Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Editors -- Contributors -- Chapter 1 Introduction to Part I: Mapping, Monitoring, and Modeling of Land Resources -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Individual Chapters -- References -- Chapter 2 Spatio-Temporal Investigation of Mining Activity and Its Effect on Landscape Dynamics: A Geo-Spatial Study of Beejoliya Tehsil, Rajasthan (India) -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Materials and Methods -- 2.2.1 Study Area -- 2.2.2 Data Used -- 2.2.3 Methodology -- 2.3 Results and Discussion -- 2.3.1 LULC Change Assessment -- 2.3.2 LULC Gain and Losses and Prediction Modeling -- 2.3.3 NDVI Change Assessment -- 2.3.4 Elevation Profile Change Assessment -- 2.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 Mapping Areas for Growing Pulses in Rice Fallows Using Multi-Criteria Spatial Decisions -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Materials and Methods -- 3.2.1 Study Area -- 3.2.2 Data and Methodology -- 3.2.3 Potential Areas for Identification of Pulses -- 3.2.4 Identification of Assessment Factors -- 3.2.5 Fuzzy Set Modeling -- 3.2.6 Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) Approach -- 3.2.7 Calculation of Suitability Index Using Multiple-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) -- 3.2.8 Generating Land Suitability Maps -- 3.3 Results and Discussion -- 3.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Assessing Desertification Using Long-Term MODIS and Rainfall Data in Himachal Pradesh (India) -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Study Area -- 4.3 Materials and Methods -- 4.3.1 Methodology -- 4.3.2 MODIS NDVI Analysis -- 4.3.3 RUE -- 4.3.4 Residual Image -- 4.3.5 Statistical Significance Test -- 4.3.6 Significance Level -- 4.4 Results and Discussion -- 4.4.1 Relationship between NDVI and Rainfall -- 4.4.2 RUE -- 4.4.3 RUE Trend -- 4.4.4 Residual Trend and Human-Induced Desertification. , 4.4.5 Regression Slope between Residual NDVI and Time (Year) -- 4.4.6 Comparison between RUE and RESTREND -- 4.5 Conclusions -- 4.6 Scope for Further Research -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5 Land Use/Land Cover Characteristics of Odisha Coastal Zone: A Retrospective Analysis during the Period between 1990 and 2017 -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Study Area -- 5.3 Data Used -- 5.4 Methodology -- 5.4.1 Pre-processing of Satellite Image -- 5.4.2 Land Use Land Cover (LULC) Map Preparation -- 5.4.3 Land Use/Land Cover Change Analysis -- 5.4.4 Accuracy Assessment -- 5.4.5 Estimation of Resource Degradation -- 5.5 Results -- 5.5.1 Spatio-temporal Distribution of LULC Categories -- 5.5.1.1 Agricultural Fallow Land -- 5.5.1.2 Cultivated Land -- 5.5.1.3 Aquaculture -- 5.5.1.4 Fallow/Open Land -- 5.5.1.5 Beach/Sand Dune (with Vegetation) -- 5.5.1.6 Industrial Built-up Area -- 5.5.1.7 Mudflat -- 5.5.1.8 Mangrove -- 5.5.1.9 Marshy Land -- 5.5.1.10 Open Vegetation -- 5.5.1.11 Rural and Urban Settlement -- 5.5.1.12 Scrub Land -- 5.5.1.13 Water Bodies (Streams/Canals/Ponds/Lakes) -- 5.5.1.14 Ocean -- 5.5.2 Estimation of Land Degradation Characteristics -- 5.6 Discussion -- 5.7 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 6 Evaluating Landscape Dynamics in Jamunia Watershed, Jharkhand (India) Using Earth Observation Datasets -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Materials and Methods -- 6.2.1 Study Area -- 6.2.2 Data Processing -- 6.2.3 LULC Classification -- 6.2.4 Landscape Metrics Analysis -- 6.3 Results and Discussion -- 6.3.1 Classification and Accuracy Assessment of LULC Images -- 6.3.2 Fragmentation Analyses -- 6.4 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7 Drought Frequency and Soil Erosion Problems in Puruliya District of West Bengal, India: A Geo-Environmental Study -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Role of Open Source Software Packages -- 7.2.1 SAGA -- 7.2.2 QGIS. , 7.2.3 GRASS GIS -- 7.2.4 Integrated Land and Water Information System (ILWIS) -- 7.2.5 Others -- 7.3 Materials and Methods -- 7.3.1 Study Area -- 7.3.2 Methodology -- 7.3.2.1 Assessment and Monitoring