Environmental Geo-Hazards : Science and Society, Vol. II

Contents Foreword Preface Introduction I Land slide 1 Landslides an introductionVijendra Kr Pandey 2 Landslide Hazard Donation LHZ mapping on Meso-scale for planning and expansion of urban centres in Hilly terrainsR Anbalagan Dhrubajyoti Chakraborty and Atul Kohli 3 Remote sensing and GIS a comprehensive approach of landslide hazard managementKaushal Kumar Sharma and Suresh Kumar Bandooni 4Landslide mitigation-an overviewVK Sarda and RS Banshtoo 5 Static liquefaction for flow type landslide at Karshingsa a case studyGokul K Bayan 6 Strategies for efficient gully erosion management in foothills of Shiwaliks regionSS Kukal and Bhoop Singh 7Environmental geo-hazards in Himachal Pradesh case of ShimlaAR Sankhyan 8 Quantitative Avalanche risk analysis on national highway Nh-laAnant Kumar Shukla 9 Avalanche control Scheme for Gulmarg GondolaAnant Kumar Shukla 10 Land slide Hzard Zonation in Chamoli area UtarakhandRavi Shekhar 11 Land use dynamics and risk from hazards an evaluation of geoecological crisis in the Western HimalayaBW Pandey and VS Negi 12 Geomorphic approach for Landslide Hazard Zonation of Bhilangana River Basin Uttarakhand HimalayaVijendra Kumar Pandey 13 Science of landslide its mitigation mapping and management strategiesMohan S Panwar and Zubair Ahmad Malik II Earthquake 14 Earthquake a disasterNitin Punit 15 Earthquake damage assessment and mitigation measures for District Hamirpur HP importance in the development planningRavi K Sharma III Floods 16 Flood and its managementNawal Prasad Singh 17 Flood disaster in Himachal Pradesh a spatio-temporal analysisDD Sharma 18 Atmospheric and Terrestrial Hazards in Himalaya an overview on some devastating incidencesVishwambhar Prasad Sati Others 19 Man-made natural hazards and preventive measures during construction of hydropower projects for sustainable development in the mountains a case of the Upper Beas Valley IndiaSanjeev Sharma Jagdish C Kuniyal and JC Sharma 20 Vegetational wealth of Garhwal Himalaya Uttarakhand contribution towards protecting environmental hazardsDP Semwal PL Uniyal and YM Bahuguna 21 Environmental Geohazards in Himachal PradeshAcharya Rattan Lal Verma 22 Role of volunteers in disaster risk managementGarima Aggarwal 23 Sustainable livelihoods and vulnerability to disastersAnjali Yadav 24 Environment and law environmental protection and public interest litigation in IndiaSurender Singh V Suggestions and recommendations 25 Suggestions and recommendations IndexEnvironmental Geo-Hazards are of topmost concern today as there is huge loss to life and property The concern varies from individual to the state and national governments have set up many scientific departments to carry out research and development programmes on Geo-Hazards Main environmental geo-hazards are landslide earthquake cyclones and floods Along with natural factors human beings are responsible for triggering landslides Unscientific and hap hazardous developments in Himalaya have been the root cause of disastrous landslides After landslides the most disastrous impact has been of the earthquakes Although they occur rarely but their time of occurrence is not known and it is one of the most challenging jobs to the scientific community Therefore the focus is on post management strategy Floods particularly flash floods are becoming very common phenomena in Himalaya due to heavy rainwall and cloudburst Many efforts fail short due to lack of scientific inputs as well as money and trained manpower in the field Many state governments like of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have been making many efforts to come up with comprehensive strategy and policy to deal with environmental geo-hazardousDepartment of Science and Technology DST Government of India is the pioneering body which has taken various scientific steps in research and development in the field of Geo-Hazards In the same light DST sponsored the workshop on Environmental Geo-Hazards Earthquake Landslide and floods management and mitigat.…