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Masked Face Detection and Selected Employee Access to Workplaces: A Step Towards Coronavirus Prevention
When the coronavirus surged to a record high, the number of employees entering an organization was restricted. It was essential to monitor the entry of selected employees with facial masks at an organization. ...
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GIS-based landslide susceptibility zonation (LSZ) map** of Darjeeling Himalaya, India using weights of evidence (WoE) model
The present study addresses the application of weight of evidence (WoE) model (probabilistic approach) to identify the spatial distribution of landslide susceptibility (LS) in Darjeeling Himalaya, Eastern Indi...
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River bank erosion and livelihood vulnerability of the local population at Manikchak block in West Bengal, India
This paper attempts to assess the vulnerability to river bank erosion of human communities in different mouzas of selected blocks of Diara sub division of Malda District of India. A primary household survey ha...
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Assessment of geotechnical properties of the bank sediment to investigate the riverbank’s stability along the Ganga river within the stretch of Malda district, West Bengal, India
The shifting of the Ganga has been a long-term phenomenon that has constantly shaped and reshaped the territorial history of Malda district. The present study deals with the analysis of particle size distribut...
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Modelling and Map** Landslide Susceptibility of Darjeeling Himalaya Using Geospatial Technology
Landslide susceptibility (LS) map** is essential for planning and development activities, as well as disaster management in mountainous terrains. The present research deals with the application of bivariate ...
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Channel Migration Vulnerability in the Kaljani River Basin of Eastern India
Channel migration of a river is one of the most common geophysical phenomena in the Eastern Himalayan foothills and Northern plain region. The meander channel is characterized by the fluvio-geomorphological proce...
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Predicting the Landslide Susceptibility in Eastern Sikkim Himalayan Region, India Using Boosted Regression Tree and REPTree Machine Learning Techniques
In the mountainous parts of the world, landslides are considered as the most dangerous to people and property. The number and the amount of damage caused by landslides have been steadily growing globally. As a...
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Assessing Channel Migration, Bank Erosion Vulnerability and Suitable Human Habitation Sites in the Torsa River Basin of Eastern India Using AHP Model and Geospatial Technology
Human settlements are under threat on both sides of the Torsa River due to channel migration and associated bank erosion. The present study focused on the identification of suitable sites for human habitation ...
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Channel Instability in Upper Tidal Regime of Bhagirathi-Hugli River, India
Riverbank erosion is a deltaic process that aggravates the channel instability and increases the sediment load in the river. Thus, it can be considered as the reason for sluggish flow of water which further co...
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Acceptance of BANCS model for predicting stream bank erosion potential and rate in the left bank of Ganga river of Diara region in Malda district, North East India
River bank erosion is a hazardous problem of Malda district. Different parts of Malda are mainly eroded by hydraulic action of River Ganga. Bank assessment for non-point source consequences of sediment model i...
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Economic Lockdowns and Challenges of Rural Livelihood: Indian Scenario
India is severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide, with the number of confirmed cases and death cases increase at an alarming rate. The COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns affected commercia...
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Assessment of relationship of braiding intensities with stream power and bank erosion rate through Plan Form Index (PFI) method: a study on selected reaches of the upstream of Ganga river near Malda district, West Bengal, India
River bank erosion is a hazardous and common phenomenon in diara region near Malda district of North East India during monsoon and post monsoon periods of every year. The left bank of Ganga river is texturally...
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Geo-spatial approach-based landslide susceptibility map** using analytical hierarchical process, frequency ratio, logistic regression and their ensemble methods
Kurseong municipality and its surrounding hill slope are famous high altitudinal residential areas in the Darjeeling Himalayan region of India. In Darjeeling Himalayas, huge landslides occur in the rainy seaso...
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A morphology-independent methodology to assess erosion, accretion and lateral migration of an alluvial channel using geospatial tools: a study on the Raidak-I river of Himalayan Foothills
Channel migration is a significant geomorphological process in the floodplain region. Human intervention in the form of engineering constructions (bridges, embankment, etc.) regarded as another dominant issue ...
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Identification of suitable human habitation sites through the river bank stability analysis on Ganga–Pagla interfluves area of West Bengal, India
One of the important geo-hazards associated with a river is bank erosion. In recent years the district of Malda has been facing ravages of this hazard by the continuous left bank erosion by the river Ganga. Al...
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Landslide susceptibility map** of Darjeeling Himalaya, India using index of entropy (IOE) model
The assessment of landslide susceptibility is closely associated with the spatial distribution of previous landslides and landslide causative factors. In the present study, index of entropy (IOE) model was app...
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Identification of groundwater potential zones of the Kumari river basin, India: an RS & GIS based semi-quantitative approach
Groundwater is envisaged as a valuable common resource. In the present day, groundwater is declining very rapidly due to human intervention. Stress on groundwater in the semiarid locale of West Bengal, especia...
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Assessing channel migration dynamics and vulnerability (1977–2018) of the Torsa River in the Duars and Tal region of eastern Himalayan foothills, West Bengal, India
Channel migration is perhaps the most rampant quasi-natural hazard that is commonly experienced in the eastern Himalayan foothills of Duars and Tal region, India. The present study is dealt with the Torsa Rive...
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Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Model and Landslide Susceptibility
The present study is dealt with the preparation of landslide susceptibility map of Darjeeling Himalaya with the help of GIS tools and artificial neural network (ANN) model. Fifteen landslide causative factors,...
