Tropical Deltas: Fragility, Resiliency, and Sustainability
Editat de Aznarul Islam, Debajit Datta, Biplab Sarkar, Sandipan Ghosh, Sanat Kumar Guchhait, Adolfo Quesada-Románen Limba Engleză Hardback – 27 mai 2026
Features
- Provides comprehensive coverage of global tropical deltas, their physical environment, hazard profiles, and socio-economic threats in a changing climate.
- Includes research-based discussions blended with global case studies to demonstrate the status of deltas around the world and the status of field-based investigations.
- Offers a holistic understanding of multifaceted dimensions of delta crises due to changes in landscape ecology, and the impact of various natural and man-made hazards.
- Addresses the critical challenges of sustainable management using a modelling approach with spatial maps and geostatistical diagrams.
- Discusses perspectives of restoring delta systems around the globe for solving environmental and societal problems.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781032899770
ISBN-10: 1032899778
Pagini: 496
Ilustrații: 380
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 mm
Ediția:1
Editura: CRC Press
Colecția CRC Press
ISBN-10: 1032899778
Pagini: 496
Ilustrații: 380
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 mm
Ediția:1
Editura: CRC Press
Colecția CRC Press
Public țintă
Academic, Postgraduate, and Professional ReferenceCuprins
1. Delta Sustainability in the Context of Fragility and Resilience. Part I: Land and Geomorphological Issues. 2. A Systematic Review of Geomorphological Crises in Deltas Across the World. 3. Sustainable Coastal Zone Management Through Sediment Characterization: End-Member Modeling of Erosion-Accretion Processes for Enhanced Resilience in Eastern Coastal Zone, India. 4. Quantifying the Soil Erosion in the Changing Climate: A Case Study of the Indian Tropical Delta. 5. Hydromorphology and Geodiversity of Select Estuaries along the Eastern Coastline of India. 6. Mid-Channel Bar Dynamics of Bhagirathi-Hooghly River. 7. Latin American and Caribbean River Deltas: Physical Geography and Environmental Challenges. Part II: Climate Change and Hydrological Issues. 8. Storm Surge Induced Seawater Intrusion: A Comprehensive Systematic Review. 9. Addressing Water Stress in Tropical Delta in Tropical Deltas in the Era of Climate Change with Special Reference to Sundarbans. 10. An Enquiry into the Groundwater Landscape in Deltaic Tract and its Fringe Areas Within West Bengal: Present Scenario and Future Direction. 11. Unravelling the Vulnerability and Fragility of the Sundarbans (West Bengal, India): Impacts of Changing Climate, Sea Level Rise and Salinity on the Coastal Mangrove Ecosystem. Part III: Environmental and Ecological Issues. 12. Threats and Risks in Tropical and Subtropical Deltaic Ecosystems: Implications for Sustainability. 13. A Comprehensive Analysis of Eutrophication and Its Ecological Consequences in the Ganga-Brahmaputra Delta (GBD). 14. Assessment of Landscape Ecological Sensitivity in the Lower Subarnarekha Delta Plain: A Three Decadal Spatio-temporal Perspective. 15. Human-induced Challenges of Riverine Morphology and Ecology in the South-western Deltaic Region of Bangladesh. 16. Monitoring the Dynamics of Coastal Vegetation of Sindhudurg District, Maharashtra (India): A Geo-Spatial Approach. 17. Wouri River Estuary and Coastal Mangrove Forests near Douala – Coastal Diversity Under Threat. Part IV: Societal Crisis Management. 18. Unravelling Social and Political Ecologies of Coastal Brackish Water Aquaculture in the Medinipur Coastal Plain, India. 19. The Fading Homeland: Belonging and Displacement in a Crisis-Torn Indian Sundarbans. 20. Predictive Modeling of Aman Rice Yields during Monsoon Extremes Integrating Multi-Sensor Datasets and Machine Learning Techniques. 21. Resilience at the Edge: Community-Centric Coping Approaches and their Role in Shaping Vulnerability in the Indian Sundarban. 22. Collaborative Initiatives for Restoring Delta Habitats: Integrating Scientific Research and Community Participation.
