About the Book
Geospatial Techniques in Climate Change Monitoring and Environmental Mapping: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Risk Reduction presents a comprehensive examination of innovative geospatial methods utilized to address the challenges posed by climate change across various sectors. The book encompasses a wide array of topics, including the application of remote sensing in agriculture, urban climate change mitigation, and the evaluation of land use effects on surface temperatures. It highlights the integration of advanced technologies such as machine learning and satellite imagery to enhance drought risk mapping, deforestation detection, and flood prediction, providing valuable insights into environmental sustainability. Moreover, the text emphasizes participatory approaches and the role of local communities in climate resilience. By synthesizing interdisciplinary perspectives, the book underscores the importance of collaborative efforts in developing effective mitigation and adaptation strategies. Ultimately, this work serves as a vital resource for researchers and practitioners committed to leveraging geospatial techniques for effective climate change risk reduction and environmental management.
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Table of Contents:
1. Frontier Technology and Application of Remote Sensing in Agriculture for Combating Climate Change
2. Evaluating Land Use Effects on Surface Temperatures with Remote Sensing: A Systematic Review
3. A Comprehensive Review of Drought Risk Mapping: Harnessing Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Innovations
4. Social Innovations in Urban Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: A Review Study on African Informal Settlements
5. Understanding the effects of climate change in the Chhattisgarh State from stakeholder perspective
6. Deforestation Detection: How Satellite Imagery Informs Conservation Laws.
7. Addressing Urban Overheating in India: Best Practice from Key Cities
8. Geospatial analysis of Health Facilities in IHIALA and Its Environs using Remote Sensing and GIS
9. The Impact of Climate Change and Human Pressures on Water Resources in the Nefifikh Basin, Morocco: Diagnosis and Analysis Using Geomatics Techniques
10. Assessment of Inherent Optical Properties in Chilika Lagoon Using Forel-Ule Index and In-Situ Observations
11. Mapping and Monitoring of Climate Change Applications using LIDAR
12. Participatory Approach to GIS Based Mapping and Monitoring of Urban Data Through Capacity Building
13. Enhanced Cloud Burst Prediction Using Integrated Convolutional and Recurrent Neural Networks with Satellite Imagery and Meteorological Data
14. Quantifying bi-seasonal intrabar grain roughness variations in the Himalayan Mountain Front River: A case study of the Gobarjyoti River, India
15. Presenting the Climate-Informed Factor Model: A Framework for Evaluating the Environmental Unsustainability of Single-Family Residences in the Context of an Approaching Climate Crisis.
16. Integrating Sentinel-1 SAR Data with Google Earth Engine for Enhanced Flood Detection in Lakhimpur District in Assam, India
17. Trends and Impact of Climate Variability on Cereal Crops in Uttar Pradesh: A Spatial Analysis
18. Vulnerability Assessment and Mitigation Strategies for Disaster-Resilient Urban Growth - Studies from Bhuvaneshwar, India
19. Comparative Assessment of Landslide Susceptibility of West Sikkim using Three Machine Learning techniques
20. Climate change mitigation, adaptation and future directions – Case Study
21. Enhancing Runoff Prediction Accuracy by Integrating Soil Moisture Balance with the SCS-CN Model for Climate Change Monitoring: A Geospatial Approach in Watershed Management
22. Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation and Future Directions - A Case Study of Tokou Village, Ovalau Islands, Fiji
23. Geospatial ANN-MATLAB Models for Mitigating Climate Changes: A Case Study of Vijayawada City, Andhra Pradesh, India
24. Informal Settlements and Climate Vulnerability: Remote Sensing Approaches for Equitable Urban Planning
25. Sustainable Approaches for Risk Reduction of Global Climate Change Issues Taking the Example of Uttarakhand
26. Practice of Rat-Hole Mining and Its Impact on Environmental Degradation: A Case Study in Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, India
27. Monitoring and mapping river health for environmental sustainability with geospatial techniques- A case study of Catalunya
28. Low Carbon Material for Flood Resilient Buildings
29. Resilience Governance: A Concepts Analysis and Research Synthesis
30. Climate Governance: A Multifaceted Analysis from Global to Local
31. Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the Intersection of Urban Climate Change Adaptation
32. Kenya’s Green Belt Movement: A Case Study in Sustainable Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
33. Climate Resilience in Fiji: Sustainable Strategies for Mitigating Global Climate Change Risks
34. Sustainable Approaches for Risk Reduction of Global Climate Change Issues
35. From Highways to Greenways: The Role of the Passante Verde di Mestre in Environmental Conservation and Climate Resilience
About the Author :
Jung-Sup Um received his PhD (Geography) from University of Aberdeen, UK in 1997. He is currently a Professor of Geography at Kyungpook National University. His field of interest is applications of Cyber-Physical systems, focused on smart drones about Remote Sensing and GIS. He has been awarded thirteen times Outstanding Research Awards for significant and lasting research contributions. He is editor in Chief of the journal Spatial Information Research from 1995. Editors of several books and author of more than 100 publications journals (h – Index 13, i10 – Index 28; Citations 931), He has many national and international projects. He has several patents and has received many national & international awards.
Dr. Anindita Nath former researcher at Department of construction engineering in Jadavpur University, Kolkata and currently working as a faculty in the Department of Geography at Bankim Sardar College, West Bengal, India. In the year 2021, she obtained her Ph.D. degree in Science from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Her research interests include coastal hazards and management, geospatial application, climate change, land degradation and management, landslide hazards and management, flood assessment and riverbank erosion, land use modelling, environmental issues and management, and sustainable development. She has published numerous research papers in leading national and international journals and book chapters to international reputations. She is an associated as a co-supervisor of doctoral student with the collaboration of University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun, India. She is an associate as the reviewer of a reputed journals published by Elsevier, Springer-Nature.
Dr. Bappaditya Koley currently working as a Head, Department of Geography at Bankim Sardar College, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India. In 2021, he successfully obtained his PhD degree in Science from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. His areas of research interest include applied geomorphology, geo-informatics, natural hazards and disasters, climate change, coastal management, environmental issues, land use modelling, and sustainable development. He has also completed minor research project on “Forestry, Fishery and Sustainable Livelihood: An Assessment for some selected areas of the Indian Sunderbans as a co-director, funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (Eastern Regional Centre, Kolkata), Govt. of India. As a center co-coordinator in Bankim Sardar College, he was conducted two courses in IIRS Outreach Programmes during 2019 – 2023, organized by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (ISRO), Dehradun. He has also contributed several national and international research articles and book chapters in international reputed. He has associated as the reviewer of some reputable journals published by Elsevier, Springer-Nature and Taylor & Francis.
Tanupriya Choudhury completed his PhD in 2016 from Jagannath University Jaipur. With a total of 15 years of experience in both teaching and research, Dr. Choudhury holds the position of Visiting Professor at Daffodil International University Bangladesh. Currently, he is working as a Professor at UPES Dehradun, India. Recently recognized for his outstanding contributions to education with the Global Outreach Education Award for Excellence in Best Young Researcher Award at GOECA 2018. His areas of expertise encompass Human Computing, Soft Computing, Cloud Computing, and Data Mining among others. Notably accomplished within his field thus far is filing 25 patents and securing copyrights for 16 software programs from MHRD (Ministry of Human Resource Development). He is also serving as an Editor in reputed Journals. He currently serves as the Honorary Secretary in IETA (Indian Engineering Teacher’s Association-India), alongside his role as the Senior Advisor Position in INDO-UK Confederation of Science, Technology and Research Ltd., London, UK, and International Association of Professional and Fellow Engineers-Delaware-USA.