of Vegetative Drought -- 7.3.2.2 Modeling Soil Erosion: -- 7.4 Results and Discussion -- 7.4.1 Spatio-Temporal Severity of Drought -- 7.4.2 Threat of Soil Erosion -- 7.5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 8 Effects of Cyclone Fani on the Urban Landscape Characteristics of Puri Town, India: A Geospatial Study Using Free and Open Source Software -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Materials and Methods -- 8.2.1 Study Area -- 8.2.2 Data Source -- 8.2.3 Image Processing -- 8.2.4 LULC Classification -- 8.2.5 Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) based assessment -- 8.2.6 Community Perception-Based Vegetation Appraisal -- 8.2.7 Change Detection Analysis -- 8.3 Results and Discussion -- 8.3.1 Land Use and Land Cover Pattern of Puri Town -- 8.3.2 Pre-Fani Vegetation Scenario -- 8.3.3 Post-Fani Vegetation Scenario -- 8.3.4 Cyclone-Induced Changes in Vegetation Cover -- 8.3.5 Community-Formulated Plantation Guidelines -- 8.4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 9 Land Resource Mapping and Monitoring: Advances of Open Source Geospatial Data and Techniques -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Combinatorial Innovation in Sustainable Land Management -- 9.3 Big (Geo) Data -- 9.3.1 Coarse Resolution Satellite Data (> -- 100 m Pixel Size) -- 9.3.2 Medium Resolution Satellite Data (10-99 m Pixel Size) -- 9.3.3 High Resolution Satellite Data (< -- 10 m Pixel Size) -- 9.4 Web Search Engine for Free Access Remote Sensing Data -- 9.4.1 Open Source Vector Data -- 9.5 Open Source Software for Land Resource Mapping and Monitoring -- 9.6 Crowdsource Platform -- 9.7 High-Quality Ground Truth and Land Use Management -- 9.8 Cloud Computing. , 9.9 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10 Introduction to Part II: Mapping, Monitoring, and Modeling of Water Resources -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Individual Chapters -- References -- Chapter 11 Improving Wetland Mapping Techniques Using the Integration of Image Fusion Techniques and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Study Area -- 11.3 Materials and Methodology -- 11.3.1 Materials -- 11.3.2 Methods for Image Fusion -- 11.3.3 Methods for Evaluating the Performances of Image Fusion Techniques -- 11.3.4 Artificial Neural Network for Wetlands Mapping -- 11.3.5 Validation of Wetland Maps -- 11.3.6 Comparisons of Wetland Mapping Models -- 11.3.6.1 Kendall Correlation -- 11.3.6.2 Spearman's Correlation -- 11.4 Results and Discussion -- 11.4.1 Analysis of Image Fusion Techniques -- 11.4.2 Evaluation of the Image Fusion Techniques -- 11.4.3 Wetland Mapping Using Artificial Neural Network -- 11.4.4 Validation of the Wetland Modeling Models -- 11.4.5 Comparison of the Association among Wetland Modeling Models -- 11.5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Conflict of Interest -- References -- Chapter 12 Open Source Geospatial Technologies for Generation of Water Resource Development Plan -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Study Area -- 12.3 Data Used -- 12.4 Methodology -- 12.4.1 WRDP Generation Using Open Source Desktop GIS -- 12.4.2 WRDP Generation Using Web-Enabled Open Source GIS -- 12.4.2.1 Creation of Database and Web Services -- 12.4.2.2 Development of Customized Web GIS Application for WRDP Generation -- 12.5 Results and Discussion -- 12.5.1 Desktop Interface -- 12.5.2 Web Interface -- 12.6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 13 Geo-Spatial Enabled Water Resource Development Plan for Decentralized Planning in India: Myths and Facts -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.1.1 Water Resource Development Program in India. , 13.2 Materials and Methods -- 13.2.1 Extent and Size of Water Resource Development Plans -- 13.2.2 Effect of Scale on Water Resource Development Plan -- 13.2.2.1 Study Area -- 13.2.2.2 Remote Sensing/GIS Data Used -- 13.2.2.3 Remote Sensing / GIS Software Used -- 13.2.2.4 Process Flow for Image Analysis -- 13.3 Results and Discussion -- 13.3.1 Generation of Thematic Map -- 13.3.2 Slope -- 13.3.3 Land Capability -- 13.3.4 Erosion -- 13.3.5 Soil Depth -- 