Environment and Earth Observation: Case Studies in India

✍ Scribed by S. Hazra, A. Mukhopadhyay, A. R. Ghosh, D. Mitra, V. K. Dadhwal (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 266
• Series: Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book presents relevant and contemporary research on the remote sensing of landscapes, agriculture & forestry, geomorphology, coasts & oceans, natural hazards and wild habitats. It highlights the application of remote sensing in understanding natural processes and oceanic features, as well as in creating mapping inventories of water resources across different spatial and temporal scales. Recent advances in hyperspectral imaging and high spatial resolution offer promising techniques for exploring various aspects related to the fruitful and cost-effective monitoring of large-scale environments. In the field of forestry and agriculture, the book addresses topics such as terrain analysis, forest management, updating current forest inventories, and vegetation cover type discrimination. It also elaborates delineation of various geo-morphological features of the earth’s surface and natural disasters, and includes a special section on the remote sensing of wild habitats. Readers working in interdisciplinary sectors engaged in remote-sensing-based research benefit from the techniques presented.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Geospatial Analysis for Industrial Site Suitability Using AHP Modeling: A Case Study....Pages 3-21
Standalone Open-Source GIS-Based Tools for Land and Water Resource Development Plan Generation....Pages 23-34
Downscaling of Coarse Resolution Satellite Remote Sensing Thermal Data....Pages 35-55
Future Projection of Rainfall by Statistical Downscaling Method in a Part of Central India....Pages 57-70
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Identification of Crop Types with the Fuzzy Supervised Classification Using AWiFS and LISS-III Images....Pages 73-86
Application of Remote Sensing in Assessing the Impacts of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), in Ratlam District, Madhya Pradesh, India....Pages 87-95
Mangrove Forest Cover Changes in Indian Sundarban (1986–2012) Using Remote Sensing and GIS....Pages 97-108
Change Detection of Vegetation Cover Using Synthetic Color Composite with Some Other Techniques....Pages 109-119
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
Estimation of Air-Sea CO2 Exchange and Decadal Change of Surface Water fCO2 in a Shallow Continental Shelf Using in Situ and Remote Sensing Data During Winter....Pages 123-135
Identification of River Discontinuity Using Geo-Informatics to Improve Freshwater Flow and Ecosystem Services in Indian Sundarban Delta....Pages 137-152
Comparative Assessment of Morphological and Landuse/Landcover Change Pattern of Sagar, Ghoramara, and Mousani Island of Indian Sundarban Delta Through Remote Sensing....Pages 153-172
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
A Comparative Evaluation of Weight-Rating and Analytical Hierarchical (AHP) for Landslide Susceptibility Mapping in Dhalai District, Tripura....Pages 175-193
Micro Level Vulnerability Assessment of a Community Living in Mousuni Island in the Indian Sundarban: An Integrated Study Employing Geoinformatics....Pages 195-213
Analyzing Trends of Urbanization and Concomitantly Increasing Environmental Cruciality—A Case of the Cultural City, Kolkata ....Pages 215-227
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
Habitat Suitability Modelling for Sambar (Rusa unicolor): A Remote Sensing and GIS Approach....Pages 231-246
Snow Leopard Habitat Modeling Using Neuro-Fuzzy Technique and a Comparative Analysis Between Traditional Overlay and Neuro-Fuzzy Technique—A Case Study of Chamoli and Pithorgarh District of Uttarakhand ....Pages 247-263
Back Matter....Pages 265-266

✦ Subjects

Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry;Monitoring/Environmental Analysis;Natural Hazards;Geomorphology