Proceedings of ICEM\'05 : International Conference on Environmental Management (28 - 30 Oct 2005)

Contents: Vol. I: Environmental Resources and Sustainability: Inagural key note address: Indian environment management - issues and challenges/Sukumar Devotta. Plenary lectures: 1. Methodology for determining the sanitary landfill and solid waste dump sites by using remote sensing techniques and geographic information system/Mohamad Rukieh. 2. Issues related to management of water resources in India/V. Subramanian. 3. Ocean observing systems and information services/K. Radhakrishnan. Key note lectures: 4. Biodiversity studies on Branchiopad fauna of lower deltaic region of River Krishna and its environs/M.K. Durga Prasad, P. Padmavathi and G. Simhachalam. 5. Environmentally-sustainable natural resources management/U. Aswathanarayana. 6. Succession dynamics of grasslands ecosystems of Central Mongolia/Akbar Fakhireh and Gholamreza Noori. 7. Hedging Cashew crop with Euphorbia antiquorum L. - an ecosolution to its pollinator limitation problem/E.U.B. Reddi. Technical papers: 1. Rational design of hydraulic structures in watersheds/T. Kiran Kumar, N. Kumara Swamy and G. Abbaiah. 2. Performance evaluation of Bhima irrigation command area in Maharashtra State, India/J. Venkatesh. 3. Environmental flow concept for integrated river basin management/Prakash Kelkar, Vasant Mhaisalkar and Sukumar Devotta. 4. Rainwater harvesting for draught proofing in Palamau Division of Jharkhand, India/S.P. Sinha and P.K. Verma. 5. Prediction and prevention of soil erosion - a watershed based approach/T. Kiran Kumar,  N. Kumara Swamy and G. Abbaiah. 6. Increasing demand of electricity and role of coal in developing countries/Mohammad Aslam Uqaili, Gordhan Das Valasai and Hafeez Ur Rehman Memon. 7. Environmental benefits of power generation from renewable energy sources in Pakistan/Khanji Harijan, Mohammad Aslam Uqaili, and Mujeebuddin Memon. 8. Efficient harvesting and conserved rainwater utilization for sustainable agriculture./A. Zaman. 9. Conservation of ubiquitous energy resources/G. Madhunakar and V.V. Satyanarayana. 10. Evaluation of antibacterial activity of Indian spices against common food borne pathogens/P.K. Sofia, Rajendra Prasad, V.K. Vijay  and A.K. Srivastava. 11. The effect of plant cover on the abundance and variety of birds in Orzooieh in Baft/Mohammad Taher and Bustani. 12. Biodiesel from CSO-an option for reducing smoke levels in diesel fuel engine/B. Murali Krishna. 13. Hydraulic conductivity, specific yield and areal recharge assessment in unconfined aquifers/A.K. Rastogi and S. Snehalatha. 14. Physical vulnerability analysis for coastal flooding in Godavari River Delta, Andhra Pradesh, India/M.V. Ramana Murty and P.V. Ramana Murty. 15. Mussels as Bio - softner/G. Srinivasulu. 16. Wave run-up on coastal protection structures defenced by rubble mound breakwater/M.G. Muni Reddy, S.A. Sannasiraj, R. Natarajan and S. Neelamani. 17. Stormwater runoff quality management/M. Shokouhian and S. Danesh. 18. Alder (Alnus sp.) role in Hyrcanian sites of Iran/Afshin Yeganehfar, and Tahereh Eesazadeh. 19. Microbial sulfate reduction in a sulphidogenic jet loop biofilm reactor/Renu Pawels, Ajit Haridas and Babu T. Jose. 20. Screening for estrogenic effect in calendula officinalis.l. (a potential plant)/Preethi Premnath, J. Sriram Mohan and K.V.L. Sarada. 21. Effect of salt (NaHCO3) stress on biochemical parameters of Morus Alba (Sujanpuri) in vitro/Parvaiz Ahmad, Satyawati Sharma and P.S. Srivastava. 22. Content and meaning of ecosystem management/P.K. Muthukumar, and I. Sundar. 23. Research issues in joint forest management with reference to Tamilnadu afforestation project/I. Sundar and P.K. Muthukumar. 24. Treatment of industrial metallic solid waste by stabilization process in TSDF and design of engineered landfill site/A.M. Saravanan, T. Suresh Padmanabhan and E. Sathyanarayanan. 25. Bi-Enzyme polymeric electrode for detection of mercury/D. Bhattacharyay, D. Ghosh, A. Sengupta, K. Dutta, P. Pal and P. Sarkar. 26. Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in certain marine animals along the East Coast Chennai, Tamilnadu, India/Arun Kumar and Hema Achyuthan. 