Download or read book Pitlakes of Raniganj Coal Field W B India Inventory and Water Quality Status written by Debnath Palit and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2014-03-24 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technical Report from the year 2014 in the subject Biology - Geobiology, grade: 10.0, University of Burdwan (PG Department of Conservation Biology, Durgapur Government College), course: Conservation Biology, language: English, abstract: The primary goal of this study was to prepare an inventory of Pit lakes in Raniganj Coal Field (RCF), West Bengal, India along with status of water quality in these pit lakes for promoting sustainable utilisation of the Pitlake resources for socioeconomic development of the local stake holders in due course of time. A comprehensive water quality and biological monitoring programme is strongly recommended for these pit lakes in order to be able to predict and manage risks and best utilise the opportunities provided by the pit lakes for the RCF region economy.
Download or read book Sustainable Agriculture Forest and Environmental Management written by Manoj Kumar Jhariya and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent technologies for sustainable development and maintaining ecological integrity in the field of agriculture, forestry and environmental management for the green future. Describes the recent technologies and issues to generate awareness among the global scientific community towards sustainable development. Covers various eco-friendly approaches for successful management of soil, water, forest, agriculture, and other natural resources. Addresses the policy issues promoting conservation, protection and management of various natural resources. Presents the issues of climate change and sustainable strategies to combat such a mega event. The existence of life on the earth primarily depends upon the agriculture, forest and environment. The changing climate is imposing the multifaceted challenges in front of human civilization. The agroecosystem management practices and technologies leads to higher productivity with destruction of agricultural, forest and environmental habitat leading to soil-water-air pollution. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) plays a key role in the promoting research and developmental activities in various sectors to achieve the sustainable development goals under 2030 agenda. Gradual growth of science and technology has imposed a significant pressure on the different ecosystem. In this context, approaches such as sustainable agriculture, forestry and eco-friendly technologies need to be address across the world. Keeping view of these facts this book underlines scientific chapters dealing with the issues with proper explanation, and accompanied by illustrative diagrams, tables, database as required. The editors have tried to provide a brief scenario about the current issues related to the agriculture, forestry and environment. Therefore, the book would be a very useful resource for academicians, scientists, and policy makers of the related field.
Download or read book Anthropogeomorphology written by Gouri Sankar Bhunia and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-02-24 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores state-of-art techniques based on open-source software and statistical programming and modelling in modern geospatial applications, specifically focusing on recent trends in data mining techniques and robust modelling in Geomorphological, Hydrological, Bio-physical and Social activities. The book is organized into physical, mountainous, coastal, riverine, forest, urban and biological activities, with each chapter providing a review of the current knowledge in the focus area, and evaluating where future efforts should be directed. The text compiles a collection of recent developments and rigorous applications of Geospatial computational intelligence (e.g., artificial neural network, spatial interpolation, physical and environmental modelling and machine learning algorithms etc) in geomorphic processes from a team of expert contributors. The authors address the wide range of challenges and uncertainties in the study of earth system dynamics due to climate change, and complex anthropogenic interferences where spatial modelling may be applied in the risk assessment of vulnerable geomorphological landscapes. The book will act as a guide to find recent advancements in geospatial artificial intelligence techniques and its application to natural and social hazards. This information will be helpful for students, researchers, policy makers, environmentalists, planners involved in natural hazard and disaster management, NGOs, and government organizations.
Download or read book Analysis of Ecological Communities written by Bruce McCune and published by Mjm Software Design. This book was released on 2002 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analysis of Ecological Communities offers a rationale and guidance for selecting appropriate, effective, analytical methods in community ecology. The book is suitable as a textbook and reference book on methods for multivariate analysis of ecological communities and their environments. The book covers distance measures, data transformation, outlier analysis, coordination, cluster analysis, PCA RA, CA, DCA, NMS, NMS, CCA, Bray-Curtis, MRPP, Mantel test, discriminant analysis, twinspan, classification and regression trees, structural equation modeling, and more. It also includes brief treatments of community sampling and diversity measures. The 304 page book is richly illustrated. It provides many examples from the literature and demonstrations of basic principles with simulated and real data sets.
