Applications and Challenges of Geospatial Technology

1. Front Matter

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2. General

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction to Space Technology Challenges: Potential and Future Prospects

      • B. S. Chaudhary, Haroon Sajjad, Meenu Rani, P. C. Pandey, Pavan Kumar

      Pages 3-6

3. Understanding of Sustainable Water Resource Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. Recharge Potential Mapping in Complex Hydrological System of Kosi Basin in the Mid-Himalayan Region

      • Meenu Rani, Himanshu Joshi, Kireet Kumar, Ashutosh Tiwari

      Pages 9-23

   3. Application of Geoinformatics for the Integrated Watershed Management and Development Planning, Bal Ganga Basin, Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

      • Vijendra Kumar Pandey

      Pages 25-41

   4. A Semi-analytical Approach to Understand Remote Sensing-based Backscattering Characteristics for Kerala Coast Using In Situ Observation

      • Shafique Matin, Sisir Kumar Dash, Tune Usha

      Pages 43-56

   5. Phytoplankton (chl-a) Biomass Seasonal Variability in the Gulf of Mannar, South India: A Remote Sensing Perspective

      • S. Kaliraj, N. Chandrasekar, K. K. Ramachandran

      Pages 57-74

4. Global Modelling of Natural Hazard Risk Assessment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75

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   2. Flood Inundation and Hazard Mapping of 2017 Floods in the Rapti River Basin Using Sentinel-1A Synthetic Aperture Radar Images

      • Rajesh Kumar

      Pages 77-98

   3. Application of ASTER Remote Sensing for Lithological Mapping in the Udaipur District of Rajasthan, India

      • S. S. Salaj, S. K. Srivastava, Rahul Dugal, Richa Upadhyay, D. S. Suresh Babu, S. Kaliraj

      Pages 99-119

   4. Interactive Approach for Earthquake Scenario Development and Hazards Resource Estimation

      • B. S. Chaudhary, Ram Kumar Singh, Nupur Bhatia, Ravi Mishra, Md Ataullah Raza Khan, Juhi Yadav et al.

      Pages 121-139

   5. A Sediment Dynamic Modelling of Landsat OLI Image for Suspended Sediment Drift Along the Southwest Coast of India

      • Meenu Rani, S. Kaliraj, Raihan Ahmed, Biswajit Tripathy, Bismay Ranjan Tripathy, Gajendra Singh Pippal

      Pages 141-159

5. Progress and Perspective Scenario of Urban Growth Models

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Inter-calibration and Urban Light Index of DMSP-OLS Night-Time Data for Evaluating the Urbanization Process in Australian Capital Territory

      • Christopher D. Elvidge, Himangshu Kalita, Upasana Choudhury, Sufia Rehman, Bismay Ranjan Tripathy, Pavan Kumar

      Pages 163-180

   3. Modelling Spatial Patterns of Urban Growth in Pune Metropolitan Region, India

      • Bhartendu Pandey, P. K. Joshi, T. P. Singh, A. Joshi

      Pages 181-203

   4. Analysing Urban Sprawl and Spatial Expansion of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration Using Geospatial Approach

      • Mehebub Rahaman, Shyamal Dutta, Mehebub Sahana, Dipendra Nath Das

      Pages 205-221

   5. Automated Extraction of Urban Impervious Area from Spectral-Based Digital Image Processing Techniques

      • Suman Sinha

      Pages 223-238

6. Future Challenges of Natural Resource Management and their Potential over Space and Time

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239

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   2. Hybrid Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar for the Detection of Waterlogged Rice Fields

      • Bambang H. Trisasongko

      Pages 241-255

This book advances the scientific understanding and application of space-based technologies to address a variety of areas related to sustainable development; including environmental systems analysis, environmental management, clean processes, green chemistry, and green engineering. Geo-spatial techniques have gained considerable interest in recent decades among the earth and environmental science communities for solving and understanding various complex problems and approaches towards sustainable technologies. The book encompasses several scopes of interests on sustainable technologies in areas such as water resources, forestry, remote sensing, meteorology, atmospheric and oceanic modeling, environmental engineering and management, civil engineering, air and environmental pollution, water quality problems, etc. The book will appeal to people with an interest in geo-spatial techniques, sustainable development and other diverse backgrounds within earth and environmental sciences field.

