River Conservation and Water Resource Management

This book presents an up-to-date, systematic and scientific analysis of water resource problems in India and suggests measures to overcome them through effective water management. In addition, the book provides an overview of how changes in legislation, policies, institutional responsibilities, science, technology, practical techniques and public perception have influenced the ways of river management over the past years.

Dr. Praveen Kumar Rai is an associate professor and the head of the Department of Geography, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Language University, Lucknow, India. He also served as an assistant professor at the Amity Institute of Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing, Amity University, Noida, India, and Department of Geography, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He has the teaching and research experience of more than 13 years in the field of remote sensing and GIS. He completed his M.Sc. in geography (specialization in remote sensing) in Banaras Hindu University, India, in 2006 and M.Tech. in remote sensing in the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India, in 2008. He was awarded a gold medal with his M.Tech. in remote sensing. He completed his Ph.D. in remote sensing at the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, in 2013. His research interests include remote sensing and GIS, glaciology, health and disease modelling, disaster management and water resource management, among others. He has published more than 70 research papers in international and national journals and has published 5 books with Springer Nature and other publishing houses. He has visited many countries to deliver invited lectures as a keynote speaker. He also serves many international journals as an editorial board member as well as a reviewer.