Water, Land, and Forest Susceptibility and Sustainability, Volume 2. Insight Towards Management, Conservation and Ecosystem Services. Science of Sustainable Systems

Table of Contents

SECTION I: Introduction: Natural Resources Management, Conservation, and Ecosystem Services Approaches Towards Sustainability 1. Natural Resources Sustainability and Ecosystem Services A Paradigm Shift�

SECTION II: Water Resource Susceptibility and Sustainability 2. A Mathematical Model-based Approach to Assessing Water Pollution Through the Dynamics of Freshwater Zooplankton Community and Remediation 3. Soil-Water Modeling as a Tool for Sustainable Soil Resources Management: Progress and Future Directions 4. Valuing Ecologically Sensitive Areas Ecosystem Services in Bhitharkanika: Implications for Sustainable Management 5. A Comparative Analysis of Changes in Surface Water Resources in Dry and Wet Areas of Zimbabwe Between 1990 and 2020: The Case of Mazowe and Mberengwa Districts 6. Assessment of Covid-19 Lockdown Impact on Surface Water Quality Using Remote Sensing Techniques in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India 7. Description of the Processing Technique for the Monitoring of Marine Environments with a Sustainable Approach Using Remote Sensing

SECTION III: Land Resources Susceptibility and Sustainability 8. Sustainable Land Use Management and Drivers of LULC Change and Degradation: An Assessment of Malappuram Metropolitan Region, Kerala, India 9. Mapping Alternative Solid Waste Disposal Sites using Fuzzy- DEMATEL Method in Coastal City of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh (India) 10. Urban Land-Use Susceptibility and Sustainability-Case Study 11. Assessing Urban Land Use Sustainability: Asansol Durgapur Planning Area, West Bengal, India 12. Geospatial Modelling for Sustainability of Soil Ecosystem Services in Hilly and Mountainous Landscapes

SECTION IV: Forest Resource Susceptibility and Sustainability 13. Aspects of Forest Degradation and Inventory Approaches for Forest Management 14. Forest and Livelihood Susceptibility and Sustainability in Relation to Trekking and Tourism: A Study in Singalila National Park of India 15. The Impact of Human Footprints on Forest Resource/Reserve: A Case for Sustainable Forestry in Stubb Stubbs Creek Forest Reserve (SCFR), Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria 16. Shifting Cultivation in the East Garo Hills, Meghalaya (India): An Earth Observation Perspective 17. The Impact of Anthropogenic Activities on Mangrove Forest Health in Urban Areas of the Niger Delta: Its Susceptibility and Sustainability

Authors

Uday Chatterjee Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Bhatter College (Affiliated to Vidyasagar University), Dantan, India. Dr. Uday Chatterjee is an Assistant Professor at Bhatter College in Dantan, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India, and an Applied Geographer with a Post-Graduate in Applied Geography from Utkal University and a Doctorate in Applied Geography from Ravenshaw University in Cuttack, Odisha. He has contributed to a number of research papers that have been published in reputable national and international publications, as well as edited book volumes. He has also organized (as the convener) a Faculty Development Program on "Modern ways of teaching and advanced research methods," which was funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). Urban Planning, Social and Human Geography, Applied Geomorphology, Hazards & Disasters, Environmental Issues, Land Use and Rural Development are some of his research interests. The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) of the Government of West Bengal, India, financed his research. He has worked as a reviewer for a number of international publications. Dr. Uday Chatterjee is currently the lead editor of the Springer Special Issue (S.I) on Urbanism, Smart Cities, and Modelling. Biswajeet Pradhan Distinguished Professor and Director, Centre for Advanced Modelling and Geospatial Information Systems (CAMGIS), University of Technology Sydney, School of Information, Systems and Modelling; Faculty of Engineering and IT, New South Wales, Australia. Biswajeet Pradhan is a distinguished professor at UTS School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is an international expert in data-driven modelling and a pioneer in combining spatial modelling with statistical and machine learning models for natural hazard predictions including landslides. He has a track record of outstanding research outputs, with over 600 journal articles. He is a highly interdisciplinary researcher with publications across 12 areas, listed as having 'Excellent' international collaboration status. He has been a Highly Cited Researcher for five consecutive years (2016-2020) and ranks fifth in the field of Geological & Geoenvironmental Engineering. Suresh Kumar Subbiah Centre for Materials Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Dr. Suresh Kumar is Scientist-SG & Group Head for the Agriculture & Soils Department at Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Govt. of India, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). He has 27 years of experience in applications of geospatial technologies in natural resource management with specialization in soil resource management, land degradation, and watershed management. He has published more than 50 research papers and 7 book chapters. He has attended several International Conferences and National Seminar/ Symposium and delivered invited lead talk in the seminar/symposium. He has also carried out several research projects as PI / Co-I, such as: FAO-AEZ based Agricultural Land Use Planning; National Soil Carbon Pool Assessment, Soil Carbon Dynamic (SCD) Studies, Mountain Ecosystem Processes and Services: Studying impact of Soil Erosion and Nutrient Loss and its impact on Soil Quality; Digital soil mapping using environmental covariates for mountainous region. Sourav Saha Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Dr. Sourav Saha PhD is a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Saha is an early career scientist who recently completed his Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati, USA. He also taught several Geology courses as an adjunct faculty member at Northern Kentucky University, USA. His research interests are focused on the use of geomorphic, geochronologic, remote sensing, and sedimentary tools to quantify surface processes, landscape evolution, paleoseismic, and paleoclimatic changes. His goal is to understand the dynamic interaction between climate, tectonics, and landscapes, especially in environmentally sensitive regions. He uses and develops a variety of geochronometers, especially luminescence and cosmogenic surface exposure dating techniques. He is also a member of the Geological Society of America, the American Geophysical Union, the American Quaternary Association, and several other international organizations. Mohammad Zakwan Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Dr. Mohammad Zakwan PhD is presently working as an Assistant Professor in Maulana Azad National University, Hyderabad, India. He has published numerous papers and has a demonstrated history of working in Water Resource Engineering. He has been serving as an editorial board member and reviewer for various journals. His research interests include modelling of infiltration, modelling river water quality, sediment rating curves, stage discharge curves, computation of effective discharge and dominant discharge, climate change, trend analysis in water resources, river engineering, hydraulics, and hydrology of rivers. Dr. Mohammad Zakwan was a recipient of Gold medals during his M.Tech and B.Tech. He was awarded MHRD GATE scholarship and CSIR NET JRF scholarship for his M.Tech and PhD, respectively.