Glaciers of the Himalayas Climate Change, Black Carbon, and Regional Resilience. by Mani, Muthukumara

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Editor -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- References -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2 Glaciers in South Asia -- Economic Importance -- Glacial Change -- Implications of Glacial Change -- Drivers of Glacial Change in South Asia -- References -- Chapter 3 Glaciers and Hydrology in the South Asia Region -- Indus River Basin -- Ganges-Brahmaputra Basin -- Current State of Research on Himalayan Glacial Dynamics and Melt -- Knowledge Gaps -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Data and Methodology -- Overview…”
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Advances in River Corridor Research and Applications Select Proceedings of RCRM 2023 / edited by Vinay Chembolu, Subashisa Dutta.

Table of Contents: “…-- Chapter 5: Geoinformatics-based morphologic analysis of the Ramis river, an endorheic andean river -- Chapter 6: Exploring the Spatiotemporal Impacts of Riparian Restoration on Streamflow Dynamics in the North Eastern Himalayan Rivers -- Chapter 7: Application of Machine Learning and Deep Learning Techniques in Rainfall-Runoff Modelling for Sustainable Water Management in the Bardha Watershed, India -- Chapter 8: Occurrence of elevated sedimentary iron and arsenic along the Beas River and implications for arsenic enrichment in the Sutlej-Indus River basin in the north-westernIndia -- Chapter 9: Geomorphic Controls on Arsenic Mobility and Enrichment in the Hooghly Riverbanks, West Bengal, India -- Chapter 10: Chracteristics of Large-scale and Spatio-temporal Extreme Rain Events across Northwest Himalaya -- Chapter 11: Hydrological and morphlogical considerations for deciding location, waterway, afflux and scour in river bridges -- Chapter 12: Quantifying Changes in Downstream Flow Characteristics in Sinuous Channels Due to the Series of Sand Mining Pits -- Chapter 13: Channel Planform Dynamics of Upper Krishna River Sub-Basin: Remote Sensing and GIS Analysis Approach -- Chapter 14: Sediment Connectivity and River Recovery: Application of Pertinent River Science Concepts in Himalayan Catchments -- Chapter 15: Erosion and Accretion in the Netravathi River Stretch: Spatiotemporal Analysis Using Geospatial Approach -- Chapter 16: Higher order correlations at the bend apex in asymmetric alluvial sinuous channel -- Chapter 17: Study River Dynamics: Backwater Effect inthe Upstream of Hirakund Dam in Mahanadi River -- Chapter 18: Critical linkages between geomorphology and ecology on a lowland river floodplain -- Chapter 19: Tidal Morpho-dynamics simulation of Hugli Estuary using TUFLOW FV -- Chapter 20: Flood inundation mapping of Krishnaraja Nagar, Mysore, using Sentinel-1 SAR images -- Chapter 21: River Monitoring Through Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle -- Chapter 22: Evaluation of machine learning methods in glaciers snow line -- Chapter 23: River Discharge Measurement using Image Velocimetry -- Chapter 24: Erosion modelling of the Beki river Assam using RUSLE -- Chapter 25: Impact of LULC change from forests to rubber plantations on ecosystem hydrological services: an empirical study.…”
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Challenges of Disasters in Asia Vulnerability, Adaptation and Resilience / edited by Haroon Sajjad, Lubna Siddiqui, Atiqur Rahman, Mary Tahir, Masood Ahsan Siddiqui.

