Geomorphology and Environment

SUB Gottingen

2006 A 10590

editors

Savindra Singh H. S. Sharma Sunil Kumar De

acb publications

Contents
Foreword Preface Geomorphology in India : The Contribution of Professor Subhashranjan Basu Life and Works of Professor Subhashranjan Basu Section 1. Applied Geomorphology Matthias Kuhle The Ice Age Glaciation of Western Tibet between the Karakorums and the Tarim Basin, and its Influence on the Global Energy Balance 3 Leszek Starkel A Study of the Effects of Extreme Rainfall of July 1 998 in the Darjiling Himalayas 28 Subir Sarkar Hydro-Meteorological Study of High Intensity Rainstorms in the Upper Tista Basin 34 S. P. Das Gupta Irrigation Practices and River Links : Some Lessons from History 54 Sunil Sen Sarma c Linking of the Rivers of India : Attempts to Revive an Aborted Plan 70 Ashis Sarkar River Bank Erosion : Geomorphology and Environment 86 AmalKar, A.K. Singhvi, N. Juyal, andS.N. Rajaguru Late Quaternary Aeolian Sedimentation History of the Thar Desert 107 AucelliP.P.C, Balteanu D., Izzo M. andRosskopf CM. Types and Mechanism of Slope Failure Due to the Rainfall Event in January 2003 in Molise Region (S. Italy) 125 John Gerrard Landslide Hazard Assessment in the Likhu Khola Drainage Basin, Middle Hills, Nepal 143 Akhouri Pramod Krishna, Navin Kumar, Sisir Kanti Nag and Sanjib Kundu Landslide Hazard Susceptibility Zonation (LHSZ) along Roads: A Case Study from Sikkim Himalaya ' 157 AucelliP.P.C., Brancaccio L., Ravera F. and Rosskopf CM Landslide Susceptibility along the Adriatic Flank of Southern Apennines (Italy) : The Case of Molise Region 168 Sunil Kumar De Causes of Landslides in the Balasan Basin of Eastern Himalayas . 182 Sudip Kr. Bhattacharya Assessment of Soil, Erosion and Strategies for its Conservation in theWestem Terai and Adjacent Hills of the Eastern Himalayas 1 95 Jayanta Sen, Suman (De) Sen and Sunando Bandyopadhyay Geomorphological Investigation of Badlands : A case study at Garhbeta, West Medinipur District, West Bengal, India 204 Sunando Bandyopadhyay, Dipanwita Mukherjee, Sima Bag, Dilip Kumar Pal, Rabindra Kumar Das and Kalyan Rudra 20th Century Evolution of Banks and Islands of the Hugli Estuary, West Bengal, India : Evidences from Maps, Images and GPS Survey 235 v "vi ix xxiv

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Ashis Kr. Paul Geographical Variation at the Coast of Orissa K. Maudood Elahi and Sabiha Sultana Geography of Coastal Zone Management.in Bangladesh Goutam Kumar Das Morpho-Dynamics of Deltaic Sunderban's Rivers Alpana Ray The Gradient of Piezometric Level and Ground Water Zonations in Kolkata City : A Statistical Analysis Section 2. Theoretical Geomorphology Savindra Singh Cycle of Cyclic Concept in Geomorphology Jyotirmoy Mukhopadhyay Complexity in Geomorphic Explanation : Some Cases Section 3. Environmental Issues Parthasarathi Chakrabarti Geoinformatics for Environmental Justice Graham P. Chapman and Kalyan Rudra Bengal's Millennium Flood : The Question of Appropriate Development D. K. Sinha Some Concepts and Issues on Environment : Recritiqued Arabinda Ghosh and Arunkanti Biswas Assesment and Monitoring of Water Quality around Kurseong Hill and its Impact on the Beneficiaries Swapna Banerjee-Guha Placing Environment in National Development Planning Nitai Kundu, Mausumi Pal, Simontini Das, Jayeeta Basu, Subhendu Mitra andAsesh Sengupta Urban Wetlands : Need for Comprehensive Management Programme in West Bengal Ramkrishna Maiti Environmental Impact Assessment of Coal Mining at Tindharia Ranjan Basu Biodiversity under Threat : An Overview with Special Reference to West Bengal Sukla Bhaduri Transport Problems in Metropolises of India Sudeepto Adhikari and Akhouri Radii a Krishna Sinha Geographical Factors in India's Foreign Policy : An Ecological-Political Approach Srabanti Bhattacharya Calcutta's Water Supply : A Historical Perspective Sutapa Saha An Analytical Profiles of the International Tourists of Darjiling Town Sisir Chatterjee Challenge of Population Explosion and Urban Growth : An Experience of Kolkata, West Bengal. Index

264 281 303

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327 335

355 366 386

390 400

471 486 508

520 531