Land Reclamation And Restoration Strategies For Sustainable Development

Author : Gouri Sankar Bhunia,Uday Chatterjee,Anil Kashyap,Pravat Kumar Shit
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128238967

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Land Reclamation and Restoration Strategies for Sustainable Development by Gouri Sankar Bhunia,Uday Chatterjee,Anil Kashyap,Pravat Kumar Shit Pdf

Land Reclamation and Restoration Strategies for Sustainable Development: Geospatial Technology Based Approach, Volume Ten covers spatial mapping, modeling and risk assessment in land hazards issues and sustainable management. Each section in the book explores state-of-art techniques using commercial, open source and statistical software for mapping and modeling, along with case studies that illustrate modern image processing techniques and computational algorithms. A special focus is given on recent trends in data mining techniques. This book will be of particular interest to students, researchers and professionals in the fields of earth science, applied geography, and those in the environmental sciences. Demonstrates a geoinformatics approach to data mining techniques, data analysis, modeling, risk assessment, visualization, and management strategies in different aspects of land use, hazards and reclamation Covers land contamination problems, including effects on agriculture, forestry, and coastal and wetland areas Suggests specific techniques of remediation Explores state-of-art techniques based on commercial, open source, and statistical software for mapping and modeling using modern image processing techniques and computational algorithm

Author : Anthony D Bradshaw,Ming H Wong
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814486835

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Restoration And Management Of Derelict Land, The: Modern Approaches by Anthony D Bradshaw,Ming H Wong Pdf

This book gives a broad coverage of modern restoration and the management needed after restoration. It deals with relevant topics such as restoration ecology; restoration planning; ecological and ecotoxicological risk assessment; management and adaptive management; restoration in the broader context of sustainable development; as well as case studies and examples related to the Asian region. Major emphasis is placed on the Asian region, but the techniques described in the book can also be applied to other regions. It concludes with an important overview of the steps that must be taken in the management of any project.The Restoration and Management of Derelict Land serves as an important reference for undergraduate and postgraduate students, professors, decision-makers and engineers in environmental science and management.

Author : Nimisha Tripathi,Raj S. Singh,Colin D. Hills
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781119057918

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Reclamation of Mine-impacted Land for Ecosystem Recovery by Nimisha Tripathi,Raj S. Singh,Colin D. Hills Pdf

Mining activities significantly impact the environment; they generate huge quantities of spoil, promote deforestation and the loss of agricultural production, as well as releasing contaminants that result in the loss of valuable soil resources. These negative impacts are now being recognized and this book shows how corrective action can be taken. The introduction of sustainable mining requires mitigation strategies that start during the mine planning stage and extend to after mineral extraction has ceased, and post-closure activities are being executed. Reclamation of Mine-impacted Land for Ecosystem Recovery covers: methods of rejuvenation of mine wasteland including different practices of physical, chemical and ecological engineering methods; benefits of rejuvenation: stabilization of land surfaces; pollution control; aesthetic improvement; general amenity; plant productivity; and carbon sequestration as well as restoring biodiversity and ecosystem function; best management practices and feasible solutions to the impacts of mining which will reduce the pollution load by reducing the discharge rate and the pollutant concentration; reduce erosion and sedimentation problems, and result in improved abandoned mine lands; and ecosystem development. The authors explain how mining impacts on soil properties and how soil carbon reserves/soil fertility can be restored when mining has ceased. Restoration involves a coordinated approach that recognizes the importance of key soil properties to enable re-vegetation to take place rapidly and ecosystems to be established in a low cost and sustainable way. This book’s unique combination of the methods for reclamation technologies with policies and best practice worldwide will provide the background and the guidance needed by scientists, researchers and engineers engaged in land reclamation, as well as by industry managers.

Author : United Nations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9211587425

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Land Restoration for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by United Nations Pdf

Land restoration has tremendous potential to help the world limit climate change and achieve its aims for sustainable development. In its latest study, the International Resource Panel finds positive spin-offs to support all 17 Sustainable Development Goals agreed to by the world's nations as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Author : Ilan Chabay,Martin Frick,Jennifer Helgeson
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128013533

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Land Restoration by Ilan Chabay,Martin Frick,Jennifer Helgeson Pdf

Land Restoration: Reclaiming Landscapes for a Sustainable Future provides a holistic overview of land degradation and restoration in that it addresses the issue of land restoration from the scientific and practical development points of view. Furthermore, the breadth of chapter topics and contributors cover the topic and a wealth of connected issues, such as security, development, and environmental issues. The use of graphics and extensive references to case studies also make the work accessible and encourage it to be used for reference, but also in active field-work planning. Land Restoration: Reclaiming Landscapes for a Sustainable Future brings together practitioners from NGOs, academia, governments, and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) to exchange lessons to enrich the academic understanding of these issues and the solution sets available. Provides accessible information about the science behind land degradation and restoration for those who do not directly engage with the science allowing full access to the issue at hand. Includes practical on-the-ground examples garnered from diverse areas, such as the Sahel, Southeast Asia, and the U.S.A. Provides practical tools for designing and implementing restoration/re-greening processes.

