Overview
- Constitutes the first comprehensive book on the rivers of the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta
- Addresses critical issues such as the conflict over sharing of trans-boundary water
- Contains unique maps showing changing river courses and coast-lines
- Suited well for students, researchers and interested laymen
Part of the book series: Geography of the Physical Environment (GEOPHY)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Geological Evolution of GBM Delta
- Hydro-diplomacy India
- Changing river courses Bengal
- Seasonal Floods and Flood Risks
- Farakka Barrage
- Environmental Impacts in Bengal
- Trans-boundary Water Issues
- Water conflict India Bangladesh
- Erosion, Avulsion and Sediment
- River Embankment
- Sundarban
- Jamuna
- hydrogeology
- world regional geography
About this book
The book appeals to a wide range of audiences from India, Bangladesh and the international community. The style of presentation makes it easily suitable for students, researchers and interested laymen.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr. Kalyan Rudra is presently Chairman of the West Bengal Pollution Control Board and also member of the Central Pollution Control Board. He is a Geographer by academic training specialized in river and water management. He took a break from his protracted teaching carrier in 2007 and joined a research project of the West Bengal Pollution Control Board. He worked as the Project Director in two projects of WBPCB - one on water resource and its quality and the other on dynamic river system of West Bengal. He has been the expert-member in the committee constituted by the apex court of the State for cleaning the Ganga since 2005. Dr. Rudra was a member of the National Flood Management Core Group and headed the committee constituted to advise the Government of West Bengal on the issue of Indo-Bangladesh sharing of Teesta water. He had been a member of the consortium of IITs which submitted the Ganga River Basin Management Plan to the Government of India in 2015.
He is a regular Guest Faculty in the National Academy of Audit and Accounts, Academic Staff Colleges of Calcutta and Burdwan University. He has written/edited five books and many research papers which have been published in reputed journals of India and abroad. Dr. Rudra also worked with the International Union for Conservation of Nature to prepare the Indo-Bangladesh Transboundary River Atlas. He has worked on the history of mapping Bengal and edited “A Bengal Atlas” by James Rennell (1780).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Rivers of the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta
Book Subtitle: A Fluvial Account of Bengal
Authors: Kalyan Rudra
Series Title: Geography of the Physical Environment
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76544-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-76543-3Published: 13 April 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09518-5Published: 19 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-76544-0Published: 02 April 2018
Series ISSN: 2366-8865
Series E-ISSN: 2366-8873
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 190
Number of Illustrations: 37 b/w illustrations, 40 illustrations in colour
Topics: Physical Geography, Hydrology/Water Resources, Environmental Politics, Hydrogeology, World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions), Sedimentology