27. Identification of optimum environmental condition for growth of tea in the lower gangetic plain of India/Asis Mukherjee, Saon Banerjee and Supradip Sarkar. 28. Use of Ethylene Diurea (EDU) as a research tool in assessing the impact of Ambient Ozone on growth and yield of Vigna Radiata L. and Triticum Aestivum L. Plants/S.B. Agrawal and M. Agrawal. 29. Integrated use of bio-residues and fertilizers in crop production for environmental protection in relation to modern farm machines and allelochemicals/Banwari Lal Suman, Manju Suman and Mallaya. 30. Effects of NaCI-induced and salts mixture salinity on leaf proline and growth of tomato in symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi/N. Aliasgharzad, M. Barin and A. Samadi. 31. Prevention of aflatoxin production in food handling environments by plant extracts/D. Sri Rami Reddy, T. Byragi Reddy, C. Lavanya and M. Ravikumar. 32. Hedging Cashew crop with Euphorbia Antiquorum L. - an ecosolution to its pollinator limitation problem/E.U.B. Reddi. 33. Energy security and environment for sustainable development - a techno-economic view point/S.P. Chary, K.V. Sharma, Bhanuprakash Tallpragada, P. Sivannarayana, S. Bhaskar Ram, and B.V.S. Avadhani. 34. Economic valuation of agrobiodiversity : farmers\' contribution for on farm conservation of rice landraces in Nepal/Diwakar Poudel. 35. Succession dynamics of grassland ecosystems of Central Mongolia/Akbar Fakhreh and Gholamreza Noori. 36. Environmental issues in interlinking of rivers in India/Shiv Narayan Sidh and Sharmishtha Basu. 37. Evaluation of the mean annual diameter increment and height growth of two fast growing species of paulownia and populus in Guilan province/Hassanzad Nnavroodi I and T. Rostami. 38. Effect of soil air oxygen deficiency on tomato yield/A. Nur Khondaker, Kiyoshi Ozawa, M. Ismail Saleh. 39. Ecotoxicological studies of methyl parathion on growth and reproduction potential of some tropical earthworms/Surendra Suthar. 40. Evaluation and feasibility assessment of green roofs/K. Srinivasa Chalapati, and L. Srinivas Naik. 41. Utilization of agro based residue solid waste for production of Lipase-mediated synthesis of Isoamyl Butyrate/R. Mehrotra, S. Gupta and M. Debnath. 42. Sustainable storm water management Hyderabad - a case study/Y. Ellam Raj. 43. Studies on passive techniques to optimize heat loads in mechanically ventilated buildings/Vijaya Lakshmi Akella. 44. Study on unique Brackish water ecosystem of Lonar Crater Lake in India/S.R. Verma, P.R. Chaudhari and S.R. Wate. 45. Scope for utilizing ocean wave energy resource in India/S. Muthukumar. 46. A study in the seasonal variation of phytoplankton in Tungabhadra River (Harihar - Karnataka)/S. Manjappa, B. Suresh and E.T. Puttaiah. 47. Water resource development and management in Siddheshwarwadi watershed : a review/P.D. Sabale. 48. Watershed management practices in developing countries - problems and remedies/T. Kiran Kumar, N. Kumara Swamy and G. Abbaiah. 49. Cost effective cloud seeding technique/Et. Lumiere Son and G. Jayaprakash Babu. 50. Environmental risk assessment : future challenge for disaster mitigation/A.R. Mayarani Praharaj. 51. Experimentation for thermodynamic analysis of combined solar air heating and air cooling system: an eco-friendly option (a case study)/U.S. Wankhede and T.S. Wankhede. 52. Qualitative land suitability evaluation of Yakhfarvazan region of Ahar for wheat, barley, safflower, bean, soybean and potato/A.A. Jafarzadeh, H.M. Momtaz and M.R. Neyshabouri. 53. Effect of photosensitizers on solar photocatalytic generation of hydrogen from hydrogen sulfide/R. Priya and S. Kanmani. 54. Delineation of homogeneous erosion and sediment regions in the catchments of Aras River and Urmia Lake/S. Saedi, S. Azarabadi, A. Fakheri Fard and A.A. Jafarzadeh. 55. Impact of vegetation cover on water resources in the areas of Vizianagaram District, Andhra Pradesh, India/T. Byragi Reddy and Vara Prasad G.S.S.H. 56. Socio-economic dynamics in food-fodder production and energy management in various agro-climatic zones of India/Manju Suman, Mallaya, Banwari Lal Suman and Banwari Lal Suman. 57. Removal of Ice from Hudson River in Winter season/Swain Trilochan and Mohanty Prakash.

