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Open AccessCultural heritage and urban morphology: land use transformation in ‘Kumbh Mela’ of Prayagraj, India
A Hindu pilgrimage site where millions of people gather to seek solutions to problems related to everyday life, the “Kumbh Mela” is recognised as one of India’s intangible cultural heritages. The site of the o...
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Modelling the Global Air Quality Conditions in Perspective of COVID-19 Stimulated Lockdown Periods Using Remote Sensing Data
COVID-19 outbreak across the world has invited forced lockdown conditions, which causes a huge economic landslide. But it has brought an opportunity for restoring the environment of its own which may cause eco...
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Enhancing Resilience: Flood Vulnerability Assessment in the Uttarakhand Himalaya
This chapter delves into the critical task of categorizing Chamoli District in Uttarakhand, India, into five distinct flood-vulnerable zones by meticulously evaluating the influence of physiographic, hydrologi...
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This article provides an overview of major research themes that address urban issues from a landscape perspective in India in the last 5 years. Landscape ecology research on urban ecosystems in India is largel...
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Identifying the Flood Hazard Zones in Urban Area Using Flood Hazard Index (FHI)—A Case of Capital City of India
Floods are one of the most destructive natural catastrophes due to the extensive damage to property, infrastructure, and human lives. It is difficult to forecast which areas will be flooded due to the dynamic ...
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Air Pollutants-Induced Environmental Critical Zones in Capital City of India
Changing land use/cover (LULC) is the most visible and immediate consequences of urbanization on the environment, leading to changes in temperature, microclimate, air quality, biodiversity loss, and, most cruc...
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Application of Hybrid Machine Learning Algorithms for Flood Susceptibility Modeling
This study (ML) algorithms with statistical models to generate new hybrid models map** (FSM) in the Teesta River basin of Bangladesh (LR). Two-hybrid ML algorithms, such as ANN-LR and RF-LR models for FS...
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Quantifying the Spatio-seasonal Water Balance and Land Surface Temperature Interface in Chandrabhaga River Basin, Eastern India
Seasonal water scarcity and thermal uncomfortability in the rural environment are the increasing challenges in the growingly populated Chandrabhaga river basin area of Chottanagpur plateau fringe area. The pre...
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Open AccessAnalyzing trend and forecasting of rainfall changes in India using non-parametrical and machine learning approaches
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Groundwater Potential Map** in a Rural River Basin by Union (OR) and Intersection (AND) of Four Multi-criteria Decision-Making Models
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Impact of fly ash on channel morphology and ambient water quality of Chandrabhaga River of Eastern India
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