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Processing CORONA image for generation of Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and orthophoto of Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh
Declassified CORONA images provide stereo pairs that could be used for preparation of Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) and orthophotos that could be...
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Application of GIS Techniques and Environmental Flow Norms to Assess Hydropower Impact on the Environment: A Case Study of Binwa and Larji Hydropower Projects in Himachal Pradesh, India
The Beas is a river in Himachal Pradesh, India which possesses substantial hydropower potentials of about 6000 Megawatts. About 18 hydropower...
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Estimation of Environmental Flow Using Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Conservation of Fish Biodiversity
The cumulative and detailed knowledge about the present and past ecological systems is “traditional ecological knowledge” (TEK). TEK in water is to...
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A Data-Analytical Way of Estimating Rice Crop Yield : Economic and Water Related Causative Factors
Data analytical method using both economic and weather parameters is not just an alternative but is supportive and complementary to other commonly...
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Environmental Changes, Glacial Morphologies, and Hydropower Development
Nepal has tremendous potential for utilizing water resources to generate non-carbon and climate-friendly conventional renewable hydroenergy and to...
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Sources of Irrigation: A Theoretical Framework
This chapter is a conceptual framework which focuses on the development of irrigation in India during different periods of time-pre-historic,...
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Visualizing Environmental Impact of Smart New Delhi
The character of the parcel of land in the Aravalli-Raisina Hill region selected for building New Delhi was almost dramatically transformed by Edwin...
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Adventure Tourism in the Himalayas
The types of adventure tourism in the Himalayas are discussed and the numbers taking part estimated. The development of mountaineering and trekking...
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Cryosphere Studies in Northwest Himalaya
Himalaya is also known as the “third pole” of the Earth due to the presence of the largest area and volume of seasonal snow and glacier ice outside...
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Water in the Hindu Kush Himalaya
Commonly described as the “water tower for Asia,” the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) plays an important role in ensuring water, food, energy, and...
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Current Status of Himalayan Cryosphere and Adjacent Mountains
Hindu Kush-Karakoram-Himalaya (HKKH) region represents one of the major non-polar cryosphere domains on the Earth. This region feeds three major...
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Urban Dynamics and Resource Consumption: A Case Study of NCT of Delhi
Urbanization is a global multidimensional process that is manifest through rapidly changing human population densities and changing land use/cover. A...
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Analytical Approaches to River Control
This chapter discusses in detail the analytical framework used in this work. A discussion of the World Commission on Dams process and response is...
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Inter-State Water Sharing in India: From Conflict to Cooperation
Perception of the threat of scarcity and unjust distribution of water, a finite, preeminent natural resource, has caused its connection with...
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Subjectivity in Expert Advocacy
Expert knowledge derives its credibility from a belief in its objectivity. However, this chapter questions this premise using autobiographical data...
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Genealogy of the Hydraulic Mission
Using a genealogical method developed in the work of Michel Foucault, the idea of rivers seen as “water flowing waste to the sea” is examined due to...
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Introduction
This chapter introduces the topic of river control in India and defines the research focus. It discusses the theoretical framework used in this work,...
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Governmentality of River Embankment
Flood control embankments on the Kosi river in Bihar, India, are taken up as an example of governmental rationality inherent in the project of river...
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Landscapes of Water in Delhi: Negotiating Global Norms and Local Cultures
Today more than half of the world’s population lives in cities. With anticipated increases in urbanization in Asia and Africa, addressing the growing...
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Geological Applications
Multispectral remote sensing data have shown tremendous potential for applications in various branches of geology — in geomorphology, structure,...