From the Back Cover
This volume provides a versatile introduction to the study of drainage basin evolution, morphology, drainage basin hydrology and sedimentology, human interference, natural and anthropogenic hazards and various management techniques.
This book offers the responsible factors of sediment yield and their absolute and specific growth and rate of delivery through tributaries to the main streams. Rivers are important geomorphic agents which reflect an amazing variety of form and behaviour, showing the wide range of natural environment in which they are originated. The drainage system evolution and spatial network development within the dynamic nature are being discussed and how they are adjusted in the geomorphic time scale over the millions of years. This book shows how drainage systems function and react to change and why this thoughtful is required for flourishing integrated basin management. In tropical and sub-tropical countries population pressures as well as different developmental projects are being executed on the drainage basin without proper planning. Today scientists consider drainage basin as an administrative unit during implementation of regional projects. In this context this book will carry a bench mark for scholars and young scientists.
Dr Pravat Kumar Shit is an Assistant Professor at the PG Department of Geography, Raja N. L. Khan Women's College (Autonomous), West Bengal, India. He received his M.Sc & Ph.D. degrees in Geography from Vidyasagar University and PG Diploma in Remote Sensing & GIS from Sambalpur University. His research interests include applied geomorphology, soil erosion, groundwater, forest resources, wetland ecosystem, environmental contaminants & pollution, and natural resources mapping & modelling. He has published ten books (eight books in Springer) and more than 60 papers in peer-reviewed journals. He is currently the editor of the GIScience and Geo-environmental Modelling (GGM) Book Series, Springer-Nature.
Dr. Biswajit Bera is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Sidho Kanho Birsha University, West Bengal (India). He did M.Sc and Ph.D from University of Calcutta, West Bengal (India). He has done P.G. Certificate course in ground water hydrology from IISWBM, Kolkata. He has a rich experience of teaching in different core areas of Geography in various Colleges and Universities over the last 10 years. He is the recipient of prestigious Young Geomorphologist Award and International Young Geomorphologist scholarship. Dr. Bera has published five books for school, college and university students and several research articles in both National and International peer reviewed journals. His research interests include fluvial Geomorphology, Hydrology and Environmental Geography. Dr. Bera regularly appears in debate/talk in both National print and electronic media. Recently, he has completed the ICSSR Major research Project awarded by Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India.
Dr. Aznarul Islam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Aliah University, Kolkata, India. He did Master of Science in Geography from Kalyani University, India and M.Phil and PhD in Geography from the University of Burdwan, India. He has already published more than twenty five research papers in different national and international journals, edited volumes and conference proceedings. He is an editorial board member of five international journals and also acting as the reviewer of eight international journals. He is an editor of 'Neo-Thinking on Ganges Brahmaputra Basin Geomorphology', Springer International Publishing and 'Quaternary Geomorphology in India - Case Studies from the Lower Ganga Basin' Springer International Publishing. His principal area of research include geomorphology of Bengal basin especially river bank erosion, channel migration, flood, anthropo-geomorphology and channel decaying.
Dr. Sandipan Ghosh holds the post-graduate degrees of M.Sc, M.Phil and Ph.D. from The University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India. He has published four books and more than 40 international and national research articles in various geography and geosciences journals.His principal research field includes Fluvial Geomorphology, Regolith Geology and Quaternary Geomorphology. Currently, he is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Chandrapur College (Barddhaman, West Bengal).
Dr. Gouri Sankar Bhunia received Ph.D. from the University of Calcutta, India in 2015. His Ph.D. dissertation work focused on environmental control measures of infectious disease using Geospatial technology. His research interests include environmental modelling, risk assessment, natural resources mapping and modelling, data mining and information retrieval using Geospatial technology. Dr Bhunia is associate editor and on the editorial boards of three international journal in Health GIS and Geosciences. Dr. Bhunia has published more than 60 articles in various journals in Scopus indexed. He is currently the editor of the GIScience and Geo-environmental Modelling (GGM) Book Series, Springer-Nature.