13.3.6 Drainage -- 13.3.7 Land Use/Land Cover -- 13.3.7.1 Land Evaluation and Land Use Plan -- 13.3.8 Water Resource Action Plan Generation -- 13.3.9 Weighted Overlay Techniques -- 13.3.10 Resource Conservation Practices in India -- 13.3.10.1 Water and Soil Conservation Activities in Maharashtra State -- 13.4 Conclusion -- 13.4.1 Effect of Water Resources on the Community -- References -- Chapter 14 Automatic Extraction of Surface Waterbodies of Bilaspur District, Chhattisgarh (India) -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Study Area -- 14.3 Methods -- 14.3.1 Spectral Water Indexes -- 14.3.2 Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) -- 14.3.3 Modified Difference Water Index (MNDWI) -- 14.3.4 Water Ratio Index (WRI) -- 14.3.5 Automated Water Extraction Index (AWEI) -- 14.3.6 Accuracy Assessment -- 14.3.7 Correlation Analysis And Evaluation -- 14.4 Results and Discussion -- 14.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15 Valuing Ecosystem Services for the Protection of Coastal Wetlands Using Benefit Transfer Approach: Evidence from Bangladesh -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Materials and Methods -- 15.2.1 Study Area -- 15.2.2 Methodology -- 15.2.3 Land Use Land Cover Classification -- 15.2.4 Ecosystem Services Value (ESV) Estimation -- 15.2.5 Spatial Analysis of ESV Flow -- 15.2.6 Sensitivity Factor -- 15.3 Results -- 15.3.1 Land Cover Classes in the Study Area -- 15.3.2 Estimation of Total ESV. , 15.3.3 Estimation of Ecosystem Function Value (ESVf).

Note: Front Cover -- Climate Change, Community Response, and Resilience -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 1 Evaluation of community response and resilience on climate change: a bibliometric analysis -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Methodology for bibliometric analysis -- 1.3 Data collection -- 1.4 Result -- 1.4.1 Most relevant sources -- 1.4.2 Source dynamics -- 1.4.3 Most relevant authors -- 1.4.4 Country wise scientific production -- 1.4.5 Most globally cited documents -- 1.4.6 Most frequent words -- 1.4.7 Word growth -- 1.4.8 Co-occurrence network -- 1.4.9 Thematic evolution -- 1.4.9.1 Factorial analysis -- 1.4.10 Country collaboration map -- 1.5 Discussion -- 1.6 Conclusion -- References -- 2 Climate change, social response and resilience -- 2 Assessing flood risk, intensity, recurrence trend, and indigenous coping strategies of the Teesta riverine people of Bang... -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Objectives of the study -- 2.3 Materials and methods -- 2.4 Results and discussion -- 2.4.1 Discharge pattern of the river Teesta in the study area -- 2.4.1.1 Mean monthly discharge in the river Teesta -- 2.4.1.2 Temporal variation in water levels of the river Teesta -- 2.4.2 Flood Intensity in the study area -- 2.4.3 Recurrence trend of flood in the study area -- 2.4.4 Inundation area in different flooding years -- 2.4.5 Impacts of flood in the study area -- 2.4.6 Flood risk assessment in Teesta flood-prone area -- 2.4.7 Indigenous coping strategies -- 2.4.7.1 Coping strategies during pre-flood period -- 2.4.7.2 Coping strategies during flood -- 2.4.7.3 Coping strategies in post-flood period -- 2.5 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Socio-economic and livelihood vulnerability in view of climate resilience: A case study of selected blocks of Sundarban, ... -- 3.1 Introduction. , 3.2 Materials and methods -- 3.2.1 Study area -- 3.2.2 Methodology -- 3.2.2.1 Livelihood asset status tracking (LAST) matrix: an analytical framework -- 3.2.2.2 Sustainable livelihood security index (SLSI) -- 3.2.2.3 Economic and social vulnerability index (ECVI) -- 3.3 Results -- 3.3.1 Implementation of LAST tool, SLSI, ECVI -- 3.3.2 Relationship between adaptive capacity and adaptation in the light of SLSI and LAST matrix and SLSI and ECVI -- 3.4 Discussion -- 3.4.1 Livelihood status of economically marginalized people -- 3.4.2 Management strategy -- 3.5 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Building resilient city in coastal urban areas: case study of community adaptation and response toward climate change and... -- 