Vol. II: Environmental Impact Assessment: Inagural key note address: Indian environment management -- issues and challenges/Sukumar Devotta. Plenary Lectures: 1. Methodology for determining the sanitary landfill and solid waste dump sites by using remote sensing techniques and geographic information system/Mohammad Rukieh. 2. Issues related to management of water resources in India/V. Subramanian. 3. Ocean observing systems and information services/K. Radhakrishnan. Key note lectures: 4. Environmental impact assessment of human developmental activities and consumer products : a preventive measure for protecting the human health and the environment/Rajiv K. Sinha. 5. Green technologies for environmental management and sustainable development/Rajiv K. Sinha. 6. Environmental impact assessment in development projects/S.R. Wate. Technical papers: 1. Environmental impact assessment study of power plants/J.J. Suresh, M.V. Ruben and D. Sudhakar. 2. Manufacture of lead suboxide by autogenous grinding from waste lead acid batteries/Preethi Premnath, J. Sriram Mohan, and K.V.L. Sarada. 3. Potential of flyash utilization in agriculture/P.C. Mishra. 4. Urbanisation impact on settlement pattern and travel demand: a case study of Surat/G.J. Joshi and B.K. Katti. 5. The Kurdistan weather change in Iran/Taleb Haydari. 6. Urbanization in India and its impact on human development/Rudra Prakash Pradhan. 7. Environmental hazards to health/Sunil Saini and Sangeeta Trama. 8. Recognition and study of flooded area in Hamedan Province - Iran/H. Banejad, Z. Maryanaji and H. Abbasi. 9. Impacts on ground water quality due to open dumping of Municipal solid waste/R. Gandhimathi, S. Mohan and G. Sreelakshmi. 10. Ecological risk assessment of heavy metal contamination in estuarine sediments/R.J. Krupadam, P. Smita and S.R. Wate. 11. Improvement in urban settling culture in developing countries (Cities and people)/Gholam Reza Vazin. 12. Qualitative evaluation of land in Karkaj Research Station of Tabriz University for wheat, potato, maize, tomato, bean and alfalfa/A.A. Jafarzadeh,  T. Khoshzaman, M.R. Neyshabouri and F. Shahbazi. 13. Environmental impact assessment and legal aspects/B. Laxmaiah and Mohd. Akhter Ali. 14. Environmental impact assessment and industrial planning: a case of Hyderabad metropolitan region/Bhaskara Laxmi, Mohd Akhter Ali, G. Somaiah and S. Padmaja. 15. Environmental problems related with new road network in Pakistan and implementation of policies/K.M. Brohi, M.A. Uqaili, S.R. Samo and Badar Ali Baloch. 16. Environmental impact of clay mining in Mangalapuram of Kerala, India/V.R. Prakasam. 17. Environmental impact assessment of a municipal solid waste dumping site - a case study/Choudhury Gyanaranjan Samal Mohan S, and Suresh MVJJ. 18. Technical and sanitary assessment of city waste covering location in Islamshar based on environmental geotechnics (Iran)/Ahmad Adib and Naser Ebateti. 19. The application of time series models in climatic variations analysis/Majid Javari. 20. Comparing evaluation average time series analysis in Amedan province, Iran/Z. Maryanaji, H. Banejad and A. Hosseini. 21. Vegetation cover and dynamics of CO2 sequestration in the urban atmosphere of Nagpur City, India/P.R. Chaudhari, D.G. Gajghate, S. Dhadse, S. Suple, D.R. Satpathy and S.R. Wate. 22. Information pollution : a disaster waiting to happen/M.S. Mali.

