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  title info:
    title: Environmental Geography of South Asia
    sub title: Contributions Toward a Future Earth Initiative
  name:
    name part: Singh, R.B.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Prokop, Pawel.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ja
    date issued: 2016
    edition: 1st ed. 2016.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: IX, 351 p. 137 illus., 101 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: This volume synthesizes critical environmental challenges of dynamic earth and human environment systems in South Asia emphasizing geographical dimensions. It deals with spaceborne monitoring, climate, ecohydrology, forests and biodiversity, land-use and land-cover change (LUCC), natural hazards, and disasters in order to contribute towards a sustainable future. The contributions range from traditional field techniques to the use of remote sensing and geographic information systems. The book integrates environmental attributes relating the past, present, and future of South Asia broadly based on biophysical and human dimensions in spatio-temporal perspectives. The monitoring of natural hazards and climate issues is considered a vital component in the context of environmental geography, especially in observation and understanding of climate and water-induced disasters. It is important to communicate the advances in geoscience techniques to increase the resilience of the vulnerable society of South Asia and to promote livelihood security. The sustainability of South Asia depends strongly on the earth environment, and thus the development of geo-environmental monitoring is critical for a better understanding of our living environment. The aim of the book is to present dynamic aspects of environmental geography to contribute to future earth initiatives in South Asia.
  table of contents: Disaster Mitigation and Management and Importance of Earth Observation -- Exclusionary Urbanisation in South Asia -- Prioritizing Watersheds for Sustainable Development in Swan Catchment Area, Himachal Pradesh, India -- Deglaciation and Impact of Extreme Rainfalls on Recent Relief Transformation of the Upper Pindari Valley – The Kumaun Himalaya, India -- Riverbeds Level Changes in the Margin and Foreland of the Darjeeling Himalaya During the Years with a Normal Monsoon Rainfall -- Bio climate of the Andaman Islands and Its Impact on the Lives of the Native and Non-native Populations of the Archipelago -- Spatial and Temporal Variations of Rainfall in the Southern Part of the Meghalaya Plateau -- Rainfall Structure for Cherrapunjee and Mawsynram in Northeast India -- Land Use and Land Cover Changes in the Area with the Highest Rainfall in the World (Meghalaya Plateau, India) - Causes and Implications -- Maximum Flow and Maximum Specific Flow in a Small Catchment Affected by an Extreme Rainfall Near Cherrapunjee in Northeast India -- Altitudinal Zonation of Floral Biodiversity and its Conservation Pattern in Mizoram, North-East India -- The Distribution and Management of Forests in Arunachal Pradesh, India -- Institutional Dimensions and Changing Role of Forest Management Governance in Dehradun Valley -- Organic Agriculture from the Perspective of Small Farmers' Livelihood Strategies: Two Cases from Central and South India -- Integrated Coastal Zone Management in North Kanara Coast -- Anthropogenic and Environmental Disturbance Factors in the Annapurna Conservation Area of Nepal -- Mangrove Iversity Across Salinity Gradient in Negombo Estuary-Sri Lanka -- Nepal: Urban Environment Analysis -- Fighting Floods for Survival: Experiences of Suf-fering People in Bangladesh.
  note: edited by R.B. Singh, Pawel Prokop.
  subject:
    topic: Geography
  subject:
    topic: Natural disasters
  subject:
    topic: Environmental geography
  subject:
    topic: Geography
  subject:
    topic: Environmental Geography
  subject:
    topic: Natural Hazards
  classification: G143
  classification: 333.709
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences
  identifier: 9784431557418
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55741-8
  record info:
    record creation date: 151013
    record change date: 20151204152717.0
    record identifier: 978-4-431-55741-8