Table of Contents: “…Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment for the Frontal Part of the Mishmi Hills, India and Its Role in Disaster Management -- Assessment of Desertification and Land Degradation Vulnerability in Humid Tropics and Sub-Tropical Regions of India Using Remote Sensing & GIS Techniques -- Analysis of Diversified Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic Across the Indian States -- Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Seasonal Drought Pattern Using Vegetation Condition Index in Latur District -- Sea Level Rise and Impact on Moushuni Island of Sundarban Delta (West Bengal) – A Geospatial Based Approach -- Mapping of Affected Areas by Extreme Weather Events in Kanda Tehsil of Bageshwar District by GIS and RS Technique -- Household Based Approach to Assess the Impact of Riverbank Erosion on Socio-Economic Condition of People: A Case Study of Lower Ganga Plain -- Landslide Susceptibility Mapping of East Sikkim Employing AHP Method -- Socio-Environmental Vulnerability of Agriculture Communities to Climate Change in Western Himalaya – A Household Level Review -- Application of Mike 11 for One Dimensional GLOF Modeling of a Rapidly Expanding Dalung Proglacial Lake, Indus River Basin, Western Himalaya -- Hybrid Tree-based Wetland Vulnerability Modelling -- Spatio-temporal Analysis of Landuse Landcover Change Using STAR Method in Kolkata Urban Agglomeration -- Vulnerability Assessment of COVID Epidemic for Management and Strategic Plan– A Geospatial Based Solution -- Auto Generated Gravity Canal Routes for Flood Mitigation and Groundwater Rejuvenation: A study in Damodar - Barakar River Basin, India -- Assessing the Impact of Disasters and Adaptation Strategies in Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, India: A Household Level Analysis -- Forest Fires in Tropical Deciduous Forests – A Precursor to Anticipatory Adaptation Framework -- Understanding the Flood Early Warning System, A Case Study of Trans-boundary Water Governance in the Gandak River Basin -- Adaptation Policy and Community Discourse of Climate Change in the Mountainous Regions of India -- Analysis of Public Awareness, Health Risks and Coping Strategies against Heat waves in NCT of Delhi, India -- Community Based Flood Preparedness: A case study of Adayar watershed, Chennai city, Tamil Nadu, India -- Building Resilience and Management of Vulnerability: Solution for Reduction of Risk of Disasters -- Employability, A Key to Community’s Socio-economic Malady of Pandemic Proportions -- Living with Floods: Community Based Coping and Resilience mechanism of Mising/Mishing from Floods - A Study of Majuli District of Assam -- Assessment of Public Perception on Designing Colombo Municipal Council Area as a Green City -- Climate Change and Its Impacts assessment through Geospatial technology-A Theoretical Study from Extreme Weather Perspective for Disasters Resilient India -- Corporate Sector and Disaster Risk Management: A Critical Analysis with Reference to Corporate Social Responsibility Law in India -- Impact of Training and Awareness Programmes of Community Volunteers in Disaster Risk Reduction and Response- A Study of Srinagar City.…”
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Atlas of structural geological and geomorphological interpretation of remote sensing images / edited by Achyuta Ayan Misra, Soumyajit Mukherjee.

Table of Contents: “…. -- 5.1 Introduction and Start of Eruption -- 5.2 Lava Behavior -- 5.3 Eruption End -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 6 Depositional Systems - An Overview Via Google Earth -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Indus River (Pakistan) -- 6.3 Meandering River System (Alberta, Canada) -- 6.4 Horton River System and Horton Delta (Canada) -- 6.5 Nile River and Nile Delta (Egypt) -- 6.6 Lake Ayakum, Tibet (China).…”
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Atlas of the Gulf states / by Philippe Cadène and Brigitte Dumortier. by Cadène, Philippe