Vol. III: Pollution and Control Technologies: Inagural key note address: 1. Indian environment management - issues and challenges/Sukumar Devotta. Plenary lectures: 1. Methodology for determining the sanitary landfill and solid waste dump sites by using remote sensing techniques and geographic information system/Mohamad Rukieh. 2. Issues related to management of water resources in India/V. Subramanian. 3. Ocean observing systems and information services/K. Radhakrishnan. Key note lectures: 4. Analytical chemistry in environmental monitoring - an overview/V. Balaram. 5. Recycling of industrial effluents after treatment using indigenous sources: agricultural solid wastes - adsorption dynamics/C. Namasivayam. 6. Agricultural practices to reduce non-point source pollution/K.C. Reddy, E.Z. Nyakatawa, V. Jakkula, T. Roberson and A.R. Kamireddi. 7. Impact of automobile exhausted lead contamination in health status of cattle and goat with subsequent effect on food chain/P.K. Das, S. Sanyal, P.R. Ghosh, B.C. Das and D. Das. 8. Sustainability criteria for the comparison of sewage treatment technologies - a pilot - scale study in Indian context/A.N. Vashi, J.B. Van Lier, L. Seghezzo and N.C. Shah. 9. Experimental studies in the treatment of sugar industry effluents and the representation of first order, diffusional and Singh Model for kinetics in Aerobic digestion/A.M. Saravanan., T. Suresh Padmanabhan, M. Mahalakshmi, Winnie Collet Fernando, S. Anoop, and Manoj Prabhu. 10. Cloud seeding for pollution control/T. Shivaji Rao. Technical papers: 1. Evapotranspiration effects on sulfur dioxide dry deposition over a cassava plantation in Rayong, Thailand/Panjai Saueprasearsit and Pojanie Khummongkol. 2. Prevention of environmental decay/damage in steel and reinforced cement concrete structures by "Cathodic Protection"/Sardar Ali, K.S.R. Anjaneyulu, B.G. Krishna Reddy and Md. Haneef Abid. 3. Arsenic hot spots detected in the State of Bihar (India) a serious health hazard for estimated human population of 5.5 Lakhs/K. Ashok Ghosh, K. Shatrunjay Singh, Nupur Bose, N.P. Roy, K. Sushant Singh, K. Ajay Upadhyay and Shailendra Kumar. 4. Study of leachates through different permeable liners/G. Srinivasulu, N.K. Swamy and M. Anji Reddy. 5. Wastewater treatment with polyelectrolytes/Z. V.P. Murthy, S. Shweta Gupta, and A. Gupte Dipti. 6. Dispersion of dust and gaseous pollutants from thermal power plant/B.C. Meikap and M.N. Biswas. 7. Studies in treatment of effluent arising out of a fish processing unit/Jayant S. Sawant. 8. Controlling SO2 by using certain waste materials/K. Mukkanti and D. Sirisha. 9. Microbial evolution of potable water/T. Shashikanth, P. Rama Devi and K. Mukkanti. 10. Initial environmental examination of construction of barrage for water supply to thermal power project/Sandeep Bodkhe and S.R. Wate. 11. Assessment of groundwater quality in Palar Basin of Kanchipuram Taluk, Tamil Nadu/M. Anji Reddy, S. Needhidasan, and S. Thayumanavan. 12. Impact of automobile exhausted lead contamination in health status of cattle and goat with subsequent effect on food chain/P.K. Das, S. Sanyal, P.R. Ghosh, B.C. Das and D. Das. 13. Bioremediation of some industrial effluents using mesophytic plant system/J.P.N. Rai, V. Singhal and V.K. Verma. 14. Incineration of distillery waste using fluidized bed incinerator/Kanthi Kumar, P.V. Varma, A.K. Saroha and B.K. Guha. 15. Flow and BOD variation impacts on mixed liquor suspended solids in the activated sludge process/S.T. Ramesh and S. Mohan. 16. Applicability of solar photofenton process for pesticide wastewaters/R. Rajeswari and S. Kanmani. 17. Agricultural practices to reduce non-point source pollution/K.C. Reddy, E.Z. Nyakatawa, V. Jakkula, T. Roberson and A.R. Kamireddi. 18. Inventory of household hazardous waste generation/P.K. Ahluwalia and A.K. Nema. 19. Cleaner production technologies for waste minimization and management/J.S. Patel. 20. Volatile organic compounds in ambient air at a petroleum refinery in Taiwan and its impact on air quality/Usha Sreea, Kong Hwa Chiub, Jiunn Guang Loc. 21. Biomethanation - a promising option for the treatment of kitchen waste/B.K. Bindhu and S. Mohan. 22. Eco-industrial Park a new perspective for prevention of industrial pollution/Biswaranjan Senapati, Suman Hossain and R. Raghavender Reddy. 