 

• Applied earth sciences in space technology
• Geo-spatial techniques for sustainable development
• Space science in the 21st century
• Geotechnical engineering related to agriculture and forestry
• geo-spatial techniques
• Space technology in India
• Applied geoinformatics
• Monitoring earth from space
• Geospatial modeling
• Spatial ecology
• Remote sensing of environment
• Geomatics for sustainable development
• remote sensing/photogrammetry

• Department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India

  Pavan Kumar, Haroon Sajjad

• Department of Geography, DSB Campus, Kumaun University, Nainital, India

  Meenu Rani

• Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development (IESD), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

  Prem Chandra Pandey

• Department of Geophysics, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India

  Bhagwan Singh Chaudhary

Er. Pavan Kumar is a doctoral candidate at Department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. He is working on the topic “Carbon stock estimation using Geospatial Approach in Sariska Tiger Reserve (Rajasthan)”. He did B.Sc. (Botany) and M.Sc.  (Environmental Science) from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India and subsequently obtained Master’s degree in Remote Sensing (M.Tech) from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi, India. His current research interests include Forest Resource Management, Crop Forecasting, Climate Change and coastal studies. He is recipient of Innovation China National academy award for Remote Sensing. Er. Kumar has published fifty research papers in National journals and authored a number of books.He has visited countries like USA, France, the Netherlands, Italy, China, Indonesia, Brazil and Malaysia for various academic/scientific assignments, workshop and conferences. Er. Kumar is member of International Associations for Vegetation Science, USA and Institution of Geospatial and Remote Sensing, Malaysia.

Mrs Meenu Rani received her M. Tech degree in Remote Sensing from Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, India. She is currently affiliated to Department of Geography, Kumaun University, Nainital. She worked on remote sensing applications as a Junior Research Fellow in HARSAC, Research Associate in Indian Council of Agricultural Research and GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development. Mrs Rani has authored and co-authored several peer-reviewed scientific research papers and presented works at many national and international conferencesincluding USA, Italy and China. She has been awarded with various fellowships from the International Association for Ecology, Future Earth Coast and SCAR Scientific Research Programme. She specializes in Hydrology, Geomorphology and Oceanography.Her current research interestsinclude watershed modelingand land use planning.She awarded early career scientists achievement in 2017 at Columbia University, NewYork, USA.

Dr Prem Chandra Pandey is associatedwith Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development (IESD), Banaras Hindu University India.He received his M.Sc. degree in Environmental Sciences (2007) from Institute of Sciences, Banaras Hindu University and M.Tech in Remote Sensing (2009) from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi, India. He was awardedPh.D degree in Remote Sensing Technology (2015) from CLCR Department of Geography, University of Leicester, United Kingdom under Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan. Dr Pandey also visited Tel Aviv University Israel (2016-2017) for Post Doctoral research. His research interests include forestry, environmental pollutant modeling, urban and agricultural studies.He worked on remote sensing applications as Professional Research Fellow in NUIS (National Urban Information System) funded by NRSC, Government of India at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi. He has been a recipient of several awards including Commonwealth fellowship UK, INSPIRE fellowship, MHRD and UGC fellowships, SERB-NPDF from government of India. Dr Pandey has many research papers, edited books andbook chapters to his credit. He is also member of scientific bodies including ISG (Indian Society of Geomatics), ISRS (Indian Society of Remote Sensing), SPIE, and AAG.

Haroon Sajjad is Professor in the Department of Geography, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He obtained his B.Sc, M.Sc, M.Phil and Ph.D degrees all from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. His present research interests include Environmental Management, Sustainable Development and Watershed Management. He has three books to his credit. He has published ninety research papers in journals of repute. Prof. Sajjad has presented thirty-six research papers at national and international conferences including at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, University of British Columbia, Canada, University of the Western Cape Bellville, South Africa, and University of Brighton, U.K. He has delivered invited talks at various universities. Many students have been awarded doctoral degree under his supervision. He has chaired academic sessions at various conferences. He is the reviewer of many scientific research journals and member of scientific bodies.



Prof. (Dr.) Bhagwan Singh Chaudhary is presently working as Chairman, Department of Geophysics, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India. He obtained his M. Tech. degree in Applied Geophysics in Kurukshetra University and subsequently obtained his Ph.D degree from University of Rajasthan. Prof. Chaudhary was awarded DAAD (German Academic Exchange Services) fellowship at University of Freiburg, Germany from 1997-1999 and worked on applications of Indian Remote Sensing Satellite data usage for various aspects in Black Forest region of south-west Germany. He got best paper award at 18^th International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Conference held at Vienna, Austria in 1996. Prof. Chaudhary specializes in water resources, geo-environmental studies and disaster management. He has more than 80 publications in various national/ international journals and conference proceedings.He has supervised many Ph.D students. He was founder Registrar of Chaudhary Bansi Lal University (CBLU), Bhiwani (2014-17).He is the fellow of Indian Water Resources Society, South Asian Association of Economic Geologists and the Society of Earth Scientists and life member of a dozen national/international scientific societies/academic associations.  He is member of the Editorial Board of many prestigious journals. He is also reviewer of many international journals.Prof. Chaudhary visited countries like USA, Canada, UK, Austria, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Poland, China, South-Africa, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Thailand for various academic/ scientific assignments and conferences.

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