Land Reclamation and Restoration Strategies for Sustainable Development
Geospatial Technology Based Approach

Comprehensive study of geospatial mapping, GIS and geoinformatics as applied to land use

Gouri Sankar Bhunia (Edited by), Uday Chatterjee (Edited by), Anil Kashyap (Edited by), Pravat Kumar Shit (Edited by)

9780128238950

Paperback, published 18 November 2021

784 pages, 220 illustrations (100 in full color)
23.5 x 19 x 4.7 cm, 1.54 kg

Approx.760 pages

1. Emergence and challenges of land reclamation: issues and prospect 2. Stages of land reclamation and their impact on the fluvio-geomorphological environment of Indian Sundarbans with special reference to Matla–Bidyadhari Interfluve 3. Catchment health degradation resulting from urban expansion using remote sensing and GIS techniques in parts of South Africa 4. A geospatial appraisal of urban expansion within the Teesta-Mahananda interfluve in and around Siliguri town, West Bengal, India 5. Wasteland reclamation and geospatial solution: existing scenario and future strategy 6. Mapping of wastelands and significance of morphometric analysis in wasteland management - a remote sensing and GIS approach 7. Land reclamation open cast coal mine under semiarid conditions - a field-based observation 8. Assessment of mining derelict land using multicriteria decision-making technique and approaches toward sustainable regeneration - a case study in Jamuria CD block, West Bengal (India) 9. Alternative use of abandoned mines for geotourism: a case study using geoinformatics 10. A geospatial approach to analyze the stability of mine overburden dump over reclaimed land 11. Assessment of heavy metal soil pollution in the agricultural land of North Western Bangladesh 12. High volume fly ash utilization for reclamation of wastelands with special reference to mine spoil and ash back-haul areas for agriculture and forestry 13. GIS-based assessment for agricultural susceptibility and sustainability to meteorological drought in West Bengal 14. Land suitability assessment for effective agricultural practices in Paschim Medinipur and Jhargram districts, West Bengal, India 15. Land reclamation, management, and planning in coastal region: a geoinformatics approach 16. Evaluation of long-term shoreline changes between Rasulpur and Subarnarekha estuary, east coast of India using remote sensing and GIS techniques 17. Mangrove sensitivities to climate change and its impacts in the Sundarbans: a case study in the Patibania Island of south western Sundarbans, India 18. An empirical study on mangrove restoration in Indian Sundarbansda community-based environmental approach 19. Forest land degradation and restoration: lessons from historical processes and contemporary advances 20. Forest land degradation and reclamation process in Indian Sundarbans: a case study 21. Monitoring and changing pattern of shifting cultivation and reclamation in hilly regions using Geospatial Technology 22. Afforestation, revegetation, and regeneration: a case study on Purulia district, West Bengal (India) 23. Land restoration strategies to mitigate the problems of shrinkage of wetlands in West Bengal 24. Conflict between land reclamation and natural channels: case of Greater Mohali region 25. Land reclamation and reuse of waste water on the backdrop of urban sprawl of Kolkata metropolitan: a case study of East Kolkata, Wetland, India 26. Wetland formation and reclamation in the flood prone areas: a case study in Bihar, India 27. Land use land cover dynamics with the outgrowth of Burdwan town (India): problems with sustainable solutions 28. Quantification of decadal deforestation and afforestation scenario in Bankura District of West Bengal using geospatial techniques 29. Rainwater harvesting potential in Nagaland, India 30. Appraisal of ecosystem services and forest resource conservation in a tropical dry deciduous forest of Aravallis, India 31. Challenges of land reclamation for Teesta River victims: sustainable management policy for reclaimed land 32. Geospatial technology in salt-affected land assessment and reclamation 33. Locally informed "remediation" interventions: lessons of community (co)engagement from semi-arid Bundelkhand, India

Subject Areas: Geographical information systems [GIS & remote sensing RGW], Cartography, map-making & projections [RGV]