23. Evaporation augmented effluent concentrating system with recovery of fresh water/S. Sathish Kumar and A. Mani. 24. Biodegradation of phenol in wastewater in a two stage hybrid Uasb reactor using tapioca starch as a co-substrate/V. Arutchelvan, V. Kanakasabai, R. Elangovan, S. Nagarajan and M. Mahadevaswamy. 25. Carbon geosequestration - possibilities for India in the CDM regime/Amit Srivastava and Marisha Sharma. 26. Biogas generation from treatment of Molasses based alcohol distillery wastewater and its reuse using fixed film fixed bed reactor system/N.P. Shinkar. 27. Biodegradation of phenol in a pulsed plate bioreactor using immobilised cells/K. Vidya Shetty, R. Ramanjaneyulu and G. Srinikethan. 28. An assessment of engineering, economical and environmental drivers on sour gas management in oil and gas development/A. Abou-Sayed, K. Zaki, C. Summers and M. Sarfare. 29. Recycling of industrial effluents after treatment using indigenous sources: agricultural solid wastes - adsorption dynamics/C. Namasivayam. 30. Experimental studies in the treatment of sugar industry effluents and the representation of first order, diffusional and Singh model for kinetics in Aerobic digestion/A.M. Saravanan, T. Suresh Padmanabhan, M. Mahalakshmi, Winnie Collet Fernando, S. Anoop and Manoj Prabhu. 31. Analytical chemistry in environmental monitoring - an overview/V. Balaram. 32. Remediation of phenol contaminated soil by Fenton and biological degradation processes/L. Vasudeva Rao and S. Kanmani. 33. Sustainability criteria for the comparison of sewage treatment technologies - a Pilot-scale study in Indian context/A.N. Vashi, J.B. Vam Lier, L. Seghezzo and N.C. Shah. 34. Hydro geochemistry of fluoride in groundwater of Guntakal Mandal of Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh/V. Sunitha and B. Rajeswara Reddy. 35. Removal of volatile organic component (VOC) from aqeous waste using pervaporation membranes/Sagar Ray and Samit Kumar Ray. 36. Treatment, reuse and recycle of pharmaceutical industrial effluents through reverse Osmosis/K. Mukkanti, K. Kondiah and P. Rama Devi. 37. Controlling the Indoor air pollution due to biomass consumption in the rural household sector of Pakistan/Muhammad Aslam Uqaili, Khanji Harijan, Mujeebuddin Memon and Muhammad Ibrahim Panhwar. 38. Removal of sulfide interference in arsenic estimation using Fenton\'s reagent/Jyotsna Cherukuri and Y. Anjaneyulu. 39. Clean technologies for clearing oil spills in sea and coastline/M.V.R. Koteswara Rao. 40. Curbing external loading of nutrients: the main management strategy for restoration of urban Eutrophic lakes with reference to Hussainsagar Lake (Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India)/M. Vikram Reddy and A. Vijay Kumar. 41. Theft of the night - light pollution/R. Shobha and R. Vijay Anand. 42. Synthesis, kinetic growth studies and applications of biosurfactants/J. Keshava and N. Lokeshwari. 43. Impact of industrial effluents on water quality in Korba and Environs, Chattisgarh, India/Satyendra Kumar Jain and L.P. Chourasia. 44. Phosphate level in different detergents available in North Indian Markets/M. Manar and P. Kumar. 45. The surface ozone concentration in Chennai/M. Pulikesi and S. Sivanesan. 46. Removal studies of Cr (VI) using low cost non conventional adsorbents/A.K. Bhattacharya, S.K. Das, T.K. Naiya, Suparna Mukherjee and S.N. Mondal. 47. Physico-chemical and biological quality of drinking water in Hassan and Bellary Districts of Karnataka, India/Oinam Jayalakshmi Devi and S.L. Belagali. 48. Groundwater quality in the industrial urban area: a case study/P. Madhusudhana Reddy. 49. Substituting chemical fertilizers with poultry manure to reduce environmental impact/Karamat R. Sistani, Haile Tewolde, Ardeshir Adeli and Dennis E. Rowe. 50. Air pollution associated with energy use in a small industry cluster: influential factors and mitigation strategies/N. Nagesha and P. Balachandra. 51. Ambient air quality in Cuttack City : a study with reference to vehicular exhaust/R.N. Barik, B. Pradhan and R.K. Patel. 52. Biodegradation of endosulfan in bench scale soil reactors by a mixed bacterial culture/S. Mathava Kumar and Ligy Philip. 53. Diatomaceous earth as an adsorbent to treat wastewater/Z.V.P. Murthy, Jishnu Nandi and Manoj Kumar Sah. 54. Characterization of the MSW Leachate at Mangalore Dump Yard/R. Ravishankar, B. Madhuri, and Gopal Mugeraya. 