Urban Hydrology, Watershed Management and Socio-Economic Aspects [Hardcover]

The book brings together high-quality research articles on advanced hydrological analysis, advanced computational methods, and the ecological and sociological aspects of urban watershed management under one umbrella. The rapid pace of urbanization, not accompanied by any farsighted, holistic plan, has reduced many cities in the developing world into multi-hazard areas. The most perceptible consequence of urbanization is the change in land-use and land cover, which in turn impacts hydrological systems. Accordingly, scientific studies on urban hydrology with due emphasis on ecological and sociological aspects under changing climate are vital to the appropriate design of urban landscapes and civil infrastructure works. This book addresses precisely these issues, offering a useful guide for environmentalists, hydrologists, and a broad range of socio-economic scientists exploring the environmental vulnerabilities arising from urbanization.

Tentative: 1. Impact of slope and vegetation on hydrological processes.- 2. Impact of total and effective imperviousness of runoff prediction.- 3. Rainfall characteristics in inner Bangkok, Thailand.- 4. Issues of urban drainage-present status and the way forward.- 5. Impact of urban habitat patterns on surface water and subsurface water bodies and human health.- 6. Present review of studies of meteorological disasters in the north-eastern region of India subcontinent.- . 7. Remote Sensing, GIS and DEM for urban hydrology modeling.- 8. Surface runoff depth by SCS curve number method integrated with satellite image and GIS.- 9. Impact of vegetation change on soil erosion in the Majuli island of Assam- the largest river island of the world.- 10. Impact of temporal variation in land use on urban hydrology: A case study of Cochin, Kerala, India.- 11. Flood plain characterization of a river in lower Assam using digital elevation model data.- 12. Groundwater management in urban areas.- 13. Ground water molc8