Environmental Changes and Natural Disasters

Contents Preface. I. Environmental Changes Their causes impacts and assessment 1. Importance of environmental impact assessment and monitoring studies in industrial development/Baban Ingole. 2. Inter linking of rivers an evaluation/M.S. Kodarkar. 3. Environmental protection by Microbial Metal Remediation/S.R. Dave. 4. Behaviour of groundwater pollution at Tuppa Nanded Maharashtra a case study/R.D. Kaplay. 5. Environmental Impact Assessment for Hydro Power Projects/N.J. Pawar. 6. Effect on water quality of Godavari River at Paithan after Nath Sheshti/Megha Rai Ayesha Durrani and Mazhar Farooqui. 7. Environment and society an overview/R.B. Borse S.N. Patil M.V. Baride and Anupama Chavan Patil. 8. An evaluation of physio chemical analysis of surface water Jakekur Dam Omerga/V.V. Khadke A.W. Suryawanshi S.D. Hulpalle and S.S. Nakade. 9. Study of air pollution levels in Nanded City/S.R. Warhekar and S.V. Shivanikar. 10. Hydrogeochemistry of groundwater and stream water ecosystem of Pingalgad Nala in Parbhani District Maharashtra/Md. Babar. 11. Groundwater pollution due to waste disposal in Parbhani City Maharashtra/R.B. Muley Md. Babar and R.K. Joshi. 12. Physico chemical characteristics of water samples from reservoirs of Parbhani District Maharashtra/S.U. Kadam Md. Babar and J.M. Gayakwad. 13. Characterization and treatment of waste water from distillery a case study/S.K. Akuskar J.L. Somwanshi and V.V. Khadke. 14. Use of Amyl Alcohol for control of Acid Rock Drainage (ARD) in mining environment/P.S. Wakte and S.R. Dave. 15. Increase in levels of Fluoride increases total hardness and total dissolved solids from Fluoride Prone area of Mahur Taluka District Nanded Maharashtra/A.R. Naregalkar and S.V. Shivnikar. 16. Environmental characteristics of Lonar Lake with reference to geological and microbial attributes/Md. Babar and P.S. Wakte. 17. Ecology and fisheries of Manjara Reservoir Maharashtra/V.B. Sakhare and R.J. Chavan. 18. Environmental aspects of deforestation agriculture and population of spatio temporal analysis of Uttar Kannada District Karnataka/Shrinivas P. Dandin and Virupakshi. 19. Balancing environment a challenge/M.N. Sondge. 20. The nature of ecological problems/M.G. Deshpande. II. Natural Disasters Mitigation and Management 21. Natural disasters in India mitigation and management/M.K. Ghose and Chandan Ghose. 22. Disaster management and mitigation/S.S. Patil and K.L. Karkare. 23. Application of GIS and Remote Sensing in disaster management/J. Loveson Immanuel. 24. Influence of lineaments on landslide prone area around Mahad Raigad District Maharashtra/P.T. Sawant and N.J. Sathe. 25. Disaster mitigation and flood control a case study/A.J. Shirke and R.S. Deshpande. 26. Earthquakes as natural disasters an overview with reference to causes effects and mitigation measures/M.S. Godbole R.B. Muley and Md. Babar. 27. Impact of geohydrology in the conservation of Groundwater Reserve in Parts of Sindkhedraja Tehsil of Buldhana District/A.V. Tejankar. 28. Tsunami Hazard Assessment using GIS Techniques a case study between Colachel and Arockiapuram Coast Tamil Nadu/N. Chandrasekar M. Rajamanickam J. Loveson Immanuel S. Saravanan and G.V. Rajamanickam. 29. Role of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System in Rispana Watershed a study of projected water demand v/s estimated water availability in Dehradun City/Baby Tabassum. 30. A study of prioritization for soil conservation of Dikrong River Basin through Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System/Baby Tabassum. The book covers the multidisciplinary nature of environment public awareness current burning topics on environment and natural changes. The book includes disaster management mitigation and application of Remote Sensing and GIS for disaster management and environmental changes. It also consists of drawing a long term policy to overcome the problems of environmental pollution and disaster management. The other important environmental issues discussed are.…