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Damage assessment in structure from changes in static parameter using neural networks
Damage to structures may occur as a result of normal operations, accidents, deterioration or severe natural events such as earthquakes and storms. Most often the extent and location of damage may be determined...
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Consolidation in Indian banking: Does size matter?
‘Consolidation in Indian banking’ has been on and off in the realm of deliberations of the policy planners of the country. SBI, the largest commercial bank in the country was ranked 64th in the list of Top 10...
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K-Fold and State-of-the-Art Metaheuristic Machine Learning Approaches for Groundwater Potential Modelling
Groundwater being an essential resource is not easily available in some parts of the world. The present study, aimed at procuring better prediction maps for groundwater potential zones, is based on a novel app...
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Climate and land use change induced future flood susceptibility assessment in a sub-tropical region of India
Management of any uncertain state or situations allows everything to be backed up to its normal position. Disaster planning has been important for environmental planning in recent times. In every world, resear...
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Improvement in ambient-air-quality reduced temperature during the COVID-19 lockdown period in India
The COVID-19 pandemic forced India as a whole to lockdown from 24 March 2020 to 14 April 2020 (first phase), extended to 3 May 2020 (second phase) and further extended to 17 May 2020 (third phase) and 31 May 2...
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Impact of Climate Change on Future Flood Susceptibility: an Evaluation Based on Deep Learning Algorithms and GCM Model
Floods are common and recurring natural hazards which damages is the destruction for society. Several regions of the world with different climatic conditions face the challenge of floods in different magnitude...
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GIS-based statistical model for the prediction of flood hazard susceptibility
At present, flood is the most significant environmental problem in the entire world. In this work, flood susceptibility (FS) analysis has been done in the Dwarkeswar River basin of Bengal basin, India. Fourtee...
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Characterization of groundwater potential zones in water-scarce hardrock regions using data driven model
The deficiency of freshwater has become a global issue in the recent era, especially in water-scarce hard rock region including India. Groundwater (GW) as a natural resource is decreasing at an alarming rate i...
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Have any effect of COVID-19 lockdown on environmental sustainability? A study from most polluted metropolitan area of India
The long-term lockdown due to COVID-19 has beneficial impact on the natural environment. India has enforced a lockdown on 24th March 2020 and was subsequently extended in various phases. The lockdown due to th...
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Chemical weathering and gully erosion causing land degradation in a complex river basin of Eastern India: an integrated field, analytical and artificial intelligence approach
Hot and humid subtropical plateau regions are susceptible to land degradation in the form of weathering and gully erosion. Here, we investigate chemical weathering, gully erosion and cohesiveness through field...
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Evaluation of debris flow and landslide hazards using ensemble framework of Bayesian- and tree-based models
The modeling and prediction of land movement susceptibility hazards, i.e., debris flow, landslide, and rock fall, can assist in controlling and preventing a variety of societal and environmental damages. The p...
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A novel hybrid of meta-optimization approach for flash flood-susceptibility assessment in a monsoon-dominated watershed, Eastern India
The exponential growth in the number of flash flood events is a global threat, and detecting a flood-prone area has also become a top priority. The flash flood-susceptibility map** can help to mitigate the w...
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Map** of earthquake hotspot and coldspot zones for identifying potential landslide hotspot areas in the Himalayan region
Landslide and earthquake are two of the dangerous natural hazards in the Himalayan mountainous ranges. This study focused on small-scale landslide susceptibility (LS) maps as well as hotspot zones of earthquak...
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Estimation of rainfall–runoff using SCS-CN method and GIS techniques in drought-prone area of Upper Kangsabati Watershed, India
Purulia is one of the most intense drought-prone districts of the western part of West Bengal, India. Acute form of water scarcity is a common phenomenon in this area during the hot-summer period. The water sc...
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Strict lockdown measures reduced PM2.5 concentrations during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kolkata, India
The COVID-19 situation is a critical state throughout the world that most countries have been forced to implement partial to total lockdown to control the COVID-19 disease outbreak. And displays the natural po...
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Modelling of groundwater potential zone in hard rock-dominated drought-prone region of eastern India using integrated geospatial approach
Worldwide, the ever-increasing population and urbanization have put tremendous pressure on groundwater (GW). It has provoked the over-exploitation of groundwater and hindered the percolation of rainwater benea...
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Hydrogeochemical Evaluation of Groundwater Aquifers and Associated Health Hazard Risk Map** Using Ensemble Data Driven Model in a Water Scares Plateau Region of Eastern India
Health hazard risk map** (HHRM) is an important technique used to estimate the potential health risk of an individual, a group, or an entire community of a region. To further progress this work, 67 samples w...
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Weather indicators and improving air quality in association with COVID-19 pandemic in India
The COVID-19 pandemic enforced nationwide lockdown, which has restricted human activities from March 24 to May 3, 2020, resulted in an improved air quality across India. The present research investigates the c...
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Retraction Note: Weather indicators and improving air quality in association with COVID-19 pandemic in India
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Development of geo-environmental factors controlled flash flood hazard map for emergency relief operation in complex hydro-geomorphic environment of tropical river, India
The occurrences of flash floods in sub-tropical climatic regions like India are ubiquitous phenomena, particularly during the monsoon season. This type of flood occurs within a short period of time and makes i...
