Analysis of Hydro-Livability Index Using GIS in Bijapur | Chapter 19 | Innovative Solutions: A Systematic Approach towards Sustainable Future

Livability is the degree to which a particular place is good for human habitation. Livability is an objective assessment that takes into account factors such as access to amenities, safety, transportation, and environmental quality. GIS has become one of the important tools in this present generation to understand and visualize spatial data as stated by Yu, D., & Zhang, Y. (2019) in ‘The livable urban landscape: GIS and remote sensing extracted land use assessment for urban livability in Changchun Proper, China’. Groundwater is an essential component of the environment and economy of the nation. Knowing the proper levels of groundwater helps people in determining the most suitable place for human habitat or industrial developments. Thematic map is a specialized map made to visualize a particular theme or parameter about a geographic area. The collected and analyzed data are then Inserted to the GIS software to generate the thematic maps of each parameter as said by Salve, S. (2020). ‘Livability analysis of people's living comfort in different cities of India using GIS: A prototype’. Collection of data is done by the open source which is available on various websites and being inputted to the Arc GIS. Hydrology watershed is found out by these steps spatial analyst Tools Hydrology flow direction Flow accumulation basin conversion raster to polygon stream order flow directions these are the steps involved in calculation of watershed then for the groundwater potential zone as said by Badamasi, H. (2022). ‘A review of GIS-based hydrological models for sustainable groundwater management’.  Dem data and shape files are taken and then projection is done to the shape files after it is done digitalization geo database. After all the thematic maps are overlaid, analysis will be done considering the whole study area, weightages are assigned to the place according to the values of the data obtained. After the analysis of the overlaid layers is done, the complete study area classified into high, medium, average and low live able area according to their weightages assigned.

 

Author (s) Details

 

Manasa R
Department of Civil Engineering, Acharya Institute of technology, India.

 

Tejas K
Department of Civil Engineering, Acharya Institute of technology, India.

 

Bhoomika K N
Department of Civil Engineering, Acharya Institute of technology, India.

 

Harshavardhana S
Department of Civil Engineering, Acharya Institute of technology, India.

Pradeep Kotikani
Department of Civil Engineering, Acharya Institute of technology, India.

 

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Modeling Monthly Actual Evapotranspiration: An Application of Geographically Weighted Regression Technique in the Passaic River Basin | Chapter 1 | Emerging Issues in Environment, Geography and Earth Science Vol. 8

Actual evapotranspiration (ET) is perhaps the most difficult quantity to directly measure among the major water balance components. Because of the high cost and labor constraints associated with the direct measurement of ET, empirical data-driven modeling has frequently been used to estimate ET. As climate change continues and is expected to accelerate the hydrological cycle, water resource availability and ecosystem services will be directly affected through alteration in evapotranspiration (ET) processes, and indirectly through vegetation water use. Beyond the widely used traditional type regression that has the effect of producing ‘global’ parameter estimates, assumed to be uniform throughout a study area, we utilized a more localized spatially non-stationary technique — the geographically weighted regression (GWR) — to estimate mean monthly ET in the Passaic River Basin (PRB). We identified the key environmental controls of ET and developed new sets of spatially varying empirical ET models based on variable combinations that produced the best-fit model. Our analyses reveal that wind speed is the main driving force behind long-term mean monthly ET, precipitation appears to be the limiting factor in the summer, particularly the month of June. Overall, a combination of biophysical and climatic factors contributes to long-term ET on a monthly scale. More importantly, the spatial heterogeneity that characterizes the PRB brings to bear the complex challenge in appropriately quantifying ET. The analysis also showed that temporal and spatial variabilities in ET over the PRB are driven by climatic and biophysical factors. We found that the key controlling factors were different from month to month, with wind speed being dominant throughout the year in the study basin. A monthly mean ET index map was further generated from the model to illustrate areas where ET exceeds precipitation. This will among others enable water loss due to evapotranspiration to be accounted for in future water supply plans for the basin.

Author(s) Details:

Felix Oteng Mensah,
Department of Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Avenue, Montclair, New Jersey, USA.

Clement Aga Alo,
Department of Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Avenue, Montclair, New Jersey, USA.

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Municipal Solid-Waste Management | Book Publisher International

 This book dealt with external solid- waste operation. This book is timely in bringing together the external solid waste compositions and characterization, their collection, transportation and treatment procedures to achieve sustainable waste operation. The operation of solid waste remains a challenge in a great number of countries around the world. therefore, these practices include open dumps that are inaptly controlled and unlawful roadside jilting, have the eventuality to degrade scenic rates, damage soil and water coffers, and produce possible health problems for those who are exposed to them.

Author(s) Details:

Uma Devi Randhi,
School of Science, GITAM Deemed (To Be) University, Hyderabad - 502329, Telangana State, India.

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Threat to Ghana's Water Resources: Illegal Mining (Galamsey) | Chapter 3 | Emerging Issues in Science and Technology Vol. 4

This paper discusses the causes and effects of illegal mining on Ghana’s water resources, and suggests possible ways of resolving the menace through integrated water resources management principles to ensure water sustainability and availability.  Extensive desktop study in relation to illegal mining and water resources were done.  The paper recognizes that water is mining’s most common casualty and that in terms of galamsey the impact is immeasurable, because of its uncontrollable and clandestine nature. It also acknowledges that water is a vital but vulnerable resource whose invaluability cannot be compromised in the face of galamsey. It also recognizes that the problem of galamsey cannot be resolved by one institution; rather it requires collaborative and participatory approach, involving all stake holders in these sectors. Effort made must be backed by political will and commitment. Legalizing galamsey and setting-up of the right institutions such as galamsey board/authority at the district levels to regulate galamsey activities under the supervision of WRC, EPA and Ghana chamber of mines will be very useful. Finally, education on environmental and social cost on trading natural resources will go a long way to curb the menace.

Author(s) Details

Dr. Ebenezer Boakye
Department of Civil Engineering, Takoradi Technical University, Ghana.

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