Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Foreword. Introduction. I. Introduction and Overview: 1. Land-Use for Climatic and Human Security: Policy Concerns/Anil K Gupta, Sreeja S. Nair and Mohammad Yunus. 2. Land-capability and Land-Use Optimization/Hrittick Biswas, Brij Lal Lakaria and V.S. Katiyar. 3. Land Reforms and Environmental Sustainability: Reference to Real Estate Boom/Nisha Pandey and V. Vedak. 4. Land-Use Planning in the Coastal Region through Remote Sensing Based Technique: A Case Study from Gujarat/Shital Lodhia. II. Methods and Case Studies: 5. Spatial Decision Support Systems for Sustainable Land-Use Suitability Analysis: An Example from Ebro Basin in Zaragoza (Spain)/M.T. Lamelas, O. Marinoni, A. Hoppe and J. de la Riva. 6. Land-Use and Land-Cover Change: Case of Jhansi in Bundelkhand/R.S. Khoiyangbam and Santaram S. Oinam. 7. Diversifying Land-Use: Case of Shivaliks in Indian Himalayas/Sanjay Arora and M.S. Hadda. 8. Environmental Management Planning: Remote Sensing and GIS Application/D.K. Agrawal and M.S. Lodhi. 9. Groundwater Development Using Remote Sensing and GIS/Y. Rama Mohan, Avinash Kumar and Anil K. Gupta. 10. Hydraulic Simulation of Groundwater Flow/V. Ramani Bai, Sumiani Yusoff and S. Mohan. 11. Water Scenario and the River Linking Proposal: An Impact Analysis/ Pallavee Tyagi and Anil K. Gupta. 12. Water Use in Drinking: Analysis at Urban Local Body Level/Jharna Pathak. III. Management Strategies: 13. Agroforestry vis-�-vis Environment and Disaster Reduction/A.S. Gill. 14. Ecosystem Approach to Resurrection of Gulf Coast/Ashwani Vasishth. 15. Non-timber Forest Produce for Livelihood Security/R.K. Pandey and Satvant Kaur Saini. 16. Conservation and Management of Bhopal Lakes/Sanjeev Sachdev. 17. Fuel Oil from Wastelands: Jatropha Project/Kumud Dubey, Md Rizwan Khan, Anubha Srivastava and V.K. Singh. 18. Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal Options/Sutapa Bose, Gurmeet Singh and Anil K. Gupta. Index. Land is the most finite resource as we have only one earth livable as on now. Land-use holds the key of environmental resource sustainability and human security. Environmental resource management as an approach that helps maintain the renewability and sustainability calls for the effective management of landscape, land-use and land-resources. Book comprises of three sections: Overview, Methods and Case Studies, and Management Strategies. Examples and experiences from different parts of the world on different methods and management aspects of land and environmental resources are brought in this edited volume with the aim of offering holistic knowledge base covering all important aspects. The book is practical reference for scholars and professionals of geography, environment, disaster management, earth science, engineering and agriculture related disciplines. (jacket). Seller Inventory # 116706

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