55. Synthetic and biosurfactant enhanced recovery of endosulfan from long term contaminated soils/R. Jayashree and N. Vasudevanudevan. 56. Adsorptive removal of chlorophenols using waste coconut shell carbon -- a comparison with commercial activated carbon/M. Radhika and K. Palanivelu. 57. Influence of river bank filtration on water quality/A.K. Singh. 58. Removal of heavy metals by sand filtration/Z.V.P. Murthy, Parita S. Mangukiya and Haresh H. Davra. 59. Analysis and assessment of water quality of River Cauvery at Mettur Dam, Tamilnadu/M. Anji Reddy, S. Needhidasan, and S. Thayumanavan. 60. Production of 2,3-butanediol from agroindustrial food waste/Preethi Premnath, J. Sriram Mohan and K.V.L. Sarada. 61. Solar photocatalytic - biological treatment of phenolic resin manufacturing wastewaters/S. Adish Kumar and S. Kanmani. 62. Detection of heavy metals by electrochemical sensor/D. Bhattacharya, K. Dutta, P. Pal and P. Sarkar. 63. Vibrated shear enhanced processing technology/Preethi Premnath, J. Sriram Mohan and K.V.L. Sarada. 64. Low cost adsorbents for removing excess fluorides from fluoride rich drinking water/S. Manjappa, G.P. Desai and S.S. Hotanahalli. 65. Sensitive spectrophotometric methods for the trace determination of residual chlorine, Chloramine - T and chloramine - B in environmental water samples/R. Sunitha, Masoumeh Moghimi and Akheel Ahmed Syed. 66. Applications of CNG as an automotive fuel on Maruti Esteem, Thousand in Hilly terrian - a case study/Debabrata Maji and Kajal Kumar Mandal. 

Vol. IV: Environmental Geoinformatics and Modeling: Inagural Key Note Address: Indian environment management - issues and challenges/Sukumar Devotta. Plenary lectures: 1. Methodology for determining the sanitary landfill and solid waste dump sites by using remote sensing techniques and geographic information system/Mohamad Rukieh. 2. Issues related to management of water resources in India/V. Subramanian. 3. Ocean observing systems and information services/K. Radhakrishnan. Key note lectures: 4. Knowledge discovery from multispectral satellite images/Arun Kulkarni and Santhosh K. Seelan. 5. National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) in India - has it taken off?/E.V.R. Parthasaradhi. 6. Geoinformatics for environmental management/M. Anji Reddy. 7. Use of satellite remote sensing in hydrological predictions in ungaged basins/Venkat Lakshmi. Technical papers: 1. Remote sensing applications to detect the coastal pollution case study : detecting the oil spills in the Mediterranean sea/Moutaz Dalati. 2. Investigating the effect of forest stand volume on soil surface erosion by Geographic Information System (GIS)/H.R. Maskani and A. Meraji. 3. Observing changes and their effects in nomadic environment remote-sensing and archaeology for sustainable development on Jebel Bishri in Syria/M. Lonnqvist and M. Torma. 4. Watermarking relational databases/P. Padmanabhan, K.C. Sreedhar and M. Rama Krishna. 5. Application of Gps for accuracy assessment and generation of transport line/Mohd. Shahid Jamal, Kautuk Yaday and Khatija Sujaat. 6. Time series change analysis of vegetation in Namaqualand, South Africa/V.R.K. Vadapalli, R.S. Knight, C.W.P. Omlin and E.J. Moll. 7. Recognition of desert environment and classification - their limitation intensity by GIS in Yazd province/Kazem Dashtekian, Mohammad Khosroshahi and Jalal Abdollahi. 8. Histogram based similarity measure using modified IRM for image retrieval/Vakulabharanam "Vijaya Kumar, N. Gnaneswara Rao, G.V.S.N.R.V. Prasad. 9. Classification of textures based on distance function of linear patterns using mathematical morphology/V.V. Kirshna, Vakulabharanam Vijaya Kumar, U.S.N. Raju and B. Sarita. 10. Comparison of different image classifiers for land use / land cover classification - a case study/B. Saritha and L. Srinivas Naik. 11. Multi -temporal remotely sensed data for monitoring environmental change in Northern Ontario (Canada)/Abdelgadir Abuelgasim, Chan-jo Chung, Catherine Champagne, Karl Staenz, Steve Monet and Ko Fung. 12. Identification of hydrological dry spells using DBMS approach for dry land agriculture/D.V.S. Satish, V. Murthyrao Khokalay, Tajmul Bhasha and Chanakya Praveen. 13.  A knowledge-based neurocomputing decision support system for biodiversity and conservation biology/R. Chandra, R. Knight and C.W. Omlin. 14. Recharge groundwater through block plantation at Jinjoi Nala Micro watershed n Palamau Division, Jharkhand State, India/S.P. Sinha and Sinha Reeta. 