Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half-Title Page
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgement
  • 1. The Impact of Rapid Urbanization on Vegetation Cover and Land Surface Temperature in Barasat Municipal Area
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Study Area
  • 1.3 Datasets and Methodology
  • 1.3.1 Datasets
  • 1.3.2 Methodology
  • 1.4 Results and Discussion
  • 1.4.1 Pattern of LULC in Barasat
  • 1.4.2 Urban Sprawl
  • 1.4.3 Impact of Urban Sprawl on Vegetation Cover
  • 1.4.4 Impact of Urban Sprawl on LST
  • 1.4.5 Relationship Between NDVI and LST
  • 1.4.6 Urban Heat Island
  • 1.5 Conclusion
  • Acknowledgement
  • References
  • 2. Geo-Environmental Hazard Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Over South Karanpura Coalfield Region of India
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Study Area
  • 2.3 Methodology and Data Used
  • 2.4 Result and Discussion
  • 2.4.1 Thematic Layers of GHI
  • 2.4.2 Thematic Layers of SVI
  • 2.4.3 Geo-Environmental Hazard and Socio-Economic Vulnerability Assessment
  • 2.4.4 CMRI Assessment
  • 2.5 Conclusion
  • References
  • Appendix: List of Abbreviations
  • 3. Bistatic Scatterometer Measurements for Soil Moisture Estimation Using Grid Partition-Based Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System at L-Band
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Methods and Materials
  • 3.2.1 Bistatic Scatterometer System
  • 3.2.2 Measurement of Soil Moisture Content
  • 3.2.3 Methods
  • 3.3 Result and Discussions
  • 3.4 Conclusions
  • References
  • 4. Morphometric Analysis of Tapi Drainage Basin Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Study Area
  • 4.3 Methodology
  • 4.4 Results and Discussion
  • 4.4.1 Morphometric Analysis of Basin
  • 4.5 Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • 6.3.4 Survey of India Toposheet
  • 6.3.5 Methodology
  • 6.4 Result and Discussion
  • 6.4.1 Action Plan Map
  • 6.5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 7. Land Suitability Appraisal for the Growth of Potato Cultivation: A Study of Sagar Island, India
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Study Area
  • 7.3 Materials and Method
  • 7.3.1 Data Source
  • 7.3.2 Generation of Different Thematic Layers for Land Suitability Evaluation of Potato Cultivation
  • 7.3.3 Assigning Weight of Parameters and MCE
  • 7.3.4 Generation of Land Suitability Map (LSM) and Overlaid With LULC Map
  • 7.4 Results and Discussion