development in the mountains: a case of the Upper Beas Valley, India/Sanjeev Sharma, Jagdish C. Kuniyal and J.C. Sharma. 20. Vegetational wealth of Garhwal, Himalaya, Uttarakhand contribution towards protecting environmental hazards/D.P. Semwal, P.L. Uniyal and Y.M. Bahuguna. 21. Environmental Geohazards in Himachal Pradesh/Acharya Rattan Lal Verma. 22. Role of volunteers in disaster risk management/Garima Aggarwal. 23. Sustainable livelihoods and vulnerability to disasters/Anjali Yadav. 24. Environment and law environmental protection and public interest litigation in India/Surender Singh. V. Suggestions and recommendations: 25. Suggestions and recommendations. Index.
Environmental Geo-Hazards are of topmost concern today, as there is huge loss to life and property. The concern varies from individual to the state and national governments have set up many scientific departments to carry out research and development programmes on Geo-Hazards. Main environmental geo-hazards are landslide, earthquake, cyclones and floods. Along with natural factors, human beings are responsible for triggering landslides. Unscientific and hap hazardous developments in Himalaya have been the root cause of disastrous landslides. After landslides the most disastrous impact has been of the earthquakes. Although, they occur rarely but their time of occurrence is not known and it is one of the most challenging jobs to the scientific community. Therefore, the focus is on post management strategy. Floods particularly flash floods are becoming very common phenomena in Himalaya due to heavy rainwall and cloudburst. Many efforts fail short due to lack of scientific inputs as well as money and trained manpower in the field. Many state governments like of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have been making many efforts to come up with comprehensive strategy and policy to deal with environmental geo-hazardous.
Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India is the pioneering body which has taken various scientific steps in research and development in the field of Geo-Hazards. In the same light DST sponsored the workshop on Environmental Geo-Hazards (Earthquake, Landslide and floods): management and mitigation strategy for Himachal Pradesh at Palampur in 2004. The final result of the workshop came in the form of edited book. After getting positive feedback from the workshop and the book, the DST again sponsored one more workshop on the same topic to be held at Mandi in 2007.
Nearly forty papers were presented at the workshop and every effort has been taken to keep selected papers in the proper form. The book is organized in five sections. These findings can be helpful for policy and planners at national and local level.