15. A mathematical model for estimation of potential evapotranspiration/F. Ejlali and H. Banejad. 16. Development of a hydrodynamic model using Mikell for Penneru River, Andhra Pradesh/G. Prasad Rao, Ramakrishna Nagaraju A, and D.V.J. Sastry. 17. Reservoir simulation model using Markovian approach/D.V.S. Bhagavanulu, M.P. Saravana Kumar, T. Santhoshkrishna and Sathya Srinivas Yelamati. 18. The coupling of land to sea by groundwater-borne nutrient transport : greening of near shore waters of Arabian Sea/Joseph Sebastian Paimpillil and K.K. Balachandran. 19. A Neural network-based method for short term predictions of ambient NOx concentrations in the neighbourhood of thermal power plant/G. Sriram, N. Krishna Mohan, and V. Gopalasamy. 20. Malaprabha river water--quality  modeling/S. Manjappa and K. Naik. 21. Conjunctive use modeling for sustainable development of water resources/G. Jagmohan Das and Ashfaque Jafari. 22. A new approach to image fusion/A. Damodaram, Venkata Rami Reddy G. and U. Renuka Devi. 23. Image fusion with different sub-image patterns/B. Eswara Reddy, V. Vijaya Kumar and M. Kiran. 24. Unsupervised texture segmentation for identification of different regions/V. Vijayakumar, V.V. Krishna and A. Nagaraja Rao. 25. Environment information systems - turning pollution into profit/Vandana Sinhar. 26. Corb-ETc predicted from Lysimeter and ETo - models under advection conditions/M.R. Neyshabouri, E. Asadi and A. Fakherifard. 27. 3-dimensional density dependent model of seawater intrusion for Pine Rivers Shire, North Brisbane, Queensland/G.A. Tularam and R. Singh. 28. Handling uncertainty in spatial data mining : with fuzzy approach/A. Rama Krishan Prasad and G. Madhu. 29. A new method for multiresolution gray-scale and rotation invariants based on local binary patterns/V. Vijaya Kumar, M. Chandra Mohan and A. Naga Raja Rao. 30. Environmental risk assessed using land use/land cover in Puebla, Mexico/Sanchaita Saha. 31. Development of evidence classifier using hybridization method for improved satellite image classification/G. Venkata Rami Reddy and M. Anji Reddy. 32. Quality assessment of ground water in coastal aquifers for irrigation of lower Penneru basin in Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh, India/R.V.R.K. Chalam and M. Anji Reddy. 33. Ground water prospects mapping using remote sensing and GIS/S.S. Asadi, Padmaja Vuppala, P. Srilatha and M. Anji Reddy. 34. Estimation of reference evapotranspiration for an irrigation project site in Andhra Pradesh, India/M.V.S.S. Giridhar and G.K. Viswanadh. 35. Programming model for simulation in command area of a reservoir irrigation system/M. Raja Kumar and D.V.S. Bhagavanulu. 36. Mathematical modeling and simulation of biofilter/R.S. Goud and R.S. Singh. 37. Geo-spatial data structures : issues and directions/N. Subhash Chandra, M. Balraju and A. Govardhan. 38. Delineation of recharge zones in drought prone Medak District of Andhra Pradesh/P. Venkateswarlu and V. Priyanka. 39. Estimation of runoff from small agricultural watersheds using remote sensing and GIS/P. Venkateswarlu and Sandhya Rani. 40. Police Bandobust planning for elections using GIS/P. Venkateswarlu and M. Kameshwari Devi. 41. Urban renewal using Urban Management Information System - UMIS A GIS based decision support system Foritanagar Capital Complex, Arunachal Pradesh/P. Venkateswarlu and Sandhya Rani. 42. Modeling of saline water intrusion in lower Penaar Basin, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh India/K. Kiran and M. Anji Reddy. 43. Temporal variations of land use / land cover and their impacts on environmental quality using remote sensing and GIS : a study from Andhra Pradesh, India/Vijaya Lakshmi Thatiparti, M. Anji Reddy and Y. Anjaneyulu. 44. Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) - GIS model for landfill siting : a case study of Hyderabad City, India/Padmaja Vuppala and M. Anji Reddy. 45. Evaluation of terrain parameter for landslide hazard using integrated remote sensing, GIS, DEM, GPS data - a case study of Kohima Area, Nagaland/Nesatalu Hiese and M. Anji Reddy. 46. Study of groundwater resource assessment condition using the remote sensing and GIS technique/Abhishek Srivastava, Shweta Srivastava and Vandana Tiwari. 