Geospatial Technology to Support Communities and Policy : Pathways to Resiliency

This book covers theoretical concepts of climate change related phenomena, different components of geospatial technology and application of geospatial technology on analysis of climate changes. Besides the book will also cover different characteristics of climate resilience, how resilience relates to the adaptation and mitigation and role of geospatial science, techniques, and tools in building climate resilience of a society. This text is suitable for researchers, academicians, urban planners, environmentalists, policy makers, scientists, ecologists, administrators etc.

Dr. Swagata Ghosh, is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Central University of Karnataka, India. She received her M.Sc. in Geography from the University of Calcutta, and her M.Tech. and Ph.D. in Remote Sensing from Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi. She has been working in various areas of Remote Sensing applications viz. urban growth modelling, urban heat island, air pollution modelling, snow and glacier studies etc. She has published research articles in reputed international journals, book chapters, and articles in conference proceedings. Dr. Ghosh is a recipient of the Early Career Research Award (ECRA) and received research funding from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India. Dr. Ghosh also received Erasmus+ Grant under an International grant to visit the University of Salzburg, Austria as Visiting Professor.

Dr. Maya Kumari is currently working as Assistant Professor at Amity University Uttar Pradesh. She has done her Doctoral degree from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi and M.Tech in Remote Sensing technology from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi. She also has done master’s degree in Environmental Science from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. She has 13 years of teaching and research experience in GIS and Remote Sensing. Her specialization is the theory and practice of global positioning and navigation system, digital image processing, application of Remote Sensing in Environment & natural resource management and spatial data modeling. She has published several research papers in national and international conferences/journals related to the field of Remote Sensing and GIS.

Dr. Varun Narayan Mishra is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Amity University, Noida, India. He completed doctorate from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi and M.Tech. in Remote Sensing from BirlaInstitute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, after completing M.Sc. degree in Physics. He is an experienced researcher with a demonstrated history of teaching in the field of remote sensing & GIS, spatial data analysis and modelling, digital image processing, AI & ML. His main research interests are Radar remote sensing, SAR interferometry, land change simulation & modelling, landslides and flood susceptibility modelling, vulnerability, and risk assessment. He has published several research papers in various reputed international peer reviewed journals. He also authored many edited books, reference books and book chapters with reputed publishers.