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tables, figs (illustrator). Contents Preface 1 Spatial modeling of regeneration mechanism for forest conservation at landscape levelYasumasa Hirta Kaori Sto Atsushi Sakai Shigeho Sato and Shigeo Kuramoto 2 Monitoring soil erosion in a recultivation mining area using hyperspectral imaging and laser scanningS Haubrock S Chabrillat and H Kaufmann 3 Impact of environmental hazards in upper Kullu ValleyBW Pandey 4 Oblique Aerial Photography using digital multi-image photogrammetry for survey flights below clouds a new tool for natural hazard studies and glacier monitoringLars Gleitsmann 5 Approaches to Kyoto afforestation reforestation and deforestation mapping in Siberia using object oriented change detection methodsS Hese and C Schmullius 6  Numerical method for uncertainty assessment of the topographic parameters derived from DEMsB Bajat S Rath and D Blagojevic 7 Assessment of the potential of the normalized difference vegetation index for forest fire risk classificationA Gabban and J San-Miguel-Ayanz 8 Sensing forecasting and risk assessment-an integrated method to model high resolution Data for floodplain representations in hydrodynamic simulationsS Rath and B Bajat 9 Examination of drought vulnerability with GIS tools-somogy county case studySz Bella A Nemeth and S Szalai 10 Multi-scale application of spatial metrics for quantifying forest spatial structure and diversity from Corine Land Cover and FMERS-WIFS Raster DataNC Nielsen and GA Blackburn 11 Regionalisation of climatic values for ecological site classification by growth simulator Sibyla with GISMarek Fabrika Jan Dursky Hans Pretzsch and Branislav Sloboda 12 Geo atmospheric hazards in Alaknanda basic-the Garhwal HimalyaMohan Panwar and Mamta Sharma 13 Assessment of Geo-hydrological hazards in watersheds of Upper Yamuna-Tons Basin-the Garhwal HimalayaNawal Prakash 14 Spatial analysis of landslides Hazard in Alaknanda Basin-the Garhwal HimalayaMohan Panwar and VS Negi 15 Impact of vehicular pollution on the environment of DelhiNP Singh 16 Hazard of soil erosion in Ravine Region of Yamuna-Chambal DoabManish Kumar Semwal 17 Remote sensing and geographical information system application in drought assessmentAnil Pal MSS Rawat SK Pal and CB Pal 18 Anatomy of cyclone disaster and storm surges over coastal Andhra PradeshUshvinder Kaur 19 Application of remote sensing and GIS for natural hazard reductionRupesh Kumar Gupta 20 Hazard reduction and disaster mitigationSheel Kumar and PM Tripathi 21 Remedial technologies of industrial pollutionAnupama M Hasija 22 Floods in Bihar management and control-a trans-boundary approachKhusro Moin 23 Changes in the atmospheric Methane concentration in the Arctic and Antarctic regions for the last 110 years deduced from NGRIP and Dome Fuji Deep Ice CoresS Aoki K Kawamura T Mori T Anakazawa Y Fujii and O Watanabe 24 Wetlands-a development paradox-the Dilemma of South ChennaiDipankar C Patnik Priya Srihari and Subhash Anand 25 Geomorphological interpretation of natural hazards in North-East IndiaDhrubajyori Sahariah and Subhash Anand 26 Global warming-issues and challengesChitra Sejwar IndexLand is a primary resource and is utilization has always been the focal theme in understanding the historical development of various civilizations in the world Increasing the load of the billions of population the importance of studies and research on land utilization have become an urgent need to reduce the regional imbalances in development and to attain the sustainable development through the enhancement in global food security and human habitations It is well-known fact that whole land available in the world is not suitable for utilization Hence it is visualized that how land can be put to its proper use according to its potential and capability Analysis of the utilization and management of land resources in the world is very much necessary because it ensures the best possible advantages of land in an enduring manner to its people Therefore it is believed that land resource show a r.