47. Application of decision support system for integrated urban water management/Shailza Verma, Deepak Khare and S.K. Jain. 48. Landfill site selection for Municipal Solid Waste for Pune City Using remote sensing and GIS/G. Anupama and M. Anji Reddy. 49. Site suitability analysis for Ram water harvesting structures using remote sensing and GIS techniques/G. Shravan Kumar. 50. Image authentication through Midband-discrete coefficients/Vakulabharanam Vijaya Kumar, B. Mahesh and M. Krishna Murthy. 51. Evaluation of impacts of land use changes on ground water quality with respect to heavy metals of zone-VII under Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad using remote sensing, GIS and field studies/L. Srinivas Naik and B. Saritha. 52. Waste reduction through mass exchange network syntheses/Z.V.P. Murthy, B.E. Jothy Prakash and A.V. Muniraju. 53. Groundwater modeling of a Ambur subwatershed coefficents/T. Shashidhar and M. Kaarmegam. 54. Modeling and simulation of humanitarian disaster system in a real time environment/B. Srinivasa Varma and Naresh Yamani. 55. Quantitative analysis of environmental performance evolution of a product design/B. Aruna Kumar, K.L. Narayana, and Naga Bhaskar. 56. Simulation of groundwater aquifer using response matrix method for integrated development of water resources/G. Jagmohan Das and Ashfaque Jafari. 57. Disaster management using remote sensing and geographical information system/Kiran Yarrakula. 58. The \'Greener\' environmental approach towards conservation of traditional timber architecture/D. Vijaykishore and Binumol Tom. 59. Ground water level controlling by changing cultivation pattern in Arid and Semi Arid regions/H. Banejad and A. Syfi.

Vol. V: Environmental Education and Awareness: Inagural Key Note Address: Indian environment management - issues and challenges/Sukumar Devotta. Plenary Lectures: 1. Methodology for determining the Sanitary Landfill and solid waste dump sites by using remote sensing techniques and geographic information system/Mohamad Rukieh. 2. Issues related to management of water resources in India/V. Subramanian. 3. Ocean observing systems and information services/K. Radhakrishnan. Key note lectures: 4. Society of Hill Resource Management School (SHRMS)/S.P. Sinha. 5. Center for environment, IST/B. Gopal K. Reddi. Technical Papers: 1. Gender in environmental education and management in developing countries : Uganda\'s experience/Arinaitwe Gilbert Kansiime. 2. Role of Shrms in setting trend to work for environmental management in Jharkhand/S.P. Sinha, J. Choubey and R. Sinha. 3. Study of environmental and economical aspects in a refinery towards sustainable development/B. Shiva Prakash, B. Manoj Kumar, V. Manoharan, and K.S. Lokesh. 4. Some aspects of human Environment CE II - socio-economic, religious, political and technical aspects/B.G. Krishna Reddi. 5. Environmental and social aspects of high speed transport corridors/N. Unnikrishnan. 6. ISO 14000 : a case study in luggage manufacturing industry/S.B. Jaju. 7. Content and composition of green productivity/I. Sundar. 8. Sustainable growth: combining ecological issues into strategic planning/Mohammad Shamsuddoha and Mohammad Nasir Uddin. 9. Environmental awareness and education for sustainable development/M. Anji Reddy, S. Needhidasan and S. Abel Arulnathan. 10. Learning by doing and sharing : participatory environmental appraisal (a case study of SaraZhgamish Village in Kurdistan Province of Iran)/A. Rezvanfar, and H. Vaisy. 11. Chakriya Vikas practices for environmental awareness programmes/S.P. Sinha and S.K. Sinha. 12. Environmental education through mother Goddess worship/Maria-Priska Ondrich. 13. Environment and learning/Y. Sreekanth. 14. An effective curriculum for children on kids eco-programme/R. Shoba, P.A. Periasamy and D. Senthilvadivu. 15. Sustainable development in higher education/Mohammad Shamsuddoha, Tanvir Mohammad Hyder Arif and Mohammad Alamgir. 16. Including renewable energy technology as a part of environmental engineering course for E.E.E. Branch/S. Muthukumar.

"All the papers received for the International Conference on Environmental Management held in Hyderabad, India, October 28-30, 2005 are presented in five volumes. These volumes provide state-of-the-art contribution from the researchers, scientists, engineers, academicians, decision makers, who are involved in the process of problem solving in the area of Environmental Management."