Table of Contents: “…Introduction 1 -- The gulf: a strategic space between the sea and the desert -- A semi-enclosed sea 6 an area of continual movement 8 the crossroads of civilizations 10 a muslim world 12 characteristic states 14 water scarcity 16 oases and pastoral -- Nomadism 18 marine resources 20 -- The gulf: the heart of the world's energy reserves -- Petroleum, a complex sector 24 oil production and reserves 26 gas production and reserves 28 processing and transport of oil and gas 30 numerous tensions 32 -- A speedy and radical transformation -- Influx of migrants 36 spectacular urban growth 38 quality infrastructure 40 developing an industrial sector 42 free zones and special economic zones 44 explosion of finance and -- Real estate sectors 46 rise of tourism 48 toward a knowledge society 50 the gulf cooperation council 52 -- Dissimilar territories -- The state of kuwait saudi arabia's eastern province the kingdom of bahrain the emirate of qatar the federation of the united arab emirates the emirates of abu dhabi and -- Dubai the emirates of ajman and sharjah the northern emirates north oman the iranian coast of the gulf the iraqi governorate of basra -- Urban societies -- Basra city kuwait city greater dammam the oasis city of al-ahsa manama, an island capital greater doha the island and the city of abu dhabi the coastal conurbation of -- Dubai-sharjah-ajman the al-ain-buraimi oases muscat's capital region sohar and sur: two cities on the gulf of oman the port city of bandar abbas abadan and khorramshahr: -- Oil cities integration of metropolitan areas -- Conclusion bibliographyindex 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 -- 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 100 102 104 106 -- 111 115 -- </toc> -- 2/6/2013 8:35:23 pm -- Introduction -- In the vast expanse of land dominated by muslim countries, it is customary -- To distinguish between the arab world, which stretches from the persian -- Gulf to the atlantic ocean and encompasses countries bordering the red -- Sea and the mediterranean, and the turco-iranian world, which extends -- From the dardanelle straits to the indus river and the western borders of -- China. those who support this view, claim that despite the differences in -- Geographical, linguistic, and political conditions, the turco-iranian world -- Has a unity which stems from the interpenetration of the iranian and -- Turkish civilizations in the course of history. as for the arab world, it is -- Characterized by the principle of unity in diversity. the perennial or -- Seasonal shortage of water, the use of the arabic language, and the -- Presence of oil deposits constitute distinctive common denominators, and -- Paradoxically also the reason for internal differences. the feeling of unity -- Strengthened by memories of a glorious shared past, combined with a -- Common religion and later exalted by the ideology of pan-arabism, is -- Founded on a common written language. at the same time, the diversity -- Asserted by groups and individuals, who believe that belonging to a -- Particular nation, region or locality takes precedence over a transnational -- Arab identity, is also visible in the landscape, social conditions, dress, food -- Habits, dialect, etc. the sense of belonging to the umma, or community of -- Believers, competes with the feeling, among christian minorities, of -- Belonging to the arab world. colonization, followed by independence, led -- To the emergence of a national patriotism so strong that in some countries -- There are now demands that dialectal arabic, which only used to be spoken -- But is now in the process of also being written, be recognized as national -- Languages. ultimately, belonging to a particular tribe or community -- Remains an important reality -- Considering the dialectics between unity in diversity inherent to the -- Geographical approach, arab geographers contrast maghreb (the west) to -- Mashriq(the east), while western geographers divide the arab world into -- Sub-regions with a variable geometry. beyond multiple variants from one -- Author to the other, there is a tendency to distinguish between the -- Maghreb, the countries of nile valley, the horn of africa, the countries of -- The fertile crescent, and the arabian peninsula. like any division, it is not -- A simple recording of facts but the result of an intellectual construction; -- Therefore, it cannot be confined within normative limits because there are -- Peripheral areas and transitional areas. further, it is not permanent -- Because the world is continually changing and the geographer must be -- Cognizant of these changes -- With regard to the today's importance of the middle east in the field of -- Energy, the traditional division of the arab world is no longer pertinent. it -- Means dissociating iraq, one of the major countries of the fertile crescent -- (a term first used at the end of the nineteenth century to describe an area -- Known for archaeological riches and achievements in the history of irriga- -- Tion) from its other oil-rich neighbours, particularly kuwait and saudi -- Arabia situated in the arabian peninsula, which serves as a bridge between -- Africa and asia. its physical demarcation is not difficult, but it presents an -- Internal diversity not to be underestimated. in addition, however true it -- May be, the cleavage between the arab and persian worlds must be -- Discussed. iran is an oil-producing country like its neighbours on the -- Opposite shore of the gulf. we have therefore decided to include in the -- Same group iran and the arab countries bordering the arabo-persian gulf -- I.e., iraq and the countries of the arabian peninsula, with the exception of -- Yemen. including the sultanate of oman among the gulf countries may -- Give rise to debate since it is situated mainly on the gulf of oman and the -- Arabian sea, with some twenty-odd kilo-metres bordering the persian gulf -- But the country's centrepiece, situated in its north, resembles the northern -- Part of the united arab emirates -- The decision to prepare this atlas of the gulf countries was not based on -- The sole consideration that these countries are among the world's major oil -- Exporters. it is also based on an understanding of civilization that does not -- Always stress divisive factors at the cost of those that unite. when -- Geography is considered from the orientalist viewpoint, which has few -- Followers today, thepersian gulf appears as a dividing line between two -- Distinct cultural areas, thesemitic and the indo-european. this -- Interpretation is based on archaeological arguments that have been -- Discredited by the excavations conducted over thepast thirty years and.…”
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Handbook of Applied Hydrology, Second Edition / Vijay P. Singh. by Singh, Vijay P.

Table of Contents: “…Narmada Basin -- Chapter 108. Indus River Basin -- Chapter 109. The Mississippi River Basin -- Chapter 110. …”
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