Applied Geomorphology and Contemporary Issues

The edited book deals with climate change and its response to river system which is one of the most burning issues of the Global environment. Due to urbanization and industrialization land degradation and resource depletion are happening and promoting livelihood challenges in the world which is reflected in the book too. The book addresses the construction of dams over large rivers and its possible consequences in the environment. Changes of the hydrology and sedimentology are to be addressed in the book. The climate change phenomena and associated geomorphic hazards and contemporary environmental issues such as sea level rise, coastal flood, drought, wind erosion, flood, soil erosion, landslide, depletion of ground water, coastal erosion etc. are elaborated in the book with suitable methods and techniques. So this edited book will contribute a lot to general to particular filed of studies and will help to geographers, geomorphologists, environmentalists, planners, policy makers and developers for studies and promoting regional plans and development.

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Part I: Climate Change and River's Response 1. Understanding pathways of river evolution under climatic influences: Experiences from past 2. River response to climate change: Predictive models 3. Climate change and flux-boundary conditions in large river systems 4. Climate change impacts on magnitude-frequency distribution of disturbance events (floods and avulsions) 5. Climate change and basin hydrology-geomorphology 6. Climate change and impact on catchment linkage and connectivity Part II: Land degradation, Resource Depletion and Livelihood Challenges 1. Agricultural mechanization, land degradation and livelihood challenges 2. Urbanization and deforestation: watershed degradation and livelihood issues 3. Urbanization and industrialisation: Basin-scale hydro-geomorphological impulses 4. Deterioration of river health and livelihood challenges 5. Depletion of groundwater and developmental issues 6. Resource depletion and impacts on landscape geomorphology-ecology Part III: Large Dams and River Systems 1. Dams and downstream connectivity 2. Dams and its impact on downstream and upstream fluvial geomorphology 3. Dams and their impacts on floodplain geomorphology 4. Dams and riparian ecosystems 5. Dams and basin-scale geomorphic hazards: riverbank erosion, channel avulsion and floodplain changes 6. Dams and river basin management issues 7. Issues of dam decommissioning and river restoration Part IV: Climate Change, Geomorphic Hazards and human livelihood 1. Meteorological and hydro-morphological hazards: droughts, floods, basin erosion. 2. Geomorphic hazards: soil erosion, landslides, lowering of groundwater levels.

3. Climate change and mountain hazards-risk: rock fall, debris flow, landslide, avalanches and flood.

4. Climate Change, complex interaction between fluvial and coastal processes and

   coastal morphodynamics: Landscape changes and threats to coastal islands. 5. Sea level rise, storm surges, coastal erosion and flood: hazard, vulnerability, risk &

   livelihood challenges.

5. Climate change and its impact on coastal habitats: Ecosystem Vulnerability.