4.1 Introduction: problems of community adaptation and response toward climate change -- 4.2 Materials and methods -- 4.3 Disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Indonesia -- 4.3.1 Impacts of climate change on coastal urban areas in Indonesia -- 4.3.2 Indonesia's climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies -- 4.3.3 Disaster risk reduction (DRR) and resilient city campaign in Indonesia -- 4.4 Case study: social cultural adaptation process of urban coastal community in Tambak Lorok toward rob flood -- 4.4.1 Rob flood and land subsidence in Tambak Lorok Kampong -- 4.4.2 Overview of Semarang city: urbanization and development of slum areas in coastal cities of Semarang -- 4.4.3 Current mitigation and adaptation to climate change strategies in the coastal city of Tambak Lorok Kampong -- 4.4.4 Identified impacts of mitigation and adaptation -- 4.5 Community perception toward tidal floods -- 4.5.1 Adaptation and strategies adopted by the community toward tidal floods -- 4.6 Recommendation -- 4.7 Conclusion -- References -- 5 Climate change indicator, impact, adaptation, and innovation at the local level: learn from the peoples' experience of th. , 5.1 Introduction -- 5.1.1 Climate change and tidal flood in Indonesia -- 5.1.2 Tidal flood on the Northern Coast of Java -- 5.2 Materials and methods -- 5.2.1 Materials -- 5.2.2 Methods -- 5.2.2.1 Shoreline changes -- 5.2.2.2 Coastal profile -- 5.2.2.3 Flood modeling -- 5.2.2.4 Focus Group Discussion -- 5.3 Result and discussion -- 5.3.1 Geological formation of the Probolinggo coastal plain -- 5.3.2 Land cover and land use of the Probolinggo coastal area -- 5.3.3 Shoreline dynamic of the coast of Probolinggo -- 5.3.4 Climate change indicator in Probolinggo -- 5.3.5 The impacts of climate change in Probolinggo -- 5.3.6 Adaptation and resilient of climate change on the local peoples in Probolinggo -- 5.3.7 Discussion -- 5.4 Conclusion -- Author contributions -- References -- 6 Climate change and geopolitical risks: cases of riverine communities of Teesta and Brahmaputra rivers of India -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Literature review -- 6.2.1 Research gap -- 6.3 Rationale of the study -- 6.3.1 Objectives -- 6.4 Material and methodology -- 6.4.1 Profile of the case sites -- 6.5 Results -- 6.5.1 Climate-induced changes of Teesta basin and its Impact on geopolitics -- 6.5.1.1 The river basin and its community -- 6.5.1.2 Situational analysis of the river basin due to climate change -- 6.5.1.3 Conflicts due to climate-induced changes on Teesta river -- 6.5.1.4 Impact of renewable (hydroelectricity) energy projects on Brahmaputra basin and its impact on geopolitics -- 6.5.1.5 The study area -- 6.5.1.6 Situational analysis -- 6.6 Discussion -- 6.6.1 Macrolevel impact -- 6.6.2 Microlevel impact -- 6.7 Limitation of the study -- 6.8 Recommendation -- 6.9 Conclusion -- References -- News article -- 7 Vulnerable countries, resilient communities: climate change governance in the coastal communities in Indonesia -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Methods. , 7.3 Results and discussions -- 7.3.1 Evidence of coastal communities vulnerability in Pangkep Regency, East Lombok Regency, & -- Rembang Regency, Indonesia -- 7.3.2 Level of welfare of coastal communities and challenges of vulnerability due to climate change in Indonesia -- 7.3.3 A model of resilience in facing the vulnerability of coastal communities due to climate change vulnerable to disaster... -- 7.4 Conclusions -- References -- 8 Solar-powered drip irrigation managed by women farmer groups as climate change adaptation for gender equality and social ... -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Limitations of the study -- 8.3 Materials and methods -- 8.3.1 Research questions -- 8.3.2 Sample -- 8.3.3 Research procedure -- 8.4 Results and discussion -- 8.4.1 Community resilience: increased agricultural productivity -- 8.4.2 Community resilience: sustainable management of natural resources -- 8.4.3 Gender equality and social inclusion (GESI): improved access, participation, decision-making, system and well-being f... -- 8.5 