Comprehensive Remote Sensing

Comprehensive Remote Sensing

Author: Shunlin Liang

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2017-11-08

Total Pages: 3183

ISBN-13: 0128032219

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Comprehensive Remote Sensing, Nine Volume Set covers all aspects of the topic, with each volume edited by well-known scientists and contributed to by frontier researchers. It is a comprehensive resource that will benefit both students and researchers who want to further their understanding in this discipline. The field of remote sensing has quadrupled in size in the past two decades, and increasingly draws in individuals working in a diverse set of disciplines ranging from geographers, oceanographers, and meteorologists, to physicists and computer scientists. Researchers from a variety of backgrounds are now accessing remote sensing data, creating an urgent need for a one-stop reference work that can comprehensively document the development of remote sensing, from the basic principles, modeling and practical algorithms, to various applications. Fully comprehensive coverage of this rapidly growing discipline, giving readers a detailed overview of all aspects of Remote Sensing principles and applications Contains ‘Layered content’, with each article beginning with the basics and then moving on to more complex concepts Ideal for advanced undergraduates and academic researchers Includes case studies that illustrate the practical application of remote sensing principles, further enhancing understanding


The Ganges River Basin

The Ganges River Basin

Author: Luna Bharati

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-08-25

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 1317479475

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The Ganges is one of the most complex yet fascinating river systems in the world. The basin is characterized by a high degree of heterogeneity from climatic, hydrological, geomorphological, cultural, environmental and socio-economic perspectives. More than 500 million people are directly or indirectly dependent upon the Ganges River Basin, which spans China, Nepal, India and Bangladesh. While there are many books covering one aspect of the Ganges, ranging from hydrology to cultural significance, this book is unique in presenting a comprehensive inter-disciplinary overview of the key issues and challenges facing the region. Contributors from the three main riparian nations assess the status and trends of water resources, including the Himalayas, groundwater, pollution, floods, drought and climate change. They describe livelihood systems in the basin, and the social, economic, geopolitical and institutional constraints, including transboundary disputes, to achieving productive, sustainable and equitable water access. Management of the main water-use sectors and their inter-linkages are reviewed, as well as the sustainability and trade-offs in conservation of natural systems and resource development such as for hydropower or agriculture.


Mineral Exploration

Mineral Exploration

Author: K. Srinivasamoorthy

Publisher: New India Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 574

ISBN-13: 9788189422714

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Key Lectures *Strategy for Exploration and Exploitation of Placer Mineral in India: G.V.Rajamanickam *Exploration for Platinum Group Elements in Peninsular India Status Problems & Scope: Balaram *Understanding the Ore Forming Processes Key to Mineral Exploration: M.S.Pandian *Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: S.Sanjeevi *Total Quality Management (T.q.m.) in Evaluation of Granite Deposits: G.B.Sukumaran


Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters

Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters

Author: M.K. Jha

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-07-20

Total Pages: 628

ISBN-13: 9048124980

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The major challenges of the 21st century faced by human beings are how to achieve water security, food security, energy security and environmental security. Owing to enhanced natural/anthropogenic disasters worldwide, these challenges become much more complicated and daunting especially for developing countries. Therefore, it is important to highlight the risk of different disasters as well as the modern tools and techniques for minimizing disaster incidence and losses. Disaster management being highly multidisciplinary in nature, a comprehensive book dealing with different aspects of disaster management, and encompassing important disasters faced by humankind is presently not available. This book is an attempt to fulfill this gap. It provides clear, comprehensive, and up-to-date information about different facets of disaster management along with salient case studies. The book highlights the current status of disaster management focusing on developing nations, discusses vital issues such as climate change and sustainable development, modern approaches and tools/techniques, and the challenges of and future R&D needs for sustainable disaster management.


Community Management of Natural Resources in Africa

Community Management of Natural Resources in Africa

Author: Dilys Roe

Publisher: IIED

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 1843697556

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Provides a pan-African synthesis of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM), drawing on multiple authors and a wide range of documented experiences from Southern, Eastern, Western and Central Africa. This title discusses the degree to which CBNRM has met poverty alleviation, economic development and nature conservation objectives.