River Conservation and Water Resource Management

This book presents an up-to-date, systematic and scientific analysis of water resource problems in India and suggests measures to overcome them through effective water management. In addition, the book provides an overview of how changes in legislation, policies, institutional responsibilities, science, technology, practical techniques and public perception have influenced the ways of river management over the past years. River water conservation is a planned activity connected with various habitat features and outlines how to conserve all river water spread across the world. The restoration and conservation of river water must be of the highest priority for sustaining humanity and ecology for the present and future generations. In order to solve the water problems, conservation and recycling of water should be made mandatory for all domestic, industrial and agricultural projects. Apart from the priority to watershed development, rainwater harvesting and other appropriate conservation measures should be adopted to create awareness among the public so that their mind-set, attitudes and habits change proactively and they adopt sustainable practices rather than wait for legislation and regulations. The book augments the knowledge base of behaviour of rivers and evaluates the issues related to rivers so as to develop river system management techniques emerging from in-depth scientific analyses. It is useful for students, researchers, water resource managers, hydrologists and all those who are engaged or interested in any aspect of river water conservation and management of water resources in the country.

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Dr. Praveen Kumar Rai is an associate professor and the head of the Department of Geography, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Language University, Lucknow, India. He also served as an assistant professor at the Amity Institute of Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing, Amity University, Noida, India, and Department of Geography, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He has the teaching and research experience of more than 13 years in the field of remote sensing and GIS. He completed his M.Sc. in geography (specialization in remote sensing) in Banaras Hindu University, India, in 2006 and M.Tech. in remote sensing in the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India, in 2008. He was awarded a gold medal with his M.Tech. in remote sensing. He completed his Ph.D. in remote sensing at the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, in 2013. His research interests include remote sensing and GIS, glaciology, health and disease modelling, disaster management and water resource management, among others. He has published more than 70 research papers in international and national journals and has published 5 books with Springer Nature and other publishing houses. He has visited many countries to deliver invited lectures as a keynote speaker. He also serves many international journals as an editorial board member as well as a reviewer.