Download or read book Perspectives on Biodiversity of India written by A. Biju Kumar and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Policy in Mining written by Alyson Warhurst and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1999-09-17 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecological Management of Mining: Achieving Environmental Compliance is a study and comparison - global in scope - of current practices used by mining firms striving for ecological management. The author takes an integrated and interdisciplinary approach in addressing, analyzing and working towards solutions regarding the complex challenges posed by managing the environmental impacts of mining. The issues addressed range from the ecotoxicological effects of metal residues to the land use effects of mining and from socioeconomic impacts to environmental regulation. The goal of this book is to assist mining companies throughout the world to achieve environmental compliance and improve competitiveness in the context of growing environmental regulation and technological innovation. It is an essential book for the wide variety of professionals working on issues in mining. Like the book and the research itself, the audience is integrated and interdisciplinary including engineers, planners, ecologists, policy makers and economists. Features
Download or read book Legumes for Soil Health and Sustainable Management written by Ram Swaroop Meena and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-06 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable management of soils is an important global issue of the 21st century. Feeding roughly 8 billion people with an environmentally sustainable production system is a major challenge, especially considering the fact that 10% of the world’s population at risk of hunger and 25% at risk of malnutrition. Accordingly, the 68th United Nations (UN) general assembly declared 2016 the “International Year of Pulses” to raise awareness and to celebrate the role of pulses in human nutrition and welfare. Likewise, the assembly declared the year 2015 as the “International Year of Soils” to promote awareness of the role of “healthy soils for a healthy life” and the International Union of Soil Science (IUSS) has declared 2015-2024 as the International Decade of Soils. Including legumes in cropping systems is an important toward advancing soil sustainability, food and nutritional security without compromising soil quality or its production potential. Several textbooks and edited volumes are currently available on general soil fertility or on legumes but‚ to date‚ none have been dedicated to the study of “Legumes for Soil Health and Sustainable Management”. This is important aspect, as the soil, the epidermis of the Earth (geoderma)‚ is the major component of the terrestrial biosphere. This book explores the impacts of legumes on soil health and sustainability, structure and functioning of agro-ecosystems, agronomic productivity and food security, BNF, microbial transformation of soil N and P, plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria, biofertilizers, etc. With the advent of fertilizers, legumes have been sidelined since World War II, which has produced serious consequences for soils and the environment alike. Therefore, legume-based rational cropping/soil management practices must support environmentally and economically sustainable agroecosystems based on (sequential) rotation and intercropping considerations to restore soil health and sustainability. All chapters are amply illustrated with appropriately placed data, tables, figures, and photographs, and supported with extensive and cutting-edge references. The editors have provided a roadmap for the sustainable development of legumes for food and nutritional security and soil sustainability in agricultural systems, offering a unique resource for teachers, researchers, and policymakers, as well as undergraduate and graduate students of soil science, agronomy, ecology, and the environmental sciences.
Download or read book Mine Pit Lakes written by Devin N. Castendyk and published by SME. This book was released on 2009 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water quality of pit lakes is one of the most critical environmental issues facing the global mining industry. As ore grades decrease and operators strive to improve efficiency, the number of active pit mines will continue to outpace their underground counterparts in the years ahead. How will these water resources be protected for future generations while the mining industry continues to meet society's growing demands for raw materials? The key to solving this dilemma is accurately predicting the water quality in advance of open pit mining. That's the purpose of Mine Pit Lakes. The third in a series of six handbooks by the Acid Drainage Technology Initiative--Metal Mining Sector (ADTI-MMS), this volume includes the latest thinking from dozens of internationally respected experts from Canada, Germany, Australia, and the United States. You'll learn both the theory and science of predicting pit lake water quality and get insights into the best practices of pit lake management. This book is an indispensable resource for mining professionals and environmental regulators who are considering new open pit mines or are developing monitoring programs or closure strategies for existing ones.
Download or read book Environmental Impact Assessment for Developing Countries written by Asit K. Biswas and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental Impact Assessment for Developing Countries is based on selected papers presented at the 1991 International Conference on Environment Impact Assessment, held at New Delhi, India. This work is organized into four parts encompassing 18 chapters. Part I provides an overview and general considerations of balance environmental impact assessment (EIA), with particular emphasis in the developing countries in Asia. Part II highlights various EIA performed in different industry, including chemical plants, coal mining, thermal and power plant, and solid waste disposal. This part also describes the simulation modeling in EIA. Part III discusses the national experiences in EIA. This part elaborates on EIA of development projects in Netherlands, Sweden, Philippines, Tanzania, Canada, India, and United Kingdom. Part IV provides a summary and recommendations. This book will prove useful to environmental and research scientists.
Download or read book Acidic Pit Lakes written by Walter Geller and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph provides an international perspective on pit lakes in post-mining landscapes, including the problem of geogenic acidification. Much has been learned during the last decade through research and practical experience on how to mitigate or remediate the environmental problems of acidic pit lakes. In the first part of the book, general scientific issues are presented in 21 contributions from the fields of geo-environmental science, water chemistry, lake physics, lake modeling, and on the peculiar biological features that occur in the extreme habitats of acidic pit lakes. Another chapter provides an overview of methods currently used to remediate acidic pit lakes and treat outflowing acidic water. The second part of the book is a collection of regional surveys of pit lake problems from three European countries and Australia, and case studies of various individual representative lakes. A final case study provides an innovative approach to assessing the economic value of new pit lakes and balancing the costs and benefits, a valuable tool for decision makers.