Recommendations -- 8.6 Conclusion -- 8.6.1 Related to the technical approach in agriculture and natural resource management (community resilience) -- 8.6.2 Related to gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 9 Climate change, local vulnerabilities, and involuntary migration in drought-prone Bundelkhand region of central India -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Rationale and significance of the present study -- 9.3 Research objectives -- 9.4 Methods and materials -- 9.4.1 Data sources -- 9.4.1.1 A POWER release 8 and 901 -- 9.4.2 Standard precipitation index -- 9.4.3 Temporary migration and local vulnerabilities -- 9.4.4 Study area -- 9.4.5 Software -- 9.5 Result and discussion -- 9.5.1 Multiscale pattern of rainfall -- 9.5.2 SPI evaluation and characteristics of drought. , 9.5.3 Drought induced temporal migration and other vulnerabilities -- 9.6 Conclusion -- 9.7 Limitations of the study -- References -- 10 Climate change resilience by community involvement: a case study in Indian base stations for the well-known Himalayan tr... -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Study area -- 10.3 Materials and methods -- 10.4 Results -- 10.5 Discussion -- 10.6 Conclusion -- References -- 11 Indonesia's engagement in the climate change negotiations: building national resilience -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Limitations of the study -- 11.3 Materials and methods -- 11.3.1 Two-level game of foreign policy making -- 11.3.2 Methodology -- 11.4 Results and discussion -- 11.4.1 Environment as international concern -- 11.4.2 Institutional arrangements and diplomacy toward climate change -- 11.4.3 State agencies and engagement in the climate change -- 11.5 Recommendations -- 11.6 Conclusions -- References -- 12 The green economy to support women's empowerment: social work approach for climate change adaptation toward sustainabili... -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.1.1 Human activities cause global warming -- 12.1.2 The impact of climate change on women as a vulnerable group -- 12.1.3 Adaptation of women's groups to climate change -- 12.2 Material and methods -- 12.2.1 Population and sample -- 12.2.2 Data collection -- 12.2.3 Data processing and analysis -- 12.3 Results and discussion -- 12.3.1 Climate change case studies -- 12.3.2 Women are a vulnerable group -- 12.3.3 Adaptation through the green economy -- 12.3.4 Social entrepreneurship program for women -- 12.3.5 Improved economic welfare -- 12.3.6 Green social work approach -- 12.4 Limitation of the study -- 12.5 Recommendations -- 12.6 Conclusion -- References -- 13 Resilience to natural hazards among the Navara rice farming communities in Palakkad, Kerala -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Study area. , 13.2.1 Climate profile of the study area.

Note: Front Cover -- Modern Cartography Series -- Modern Cartography Series -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Prologue -- 1 - Emergence and challenges of land reclamation: issues and prospect -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Land reclamation scenario -- 1.2.1 Reclamation of cultivated land -- 1.2.2 Coastal land reclamation -- 1.2.3 Mining land reclamation -- 1.2.4 Reclamation of barren or infertile land -- 1.3 Human ecology in land reclamation -- 1.4 Impact of land reclamation -- 1.5 Challenges of land reclamation -- 1.5.1 Security of tenure -- 1.5.2 Regulatory barriers -- 1.5.3 Land use planning -- 1.5.4 The rise of neoliberalism -- 1.5.5 The political economy of land -- 1.6 Conclusion -- References -- 2 - Stages of land reclamation and their impact on the fluvio-geomorphological environment of Indian Sundarbans wit ... -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Objectives -- 2.3 Materials and methods -- 2.4 Locational significance of the study area -- 2.5 Fluvio-geomorphological environment of Indian Sundarbans -- 2.6 Land reclamation in Sundarbans -- 2.6.1 Phase-1 (1770-80) -- 2.6.2 Phase-2 (1780-1873) -- 2.6.3 Phase-3 (1873-1939) -- 2.6.4 Phase-4 (1945-51) -- 2.6.5 Phase-5 (1945-71) -- 2.7 Consequences of land reclamation in Sundarbans -- 2.7.1 