The Lower Damodar River, India Understanding the Human Role in Changing Fluvial Environment /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Bhattacharyya, Kumkum (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Σειρά: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research,
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Hydrogeology.; Physical geography.; Water pollution.; Earth Sciences.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Physical Geography.

Interweaving the human aspects of river control with analysis of hydro-physical data, including historical data over the last few centuries, this monograph is a comprehensive evaluation of the Damodar’s lower reaches. While the Damodar River isn’t an exceptional tropical river, nor does it feature c...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1.Introduction
• 2. Damodar Valley Region
• 3. Floods and Water Resource Management in a Tropical River, the Damodar
• 4. The Reservoired Lower Damodar: Hydro-Geomorphic Perspective
• 5. Colonization Processes in the Damodar Riverbed
• 6. Controlled Lower Damodar: Social Perspective
• 7. The Controlled Lower Damodar: A Product of Hydrogeomorphic and Anthropogenic Processes
• 8. Towards Better Interaction
• References
• APPENDIX I. Model questionnaire of perception survey
• APPENDIX II. List of reference maps
• APPENDIX III. Hydrological observation
• APPENDIX IV. Information about Maithon and Panchet Project.-APPENDIX V. Streamflow of the Damodar River at Rhondia
• APPENDIX VI. Streamflow of the Damodar River at Damodar Bridge Site
• APPENDIX VII. Inflow into Durgapur Barrage and canal consumption
• APPENDIX VIII. Volume of water released down the Durgapur Barrage and canals
• APPENDIX IX. Combined moderation by Maithon and Panchet dams of the Damodar River
• APPENDIX X. Peak flow of the Damodar River, Rhondia
• APPENDIX XI. Average monsoon discharge and suspended sediment of Damodar at Damodar Bridge Site
• APPENDIX XII. GIS as a toolbox for flood, water & land resource planners.