Download or read book Reclamation Research written by United States. Bureau of Reclamation and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Estuarine Ecosystem written by Donald McLusky and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the inhabitants of many of the world's major cities and towns, estuaries provide their nearest glimpse of a natural habitat; a habitat which, despite the attempts of man to pollute it or reclaim it, has remained a fascinating insight into a natural world where energy is transformed from sunlight into plant material, and then through the steps of a food chain is converted into a rich food supply for birds and fish. The biologist has become interested in estuaries as areas in which to study the responses of animals and plants to severe environmental gradients. Gradients of salinity for example, and the problems of living in turbid water or a muddy substrate, prevent most animal species from the adjacent sea or rivers from entering estuaries. In spite of these problems, life in estuaries can be very abundant because estuarine mud is a rich food supply which can support a large number of animals with a large total weight and a high annual production. Indeed estuaries have been claimed to be among the most productive natural habitats in the world. When the first edition of this book appeared, biologists were beginning to realise that the estuarine ecosystem was an ideal habitat in which to observe the processes controlling biological productivity.
Download or read book Creating Balance written by Stephan Kaiser and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A satisfactory and healthy integration of work with other life domains is one of the key challenges of modern society. Work-life balance and work-life integration have become focal points of today’s human resource management practice and theory. Professionals who have been described as “extreme workers” regarding their work hours and engagement are under particular pressure to balance work and ”the rest of life”. This collection maps the increasingly extensive discussion of work-life issues for professionals and discusses key aspects in depth. What is work-life integration? What are the specific challenges for professionals? How do they manage their blurred work-life boundaries? How can companies intervene? Internationally leading authors discuss antecedents and individual and organizational outcomes of work-life integration, gender-specific perspectives and challenges as well as the use and usefulness of corporate work-life balance initiatives. In five sections distinguished researchers from across the world present experiences and research findings to provide a compendium of academic and applied research on the work-life integration of professionals. Cutting-edge research and novel theoretical perspectives make this collection a source of knowledge and inspiration for academic and business audiences interested in work-life integration issues in general and in the case of professionals in particular.
Download or read book Aquatic and Wetland Plants of India written by Christopher D. K. Cook and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of wetlands to life on Earth is now generally accepted. This is a reference book and identification manual for the vascular plants found in permanent or seasonal fresh water in the subcontinent of India south of the Himalayas. About 660 species are described, and all plantsare illustrated by line drawings showing the diagnostic features. The text is written in a style for both experts and those with only a little botanical training. Scientists and conservationists will be able to identify the plants with accuracy and to build on this information to promoteconservation.
Download or read book Seafood written by Shingo Hamada and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seafood draws on controversial themes in the interdisciplinary field of food studies, with case studies from different eras and geographic regions. Using familiar commodities, this accessible book will help students understand cutting-edge issues in sustainability and ask readers to think about the future of an industry that has lain waste to its own resources. Examining the practical aspects of fisheries and seafood leads the reader through discussions of the core elements of anthropological method and theory, and the book concludes with discussions of sustainable seafood and current efforts to save what is left of marine ecosystems. Students will be encouraged to think about their own seafood consumption through project assignments that challenge them to trace the commodity chains of the seafood on their own plates. Seafood is an ideal book for courses on food and culture, economic anthropology, and the environment.