Increasing population and its impact on reclaimed areas of Sundarbans -- 2.7.2 Land reclamation and deforestation in Sundarbans -- 2.7.3 Unplanned and inorganized settlement planning and increasing hazards -- 2.8 Conclusion -- References -- 3 - Catchment health degradation resulting from urban expansion using remote sensing and GIS techniques in parts of ... -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 State of river catchments in South Africa -- 3.1.2 Economic importance of urban expansion -- 3.1.3 Usefulness of remote sensing and GIS in catchment studies -- 3.2 Materials and methods -- 3.2.1 The study area. , 3.2.2 Material and methods -- 3.2.2.1 Data -- 3.2.2.2 Methodology -- 3.2.2.2.1 Land use and land cover mapping -- 3.2.2.2.2 Determining the relationship between catchment health degradation and urban expansion -- 3.3 Results and discussion -- 3.3.1 Change in LULC and land cover changes for selected WSA in South Africa -- 3.3.2 Catchment health degradation -- 3.3.2.1 The Amathole WSA -- 3.3.2.2 Gauteng Province catchment area -- 3.3.2.3 The Mpumalanga Drakensberg -- 3.3.2.4 Table Mountain WSA -- 3.3.2.5 The Zululand Coast WSA -- 3.3.3 The relationship between urban expansion and catchment health degradation -- 3.4 Discussions -- 3.5 Conclusions -- References -- 4 - A geospatial appraisal of urban expansion within the Teesta-Mahananda interfluve in and around Siliguri town, W ... -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Materials and methods -- 4.2.1 Study area -- 4.2.2 Land use/land cover classification -- 4.2.3 Quantification of built-up growth -- 4.2.3.1 Directional and zonal analysis -- 4.2.3.2 Spatial metrics -- 4.2.3.2.1 Edge density -- 4.2.3.2.2 Landscape shape index -- 4.2.3.2.3 Shannon's entropy -- 4.2.4 Retrieval of land surface temperature -- 4.2.4.1 Top of atmospheric spectral radiance -- 4.2.4.2 Conversion of radiance to at-sensor temperature -- 4.2.4.3 NDVI method for emissivity correction -- 4.2.4.3.1 Calculating NDVI -- 4.2.4.3.2 Calculating the proportion of vegetation -- 4.2.4.3.3 Calculating land surface emissivity -- 4.2.5 Calculation of different indices -- 4.2.5.1 NDVI -- 4.2.5.2 Normalized difference water index -- 4.2.5.3 Normalized difference built-up index -- 4.3 Results -- 4.3.1 Multitemporal LULC dynamics -- 4.3.2 Landscape analysis -- 4.3.2.1 Directional and zonal urban expansion -- 4.3.2.2 Spatial metrics of urban growth -- 4.3.3 Land surface temperature and the urban heat pockets. , 4.3.4 Changes in area of natural vegetation and waterbodies -- 4.4 Discussion -- 4.5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 5 - Wasteland reclamation and geospatial solution: existing scenario and future strategy -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Role of geospatial technology -- 5.3 Soil erosion and reclamation process -- 5.4 Gully erosion and reclamation -- 5.5 Deforestation and reclamation -- 5.6 Overgrazing and reclamation -- 5.7 Loss of organic content and reclamation -- 5.8 Flood/landslide and reclamation -- 5.9 Salinization and reclamation -- 5.10 Local/diffuse contamination and reclamation -- 5.11 Biodiversity and reclamation -- 5.12 Mining and reclamation using geospatial tool -- 5.13 Recommendation -- References -- 6 - Mapping of wastelands and significance of morphometric analysis in wasteland management-a remote sensing and GI ... -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Study area -- 6.3 Geology -- 6.4 Materials and methods -- 6.5 Results and discussion -- 6.5.1 Mapping of wastelands using traditional pixel-based classification and rigorous object-based classification -- 6.5.2 Mapping of wastelands using traditional pixel-based classification -- 6.5.3 Mapping of wastelands using rigorous object-based classification -- 6.5.4 Accuracy assessment of pixel-based and object-based LULC classification -- 6.6 Use of morphometric analysis in wastelands management -- 6.6.1 Linear properties of the drainage basin -- 6.6.1.1 Mean Stream Length (Lu) -- 6.6.1.2 Weighted mean bifurcation ratio (Rbwm) -- 6.6.1.3 Length of overland flow (Lo) -- 6.6.1.4 Sinuosity index -- 6.6.2 Areal properties of the drainage