Sustainable Development Practices Using Geoinformatics

Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgement -- 1. The Impact of Rapid Urbanization on Vegetation Cover and Land Surface Temperature in Barasat Municipal Area -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Study Area -- 1.3 Datasets and Methodology -- 1.3.1 Datasets -- 1.3.2 Methodology -- 1.4 Results and Discussion -- 1.4.1 Pattern of LULC in Barasat -- 1.4.2 Urban Sprawl -- 1.4.3 Impact of Urban Sprawl on Vegetation Cover -- 1.4.4 Impact of Urban Sprawl on LST -- 1.4.5 Relationship Between NDVI and LST -- 1.4.6 Urban Heat Island -- 1.5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- 2. Geo-Environmental Hazard Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Over South Karanpura Coalfield Region of India -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Study Area -- 2.3 Methodology and Data Used -- 2.4 Result and Discussion -- 2.4.1 Thematic Layers of GHI -- 2.4.2 Thematic Layers of SVI -- 2.4.3 Geo-Environmental Hazard and Socio-Economic Vulnerability Assessment -- 2.4.4 CMRI Assessment -- 2.5 Conclusion -- References -- Appendix: List of Abbreviations -- 3. Bistatic Scatterometer Measurements for Soil Moisture Estimation Using Grid Partition-Based Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System at L-Band -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Methods and Materials -- 3.2.1 Bistatic Scatterometer System -- 3.2.2 Measurement of Soil Moisture Content -- 3.2.3 Methods -- 3.3 Result and Discussions -- 3.4 Conclusions -- References -- 4. Morphometric Analysis of Tapi Drainage Basin Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Study Area -- 4.3 Methodology -- 4.4 Results and Discussion -- 4.4.1 Morphometric Analysis of Basin -- 4.5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 5. Efficacy of GOSAT Data for Global Distribution of CO2 Emission -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Monitoring of Greenhouse Gases From Space -- 5.3 GOSAT Satellite.