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This book uses spatio-temporal analysis to understand urbanisation
in Indian cities and explain the concept and impact of global
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It creates a GHG footprint for
Indian cities and engages in a discussion about the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and smart city initiatives
within an Indian context. Understanding the spatial patterns of
land use/land cover (LULC) dynamics in the rapidly urbanising
cities of India, the readers will be able to simulate future
urbanisation patterns and use spatial temporal analysis as a tool
for implementing appropriate mitigation measures. Features Analyses
the complete urbanisation and urban sprawl of major cities in India
using advanced geospatial modelling techniques Highlights the best
practices and methods used in modelling urban growth Discusses
greenhouse gas emissions from various sectors and their effects in
local environments Addresses the increase of local temperature in
cities due to unplanned land use change and its impact on
environmental sustainability and resilience Fills the need for
data-driven governance and policy decisions by introducing various
analyses through spatial mapping Highlighting some of the best
practices and tools being used for modelling urban growth through
case studies, the book is useful to those interested in using new
technologies and methods for data collection and problem solving.
It focuses on the major environmental issues in India, which are
prevalent in most developing countries.
This book uses spatio-temporal analysis to understand urbanisation
in Indian cities and explain the concept and impact of global
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It creates a GHG footprint for
Indian cities and engages in a discussion about the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and smart city initiatives
within an Indian context. Understanding the spatial patterns of
land use/land cover (LULC) dynamics in the rapidly urbanising
cities of India, the readers will be able to simulate future
urbanisation patterns and use spatial temporal analysis as a tool
for implementing appropriate mitigation measures. Features Analyses
the complete urbanisation and urban sprawl of major cities in India
using advanced geospatial modelling techniques Highlights the best
practices and methods used in modelling urban growth Discusses
greenhouse gas emissions from various sectors and their effects in
local environments Addresses the increase of local temperature in
cities due to unplanned land use change and its impact on
environmental sustainability and resilience Fills the need for
data-driven governance and policy decisions by introducing various
analyses through spatial mapping Highlighting some of the best
practices and tools being used for modelling urban growth through
case studies, the book is useful to those interested in using new
technologies and methods for data collection and problem solving.
It focuses on the major environmental issues in India, which are
prevalent in most developing countries.
The main objective of this book is to develop an Ecologically Sound
Integrated Energy Plan at district level to arrive at an optimal
mix of energy sources that can meet the energy demand in a region
by keeping in view the development priorities of the region. The
book presents a conceptual design for energy systems which could
meet demand of all sectors in a region. The proposed design in
principle, supplies enough energy for the sustainable development
of a region. The plan proposed is based on the Decision Support
System approach (DSS) and is flexible, adaptable and ecologically
sound. Contents: Preface; Introduction; Potential Assessment of
Wind Energy in Uttara Kannada District; Bioenergy Potential and
Prospects; Hydro Energy Potential and Prospects; An Ecologically
Friendly Optimal Design of Hydroelectric Projects; Solar Energy
Potential and Prospects; Energy Consumption Patterns in the
Domestic Sector; Energetics in Paddy Cultivation; Energy
Utilisation in Industrial Sector; Integrated Regional Energy
Planning; Summary.
Urban areas receive high energy demand & consumption due to
developed infrastructure, which in turn leads to high Green House
Gas (GHG) emission. This GHG emission should be measurable for
identification of high emitting source, as well as application of
mitigation & management practices to control the air pollution.
Carbon footprint is the tool, which provides measurement of GHG
emission from target object, organization, city or country.Carbon
footprinting at finer level gives more specific identification to
the GHG emitting source. It also provides better opportunity for
application of mitigation & management practices. This work is
focused on carbon footprinting at finer level of a metropolitan
city- Bangalore in India. The work is carried out to compute GHG
emission from basic infrastructure needs i.e. Electricity &
Transport from collected primary data. This book gives the idea
that how our basic needs are the source of GHG emission causing air
pollution. Carbon footprinting of other GHG emitting sectors like
Industries, Waste etc. can be done. As these are also related to
our day to day life. Further research work can be done in this
direction
An ecosystem is a complex of interconnected living organisms
inhabiting a particular area or unit of space, together with their
environment and all their interrelationships and relationships with
the environment having a well-maintained ecological processes and
interactions. It is characterised by the abundance of individual
species populations; interspecies relationships; activity of
organisms; physical and chemical characteristics of environment;
flows of matter, energy, and information; and description of
changes of these parameters with time. Hence, its surroundings can
be categorised into physical and biological environment, which are
self-defined, self-maintained and self-sustained dynamic natural
systems. The physical environment comprises of lithosphere,
hydrosphere and atmosphere, while the living beings in the
biosphere constitute biological environment. The biosphere contains
many delicate biological processes that have taken billions of
years to evolve and there is a natural equilibrium for life
sustaining processes dependent on relatively slow rates of
recycling. These natural processes as well as resources are being
over driven by human activities to meet the growing demands of the
population. These developmental activities by humans ignoring the
ecosystems and functional aspects are instrumental in bringing
about irreversible changes in the ecosystem and their environment.
The concern now is on the rise for the changes due to human induced
activities that are proving detrimental, as it has exceeded the
recycling rates of natural processes, which are altering the very
nature of the environment. These changes are drastic, both to the
environment and its inhabitants alike. Under such circumstances, it
is necessary to do a retrospective analysis of the present
situation to identify the degree of seriousness of different kinds
of anthropogenic activities on the environment, plausible measures
to curb further damaging to environment and better ways to live in
harmony with the environment.
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