basins -- 6.6.2.1 Drainage density (Dd) -- 6.6.2.2 Stream frequency (Fs) -- 6.6.2.3 Drainage texture (Rt) -- 6.6.2.4 Form factor (Rf) -- 6.6.2.5 Circularity ratio (Rc) -- 6.6.2.6 Elongation ratio (Re) -- 6.6.2.7 Constant of channel maintenance (C). , 6.6.3 Relief properties of the drainage basin -- 6.6.3.1 Basin relief (H) -- 6.6.3.2 Dissection Index (DI) -- 6.6.3.3 Relief ratio (Rh) -- 6.6.3.4 Ruggedness number (Rn) -- 6.7 Relationship between wastelands categories and morphometric properties -- 6.7.1 Correlation among the Wasteland categories versus drainage texture (Rt) -- 6.7.2 Correlation among the Wasteland categories versus Dissection Index -- 6.7.3 Correlation among the Wasteland categories versus relief ratio -- 6.7.4 Correlation among the Wasteland categories versus Ruggedness number -- 6.7.5 Principal components analysis of wastelands categories and morphometric properties -- 6.8 Subbasins level prioritization of PRC -- 6.8.1 Prioritization of subbasins based on Wasteland categories -- 6.8.2 Prioritization of PRC subbasins based on morphometric properties -- 6.8.3 Prioritizations of PRC subbasins using the integration of Wasteland categories and morphometric analysis -- 6.9 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 7 - Land reclamation open cast coal mine under semiarid conditions-a field-based observation -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Materials and methods -- 7.2.1 Low rank coal -- 7.2.2 Coal solubilizing bacteria and inoculum preparation -- 7.2.3 Establishment of field assay -- 7.2.4 Measurement of variables -- 7.3 Results -- 7.3.1 Initial analysis of edaphic material -- 7.3.2 Microbiological activity in the edaphic material -- 7.3.3 Physical and chemical properties of edaphic material -- 7.3.4 Additional observations on vegetation established in plots -- 7.4 Discussion -- 7.5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 8 - Assessment of mining derelict land using multicriteria decision-making technique and approaches toward sustaina ... -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Study area -- 8.3 Data source -- 8.4 Methodology -- 8.4.1 Assessment of prevailing pressure on land. , 8.4.2 Assessment of the existing state of the land -- 8.4.3 Preparation of potential zone -- 8.4.4 Formulation of regeneration plan -- 8.5 Results and discussion -- 8.5.1 Changes in the LULC -- 8.5.2 Extent of land dereliction -- 8.6 A case studies on Churulia open cast region -- 8.6.1 Assessment of the pressure index -- 8.6.2 Assessment of the state index -- 8.6.3 Identification of potential zone -- 8.7 Sustainable approach toward regeneration -- 8.8 Conclusion -- References -- 9 - Alternative use of abandoned mines for geotourism: a case study using geoinformatics -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 The study area -- 9.3 Materials and methods -- 9.4 Results and discussions -- 9.5 Conclusion -- References -- 10 - A geospatial approach to analyze the stability of mine overburden dump over reclaimed land -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Location of Khottadih OCP -- 10.3 Materials and methods -- 10.3.1 Data source -- 10.3.2 Factors contributing to dump instability -- 10.3.3 Laboratory testing of the material -- 10.3.4 Method selection -- 10.3.5 Stability analysis of the OB dump -- 10.4 Results and discussion -- 10.5 Conclusions and recommendations -- References -- 11 - Assessment of heavy metal soil pollution in the agricultural land of North Western Bangladesh -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Objectives -- 11.3 Materials and methods -- 11.4 Result and discussion -- 11.4.1 Assessment of heavy metal contamination in the soil of study area -- 11.4.1.1 Zinc -- 11.4.1.2 Copper -- 11.4.1.3 Lead -- 11.4.1.4 Cadmium -- 11.4.1.5 Chromium -- 11.4.1.6 Nickel -- 11.4.1.7 Ferrous -- 11.5 Analysis of pollution level -- 11.5.1 SPI and NCPI analysis -- 11.5.2 Transform value analysis -- 11.5.3 Statistical Analysis -- 11.6 Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References. , 12 - High volume fly ash utilization for reclamation of wastelands with special reference to mine spoil and ash bac.