From the Back Cover
Geospatial technology is a combination of state-of-the-art remote sensing and technology for geographic information systems (GIS) and global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) for the mapping and monitoring of landscapes and environment. The main thrust of using geospatial technology is to understand the causes, mechanisms, and consequences of spatial heterogeneity, while its ultimate objective is to provide a scientific basis for developing and maintaining ecologically, economically, and socially sustainable landscapes. This book presents new research on the interdisciplinary applications of geospatial technology for identification, assessment, monitoring, and modelling issues related to landscape, natural resources, and environmental management. The book specifically focuses on the creation, collection, storage, processing, modelling, interpretation, display, and dissemination of spatio-temporal data, which help to resolve environmental management issues including ecosystem change, resource utilization, land use management, and environmental pollution. The positive environmental impacts of information technology advancements with regard to global environmental and climate change are also discussed. The book addresses the interests of a wide spectrum of readers who have a common interest in geospatial science, geology, water resource management, database management, planning and policy making, and resource management.
Dr. Praveen Kumar Rai is an associate professor in the Department of Geography, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Language University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has more than 13 years of teaching and research experience in the field of remote sensing and GIS. He completed his M.Sc. in geography, specializing in remote sensing, in Banaras Hindu University, India, in 2006 and an M.Tech. and Ph.D. in remote sensing in the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, India, in 2008 and 2013, respectively. His research interests include remote sensing and GIS, glaciology, health and disease modelling, disaster management, and water resource management, among other areas. He has published more than 65 research papers in international and national journals of repute and also has published 4 books in various applications of remote sensing and GIS. He has visited many countries to present invited lectures as keynote speaker. He has also served as an editorial board member and as a reviewer for many international journals.
Dr. Varun Narayn Mishra is an assistant professor in the Centre for Climate Change and Water Research, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur, India. He completed his M.Sc. degree in physics from Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur and M.Tech. degree in remote sensing from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India. He was awarded his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi. Previously he worked as a project fellow in Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi under Department of Science and Technology funded research project. He has published more than 40 research papers in various international journals of repute and 5 books on the applications of remote sensing and GIS. He is also reviewer of many reputed journals published by Springer, Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, among others
Dr. Prafull Singhis an associate professor in the Department of Geology, School of Earth, Biological and Environmental Sciences of the Central University of South Bihar. He has more than 12 years of teaching and research experience. He won the Department of Science and Technology (DST) Young Scientist Award and completed one Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) - DST project as the principal investigator. He received a European Union Fellowship to visit the University of Salzburg, Austria, as a visiting professor. He was also awarded the Certificate of Appreciation in Shikshak Samman Samaroh, organized by the Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh, Uttar Pradesh, India. Dr. Singh has extensive research experience in the fields of natural disaster, water resources, groundwater recharge and prospect modeling, urban environmental monitoring, and landslide and remote sensing applications in earth and environmental sciences. He has published more than 50 international research papers in journals in the field of earth, environment, and hydrology and has more than 750 citations, with an h-Index of 15. He has supervised many Ph.D. and postgraduate-level students, and he has served as a reviewer for most international journals in the field of water resources, earth sciences, and natural hazards.
