Hazard Ecology : Approaches and Techniques
Contents: Preface. 1. Spatial modeling of regeneration mechanism for forest conservation at landscape level/Yasumasa Hirta, Kaori Sto, Atsushi Sakai, Shigeho Sato and Shigeo Kuramoto. 2. Monitoring soil erosion in a recultivation mining area using hyperspectral imaging and laser scanning/S. Haubrock, S. Chabrillat and H. Kaufmann. 3. Impact of environmental hazards in upper Kullu Valley/B.W. Pandey. 4. Oblique Aerial Photography using digital multi-image photogrammetry for survey flights below clouds, a new tool for natural hazard studies and glacier monitoring/Lars Gleitsmann. 5. Approaches to Kyoto afforestation, reforestation and deforestation mapping in Siberia using object oriented change detection methods/S. Hese and C. Schmullius. 6. Numerical method for uncertainty assessment of the topographic parameters derived from DEMs/B. Bajat, S. Rath and D. Blagojevic. 7. Assessment of the potential of the normalized difference vegetation index for forest fire risk classification/A. Gabban and J. San-Miguel-Ayanz. 8. Sensing, forecasting and risk assessment-an integrated method to model high resolution Data for floodplain representations in hydrodynamic simulations/S. Rath and B. Bajat. 9. Examination of drought vulnerability with GIS tools-somogy county case study/Sz. Bella, A. Nemeth and S. Szalai. 10. Multi-scale application of spatial metrics for quantifying forest spatial structure and diversity from Corine Land Cover and FMERS-WIFS Raster Data/N.C. Nielsen and G.A. Blackburn. 11. Regionalisation of climatic values for ecological site classification by growth simulator Sibyla with GIS/Marek Fabrika, Jan Dursky, Hans Pretzsch and Branislav Sloboda. 12. Geo atmospheric hazards in Alaknanda basic-the Garhwal Himalya/Mohan Panwar and Mamta Sharma. 13. Assessment of Geo-hydrological hazards in watersheds of Upper Yamuna-Tons Basin-the Garhwal Himalaya/Nawal Prakash. 14. Spatial analysis of landslides Hazard in Alaknanda Basin-the Garhwal Himalaya/Mohan Panwar and V.S. Negi. 15. Impact of vehicular pollution on the environment of Delhi/N.P. Singh. 16. Hazard of soil erosion in Ravine Region of Yamuna-Chambal Doab/Manish Kumar Semwal. 17. Remote sensing and geographical information system application in drought assessment/Anil Pal, M.S.S. Rawat, S.K. Pal and C.B. Pal. 18. Anatomy of cyclone disaster and storm surges over coastal Andhra Pradesh/Ushvinder Kaur. 19. Application of remote sensing and GIS for natural hazard reduction/Rupesh Kumar Gupta. 20. Hazard reduction and disaster mitigation/Sheel Kumar and P.M. Tripathi. 21. Remedial technologies of industrial pollution/Anupama M. Hasija. 22. Floods in Bihar: management and control-a trans-boundary approach/Khusro Moin. 23. Changes in the atmospheric Methane concentration in the Arctic and Antarctic regions for the last 110, years deduced from NGRIP and Dome Fuji Deep Ice Cores/S. Aoki, K. Kawamura, T. Mori, T. Anakazawa, Y. Fujii and O. Watanabe. 24. Wetlands-a development paradox-the Dilemma of South Chennai/Dipankar C. Patnik, Priya Srihari and Subhash Anand. 25. Geomorphological interpretation of natural hazards in North-East India/Dhrubajyori Sahariah and Subhash Anand. 26. Global warming-issues and challenges/Chitra Sejwar. Index.
Land is a primary resource and is utilization has always been the focal theme in understanding the historical development of various civilizations in the world. Increasing the load of the billions of population, the importance of studies and research on land utilization have become an urgent need to reduce the regional imbalances in development and to attain the sustainable development through the enhancement in global food security and human habitations. It is well-known fact that whole land available in the world is not suitable for utilization. Hence, it is visualized that how land can be put to its proper use according to its potential and capability. Analysis of the utilization and management of land resources in the world is very much necessary because it ensures the best possible advantages of land in an enduring manner to its people. Therefore, it is believed that land resource show a reciprocal relationship between the prevailing ecological conditions and men in a particular region.
This book is an outcome of the valuable contributions made by eminent scientists and research scholars who have been striving to develop alternative strategies, solutions and models for sustainable development of land resources through research, screening, monitoring and experiments varying from regional to global level.
This edition would be of immense use to the policy makers, environmentalists, ecologists, academician research scholars and people in general concerned with land resources, ecology and environment.