Author : P.C. Abhilash,Sheikh Adil Edrisi,Pradeep Kumar Dubey,Vishal Tripathi,Pankaj Srivastava,Amitava Rakshit
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 0323999255

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Restoring Degraded Lands by P.C. Abhilash,Sheikh Adil Edrisi,Pradeep Kumar Dubey,Vishal Tripathi,Pankaj Srivastava,Amitava Rakshit Pdf

Restoring Degraded Lands: Achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals addresses the challenges for researchers and policymakers in environmental management and sustainability in identifying, characterizing, and classifying degradation phenomena occurring in terrestrial landscapes. It presents accounts of degradation processes, site-specific strategies for revitalization, and socio-economic and climate impacts of sustainable management. Through the latest research from experts in the field and global case studies, Restoring Degraded Lands offers strategies for revitalizing degraded lands (SDG 15), explores the impact of restoration on socioeconomics of the local population (SDGs 8 and 10) and presets approaches for sustainable land management (SDGs 7, 8, and 13). These strategies provide a framework for eco-restoration that takes into account ecological, environmental, and social well-being. Presents global trends in the land degradation process and their drivers Offers a holistic approach in categorizing types of land degradation and addressing them with site-specific advanced restoration technologies and measures Examines multidimensional advantages of restoring degraded lands, including mitigating climate change Explores various impacts of revitalization approaches on the basic socioeconomics of the local population and developing a suitable action plan for sustainable management

Author : Laurie Cosgrove,David G. Evans,David Yencken
Publisher : Melbourne University
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSC:32106013173379

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Restoring the Land by Laurie Cosgrove,David G. Evans,David Yencken Pdf

Includes:Science and environmental research, a feminist critique - Productivity and sustainability of agricultural land - Landcare.

Author : James A. Harris,Paul Birch,John P. Palmer
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015047120608

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Land Restoration and Reclamation by James A. Harris,Paul Birch,John P. Palmer Pdf

Provides a practical framework for the study and practice of land restoration and reclamation. Sets out the fundamental workings of natural environment and then describes how they may be assessed, how they become degraded and the variety of processes available for reclamation and restoration.

Author : Canadian Parks Council
Publisher : National Parks Directorate Parks Canada Agency
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Ecosystem management
ISBN : UIUC:30112075777109

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Principles and Guidelines for Ecological Restoration in Canada's Protected Natural Areas by Canadian Parks Council Pdf

Author : H.R. Fox,A.D. McIntosh,H.M. Moore
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9058090027

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Land Reclamation: Achieving Sustainable Benefits by H.R. Fox,A.D. McIntosh,H.M. Moore Pdf

The aspects of land reclamation covered in this book include environmental impact, land value, economic regeneration and waste disposal methods. The issue of contamination raises questions about whether to clean up or cover up, which is tackled in the subsequent sections.

Author : Chaitanya Iyyer
Publisher : Global India Publications
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12
Category : Land use, Urban
ISBN : 9380228481

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Land Management by Chaitanya Iyyer Pdf

This Land Management book integrates our current understanding of environmental processes with relevant social ecoomic and other subjects to provide an integratedapproach to land use. This approach is then applied throughout the book at relevant scales including field, city, catchment, national and global. This book allows specialisation in ecological conservation,ecotechnology for cities, land reclamation and restoration, natural resource management and soil management.

Author : Kandi Brown,William L Hall,Marjorie Hall Snook,Kathleen Garvin
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080963013

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Sustainable Land Development and Restoration by Kandi Brown,William L Hall,Marjorie Hall Snook,Kathleen Garvin Pdf