Download or read book Landscape Function and Disturbance in Arctic Tundra written by James F. Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ecology of Plankton written by Arvind Kumar and published by Daya Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The word plankton was first of coined by Henson, which means that which drifts . A single organism in the plankton is known as a plankter. The wide distribution of many plankton species is one of the most striking features encountered in the study of planktonology. Some articles in the book clearly reveal the fact that the plankton is regarded as a best biotool. The book entitled Ecology of Plankton has been written covering applied aspects of Limnology in order to cater to the needs of students, research scholars and teachers in college and university. A book of this kind will be of immense use to all those who study or teach aquatic ecology and hydrobiology. Not only this, the present book will also be helpful for students, research scholars, professors, scientists as well as for limnologists for aquatic impact assessment and management. Contents Chapter 1: Dynamics of Phytoplankton Productivity of Certain Lentic Ecosystems of Jharkhand, India by Arvind Kumar and Chandan Bohra; Chapter 2: Studies on the Phytoplankton of Olero Creek and Parts of Benin River, Nigeria by T A Adesalu and D I Nwankwo; Chapter 3: Community Structure and Faunal Assemblages of Zooplankton in an Estuarine Mangrove Ecosystem by N V Prasad; Chapter 4: Distribution and Ecology of Phytoplanktons in the Dal Lake, Kashmir (India) by M Jeelani, H Kaur and S G Sarwar; Chapter 5: Population Dynamics of Rotifers in the Anchar Lake, Kashmir (India) by M Jeelani, H Kaur and S G Sarwar; Chapter 6: Diversity of Phytoplankton and Zooplankton with Respect to Pollution Status of River Tapi in North Maharashtra Region by S R Gaikwad, S R Thorat & T P Chavan; Chapter 7: Investigations on Blue Green Algae of Satna: A Taxonomical Approach by Rashmi Singh; Chapter 8: Physico-chemical Factors Controlling the Growth of Diatoms in Two Lakes of Mysore by J Mahadev & S P Hosmani; Chapter 9: Tidal and Diurnal Variability of Zooplankton in Mangrove Habitat of Gaderu, East Coast of India by N V Prasad; Chapter 10: Trace Metals in Zooplankton from the Mangrove Waterways of Coringa, East Coast of India with Special Reference to Industrial Effluents by N V Prasad; Chapter 11: Seasonal and Spatial Variations in Taxonomic Composition and Biomass of Zooplankton in Estuarine Waters and the Bay Environment of Coringa Mangroves, East Cost of India by N V Prasad; Chapter 12: Studies on Qualitative and Quantitative Plankton Production using Duck Droppings by S K Majhi, B K Mahapatra, K Vinod and B K Mandal; Chapter 13: Spacio-temporal Trends in Phytoplankton Primary Production in Marikanave Reservoir by Syed Fasihuddin & E T Puttaiah; Chapter 14: Study of Algal Communities of Sonvad Dam of Dhule as Indicators of Organic Water Pollution by S N Nandan & D S Jain; Chapter 15: Biological Evaluation of Water Quality Using Phytoplankton on Phutala Lake and Well in Nagpur by Arun K Pandey & Rakesh K Pandey; Chapter 16: Diversity of Zooplankton in Rakasakoppa Reservoir of Belgaum, North Karnataka by B N Sunkad; Chapter 17: Impact of Sewage Disposal and Agricultural Waste on the Freshwater Quality and Phytoplankton Density of a Tropical Stream in the Western Ghats in India by M Ganesan, N Jayabalan & K Jegatheesan; Chapter 18: Studies on Zooplankton Distribution in the Coastal Waters of Dakshina Kannada, West Coat of India by T V Ramana and M P M Reddy; Chapter 19: Biochemical Composition and Calorific Potential of Zooplankton from the Mangrove Waters and the Bay Environment of Kakinada, South East Coast of India by N V Prasad; Chapter 20: Seasonal Fluctuation of Different Zooplanktonic Groups of a Rainfed Wetland in Relation to Some Abiotic Factors by S B Patra and N C Datta; Chapter 21: Phytoplankton Dynamics in Anchar Lake, Kashmir by Shamim A Bhat and Ashok K Pandit; Chapter 22: Detoxification Efficiency of Four Fungal sp on Dye Effluent by K T K Anandapandian, S Chandrasekarenthiran, S Kirupaa and G Ram Kumar; Chapter 23: Stable Carbon Isotopic Studies on Zooplankton in Mangrove Waters and the Bay Environment of Kakinada, East Coast of India by N V Prasad and P Chandramohan; Chapter 24: Zooplankton Population Assessment in the Coastal Waters off Kakinada and Mumbai by V W Lande; Chapter 25: Seasonal Variations in Freshwater Protozoans in Kali-Nadi, District Etah, U P, India by A K Paliwal; Chapter 26: Ecologically Significant Species of Zooplankton in Coringa Mangrove Ecosystem, Andhra Pradesh by N V Prasad; Chapter 27: Feeding Modes and Associated Mechanisms in Zooplankton by Ram Kumar; Chapter 28: Relation Between Water Circulation and Zooplankton Distribution in the Bay Environment of Kakinada, East Coast of India by N V Prasad; Chapter 29: Limnological Studies of Mosam River of Maharashtra with Relation to Phytoplankton by N H Aher & S N Nandan; Chapter 30: Preliminary Observations on Breeding Behaviour of Freshwater Rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus by Sampada Tadphale and Madhuri Pejaver; Chapter 31: Biodiversity of Chlorophyceae in Haranbari Dam of Baglan (Maharashtra) by N H Aher and S N Nandan.