Notă biografică
Dr. Aznarul Islam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, at Aliah University, Kolkata, India. His principal areas of research include floods, channel shifting, riverbank erosion, river pollution, and water resource management. He has published more than 85 indexed journal articles and has authored three books and edited 12 books. He has supervised four PhD fellows and performed as the Principal Investigator (PI) in two major research Projects funded by Government of India (GoI) and working as a Co-PI in an International collaborative research project funded by International Science Partnerships Fund, British Council and ICSSR, GoI.
Dr. Debajit Datta is an Associate Professor of Geography at the Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He specializes in landscape ecology and environmental planning. He has extensively worked on the management of coastal and forest ecosystems of eastern India, potentials of ecotourism development and sustainable livelihood generation of indigenous communities for the last 18 years. He has published more than 80 research papers and scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, edited book volumes, and periodicals. He serves as Associate Editor of two international journals of Springer Nature Publications.
Dr. Biplab Sarkar is a teaching faculty at the Post-Graduate Department of Geography, Dr. Kanailal Bhattacharyya College, Howrah, West Bengal, India. He is investigating the ecomorphological responses to climate change and human interventions in the Bengal Delta. He has published 1 book, 20 research articles in different journals of national and international repute and four book chapters.
Dr. Sandipan Ghosh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Chandrapur College, West Bengal, India. His principal research field includes Fluvial Geomorphology, Regolith Geology and Quaternary Geomorphology. He has published four books and over 50 research articles in various geography and geosciences journals.
Dr. Sanat Kumar Guchhait is a Professor in the Department of Geography, at the University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India. His areas of research and publication are about the tune of the environment, society, and livelihood. He has successfully supervised 11 doctoral students and published 75 research papers in different peer-reviewed journals and edited books.
Dr. Adolfo Quesada-Román is a Costa Rican geographer and geomorphologist with expertise in disaster risk management, cartography and geospatial analysis, environmental impact assessments, and climate change impacts. He has authored more than 150 indexed publications and actively collaborates with local governments, international organizations, and research institutions. His work is especially focused on tropical and developing countries, where he integrates geoscientific knowledge into strategies for sustainable territorial planning, climate adaptation, and risk reduction.
Dr. Debajit Datta is an Associate Professor of Geography at the Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He specializes in landscape ecology and environmental planning. He has extensively worked on the management of coastal and forest ecosystems of eastern India, potentials of ecotourism development and sustainable livelihood generation of indigenous communities for the last 18 years. He has published more than 80 research papers and scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, edited book volumes, and periodicals. He serves as Associate Editor of two international journals of Springer Nature Publications.
Dr. Biplab Sarkar is a teaching faculty at the Post-Graduate Department of Geography, Dr. Kanailal Bhattacharyya College, Howrah, West Bengal, India. He is investigating the ecomorphological responses to climate change and human interventions in the Bengal Delta. He has published 1 book, 20 research articles in different journals of national and international repute and four book chapters.
Dr. Sandipan Ghosh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Chandrapur College, West Bengal, India. His principal research field includes Fluvial Geomorphology, Regolith Geology and Quaternary Geomorphology. He has published four books and over 50 research articles in various geography and geosciences journals.
Dr. Sanat Kumar Guchhait is a Professor in the Department of Geography, at the University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India. His areas of research and publication are about the tune of the environment, society, and livelihood. He has successfully supervised 11 doctoral students and published 75 research papers in different peer-reviewed journals and edited books.
Dr. Adolfo Quesada-Román is a Costa Rican geographer and geomorphologist with expertise in disaster risk management, cartography and geospatial analysis, environmental impact assessments, and climate change impacts. He has authored more than 150 indexed publications and actively collaborates with local governments, international organizations, and research institutions. His work is especially focused on tropical and developing countries, where he integrates geoscientific knowledge into strategies for sustainable territorial planning, climate adaptation, and risk reduction.
Descriere
Tropical Deltas: Fragility, Resiliency, and Sustainability is a comprehensive discussion of the present delta crisis and the risks the deltas are facing due to human and natural factors. It addresses their resilience, the importance of biodiversity, and future adaptations for sustainable management of tropical deltas.