GIScience for the Sustainable Management of Water Resources

Water is one of the most critical resources of nature that is necessary for sustaining life for all living things. This volume discusses in detail a selection of geospatial approaches, tools, and techniques for understanding the root causes behind the degradation of our water resources. Satellite remote sensing provides essential data for mapping water resources, hydrology flux measurement, monitoring drought, and flood inundation. With an abundance of informative case studies, this volume discusses the use of the satellite remote sensing and GIS-based systems for managing urban storm water; for flood and soil erosion management; for mapping groundwater zones; for crop production, including measuring soil moisture and aridity; for gauging the impact of climate change; for evaluating glacier change dynamics; for assessing the impact of urban growth on water resources; for measuring the degradation of rivers; and more.

PART I: Integrating tools of GIScience for Planning Sustainable Development at Landscape Level 1. Managing Urban Stormwater for Sustainable Urban Development: A Geospatial ApproachMona Khakhar, Smit Patel, and Anjana Vyas 2. Remote Sensing and GIS-Based Water Resource Monitoring for Sustainable Crop Intensification and DiversificationS. Panneerselvam, S. Pazhanivelan, K. P. Ragunath, et al. 3. Using Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP)-Based Geospatial Approach for Identification of Suitable Sites for Artificial Recharge Structures for Sustainable Water Resource ManagementM. Rajasekhar, G. Sudarsana Raju, and Y. Sreenivasulu 4. Prioritization of Watersheds for Sustainable Water Resource Management at Basin Level Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information SystemSubhanil Guha and Himanshu Govil 5. Use of GI Science for Understanding the Flood and Gully Erosion at Landscape LevelUgwuegbu Ikechukwu Emmanuel and Ifeka Adolphus 6. Mapping Groundwater Potential Zones Using Satellite Remote Sensing and GISUzair Ahmed, Abid Sarwar, Fazli Amin Khalil, et al. 7. Evaluating the Watershed Geomorphometry for Assessing Hydrological Response Using GIScienceGuhan Velusamy, Geethalakshmi Vellingiri, Mugilan Raman, et al. 8. Web-Based Geospatial Approach for Identification of Groundwater Depletion: A Tool for Sustainable Water Resource ManagementVinay Gangare, Sudarshan Singh Parmar, and Vineesha Singh 9. Assessing the Risk of Watersheds to Soil Erosion Using GIScienceUmair Ali, Ummar Ahad, Syed Ahmad Ali, et al. 10. Sentinel-2 Red-Edge Band as Virus Indicators for Sustainable Wetland Management Assessed During COVID-19 LockdownRajashree Naik and Laxmi Kant Sharma PART II: GIScience for Evaluating the Change Dynamics of Earth System Processes 11. Assessing Crop Production Dynamics Using Geospatial Patterns of Soil Moisture, Aridity, and Changing ClimateP. Dhanya and V. Geethalakshmi 12. Impact Assessment of Urban Growth on Landscape Dynamics for Sustainable Management Using Geospatial ApproachMayank Pandey, Alka Mishra, and S. L. Swami 13. Assessing the Impact of Coastal Morphodynamics on Water Chemistry Using Integrated GIScience and Modeling ApproachesG. Sreenivasulu, N. Jayaraju, B. Upendra, et al. 14. Soil Erosion Estimation Using Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) Model and GISPawan Thapa 15. Analyzing the Degradation of Rivers Using GI ScienceSher Singh Baghel and Ekta Baranwal 16. Evaluating the Glacier Change Dynamics Using GI ScienceAvinash Kandekar, Swapnil Vyas, Vikrant Bhade, et al. PART III: A Review of the Role of GIScience for Assessing Earth System Processes 17. Application of GIScience for Soil and Water Conservation: A ReviewAbiy Gebremichael 18. Environmental Quality Monitoring Using Environmental Quality Indices (EQI), Geographic Information System (GIS), and Remote Sensing: A ReviewFaheem Ahamad, Rakesh Bhutiani, and Mukesh Ruhela 19. Groundwater Contamination Control for Sustainable Water Resource Management: A Short ReviewS. Karthigayini and S. Sahana 20. Assessing the Impact of Urbanization on Deepor Beel: A ReviewPriyanka Sengupta and Sneha Rani Deb 21. Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Geographic Information System (GIS): A ReviewC. Navin Kumar, N. Thavaprakaash, S. Panneerselvam, et al.

Dr. Gowhar Meraj is a Young Science Fellow in the Government of India’s Scheme for Young Scientists and Technologists at the Department of Ecology, Environment and Remote Sensing. He has over 10 years of experience in research and teaching related to satellite remote sensing and geographic information science. He has more than 50 publications in international and national journals and serves as academic editor and reviewer for several journals. Dr. Shruti Kanga is Associate Professor and Coordinator at the Centre for Climate Change and Water Resources, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, India. She was previously Assistant Professor at the Centre for Land Resource Management, Central University of Jharkhand. She also served as a research associate in the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change and on a GoI-funded project on forest fires. Dr. Majid Farooq is Scientist-D in the Department of Ecology, Environment and Remote Sensing, Government of Jammu and Kashmir, India. He has more than 15 years of experience in research, teaching, and consultancy related to remote sensing and GIS. He has more than 35 publications in international and national journals and serves as a reviewer as well. Dr. Suraj Kumar Singh is Associate Professor and Coordinator at the Centre for Sustainable Development, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, India. He was previously affiliated with the Centre for Land Resource Management at Central University of Jharkhand and the National Remote Sensing Centre at the Indian Space Research Organization. He also worked on GoI-sponsored projects, such as the National Wasteland Mapping and National Urban Information System for the northern parts of India. Dr. Sudhanshu is the chief mentor at Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. He is an expert geologist with over 30 years of experience in research and teaching.