Decision Consequence Analysis (DCA) is a framework for improving the quality of decision results. The framework is a systematic, multi-criteria quantification of uncertainties and the opportunities for managing and reducing the potential negative consequences of such uncertainties. DCA is demonstrated throughout Sustainable Land Development and Restoration for each stage of system based management of environmental issues. DCA links disciplines and incorporates components of risk modelling, probability modelling and the psychology of decision making. Its goal is to provide a comprehensive unbiased decision making framework. Its foundation is accurately defining your problem statement and clearly vetting your objectives to build a structure for meaningful analysis of data. Employment of DCA consistently throughout the environmental industry can reduce decibel-driven, agenda-laden decision making, streamline expenditure of resources (financial, human, natural), and provide a clear path to the sustainable maintenance of balanced environmental systems as the penultimate objective. Sustainable Land Development and Restoration provides a toolbox to both the novice and experienced environmental practitioner of valuable techniques for addressing site specific environmental issues, as well as managing a portfolio of liabilities on an international scale. Ultimately, the authors are addressing the critical issue of balancing environmental asset balance sheets, whether on the scale of an individual project, across a company's portfolio, or for a community. The environmental manager who adopts the principles in this book will have greater confidence that environmental protection or restoration activities are providing measurable utility. The goal is that, through multidimensional resource management analysis and practices companies and societies can achieve sustainable maintenance of a balanced environmental system. Descriptions of technical, contracting and implementation processes are supported by detailed case studies to provide real world context rather than an academic exchange of theories. Techniques for addressing site specific environmental issues Multidimensional resource management analysis Case narrative, data base, and GIS linked

Author : UNEP,UNEP International Resource Panel,Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9280737589

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Land Restoration for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by UNEP,UNEP International Resource Panel,Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Pdf

Author : Mohammad Izhar Hassan,Shouraseni Sen Roy,Uday Chatterjee,Samik Chakraborty,Uttara Singh
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 745 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030967604

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Social Morphology, Human Welfare, and Sustainability by Mohammad Izhar Hassan,Shouraseni Sen Roy,Uday Chatterjee,Samik Chakraborty,Uttara Singh Pdf

This volume discusses a broad range of human welfare problems associated with and stemming from social issues, natural resource deficiencies, environmental hazards, vulnerability to climate change, and sustainability challenges. The chapters form a framework centered around the concept of social morphology, i.e. the role of humans in shaping society, and associated human-nature interactions which inform the ability to achieve sustainable welfare and well-being. The book is divided in six sections. Section I contains the introductory chapters where the book explores shifting interfaces between environment, society, and sustainability outcomes. Section II discusses contemporary issues of social welfare, and covers sustainable approaches in geo-heritage and ecotourism. Section III addresses the roots of various social conflicts and inequalities in relation to overpopulation, poverty, illiteracy, employment concerns, and human migration. Section IV highlights social security and areas of social deprivation, including urban affordability, gender equality, and women’s health. Section V covers social issues resulting from natural hazards and disasters. Section VI concludes the book with a discussion of the way forward for social sustainability. The book will be of interest to students, researchers, policy makers, environmentalists, NGOs, and social scientists.

Author : Uday Chatterjee,Nairwita Bandyopadhyay,Martiwi Diah Setiawati,Soma Sarkar
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1046 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031247675

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Urban Commons, Future Smart Cities and Sustainability by Uday Chatterjee,Nairwita Bandyopadhyay,Martiwi Diah Setiawati,Soma Sarkar Pdf

This book provides a critical theoretical framework for understanding the implementation and development of smart cities as innovation drivers, with long-term effects on productivity, livability, and the sustainability of specific initiatives. This framework is based on an empirical analysis of 21 case studies, which include pioneer projects from various regions. It investigates how successful smart city initiatives foster technological innovation by combining regulatory governance and private agency. The typologies of smart city-making approaches are thoroughly examined. This book presents the holistic approach of smart cities, which start from current issue and challenges, advanced technological development, disaster mitigation, ecological perspective, social issue, and urban governance. The book is organized into five major parts, which reflect interconnection between theories and practice. Part one explains the introduction which reflects the diversity and challenges of the urban commons and its regeneration. Part two covers the current and future situation of urban growth, anglomeration agglomeration, and urban infrastructure. This section includes rethinking urban sprawl: moving towards sustainable cities, drivers of urban growth and infrastructure, urban land use dynamics and urban sprawl and urban infrastructure sustainability and resilience. Part three describes climate crisis, urban health, and waste management. This section includes climate change and health impacts in urban areas, green spaces: an invaluable resource for delivering sustainable urban health, health and wellbeing and quality of life in the changing urban environment, urban climate and pollution—case study, sustainable urban waste management and urban sustainability and global warming and urban heat Island. Part four covers the ecological perspectives, advanced technology, and social impact for i.e., smart building, ecosystem services, society and future smart cities (SSC). This section includes urban ecosystem services, environmental planning, and city management, artificial intelligence and urban hazards and societal impact, and using geospatial application and urban/smart city energy conservation—case study. Part five covers urban governance, smart solutions, and sustainable cities. It includes good governance, especially e-governance and citizen participation, urban governance, space and policy planning to achieve sustainability, smart city planning and management and Internet of things (IoT), advances in smart roads for future smart cities, sustainable city planning, innovation, and management, future strategy for sustainable smart cities and lessons from the pandemic: the future of smart cities.