GEOINFORMATICS FOR MONITORING AND MODELLING LAND USE,
BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Contribution Towards International Year of Planet Earth
Editors
R.B. Singh
S.D.D.Roy
H.G.Deva Kumar Samuel
V.Dhanbal Singh
G.D.Biji
Proceedings of IGU International Seminar , October 6-7 2008
Nesamony Memorial Christian College, Marthandan, Tamil Nadu, India
VOLUME 1
CONTENTS
Preface-R.B.Singh
Vice Chair, IGU Commission on Biogeography and Biodiversity, Univ. of
Delhi, India
Introduction-Giuliano Bellezza
IGU Vice President and Director-IGU Home of Geography, Rome, Italy
Section I
Geoinformatics for Monitoring and Modelling Land Use and Cover Change
1. Remote Sensing and GIS Based Modelling Approach for Land Capability
Classification (Case Study of East Dehradun Valley.
Mehtab Singh, Suresh Kumar, R.B. Singh and P.M Kala
2. Morphogenetic Processes and Land use – A Geological Impact Assessment within
the Southern Sahyadri, Kerala.
Mahamaya Chattopadhyay, Ssakunthala, C, Suresh.P and Thankachan Paul
3. Classification and Spatial Analysis of Land use Classes and the Influential
Factors on them in Lorestan Province( West of Iran)
M. Ghasem Torkashvand and B.N.Shivaligappa
4. Remote sensing and GIS Application in Designing Sustainable Land use Pattern
of Manickal Panchyat, Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala
S. Suresh Kumar, A.N Sajna, A.S. Aswathy and B.Preteesh
5. High Resolution Satellite Images in Identifying Micro Level Land use/Land
Cover Patterns: A Case Study in Coastal Plain of Alleppey District in Central
Kerala
Aneesh, A., Manjush Koshy and Suryakala. K
SECTION II
GEOINFORMATICS FOR MONITORING WATERSHED AND RIVER BASIN
6. A Study on the Temporal Landuse Pattern using Geoinformatics Technology in
Kodayar Watershed of Kanyakumari River Basin, Tamil Nadu
Suja Rose, R.S. and N. Krishnan
7. Soil Erosion Mapping of Katteri Watershed Using Unit Stream Power – Based
Erosion Deposition Model and GIS
S. Saravanan, K.S. Kasivishwanathan and S. Sathiyamurthi
8. Morphometric and Landuse Analysis of Upper Vaigai Basin Using Remote
Sensing and GIS
G.R. Parthasarthy, V. Thangamani and V. Rengan
9. Geomorphic Characteristics and Landuse Pattern of Thirunelli Watershed,
Wayanad District, Kerala
M.S. Shiyas and M. Vandana
10. Land Use and Land Cover Change and its Impact on Digaru Basin of North East
India Using Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS Techniques
Dhanjit Deka, Pradip Sharma and Ranjan Saikia
11. Flood Induce Land Use Changes in the Dulung River Valley, West Bengal
Priyanka Pravin Patel and Rajarshi Dasgupta
SECTION III
GEOINFORMATICS FOR MONITORING URBAN ENVIRONMENT
12. Assessing Land Use Changes in Bangalore – A Research on Ecological Loss
Using Geoinformatics
Priya Narayanan and Ashok K Hanjagi
13. RS-GIS Application in Analyses of Urban Sprawl: A Case Study of ‘GCDA’
Region in Ernakulum District, Kerala
A.N. Sajna and B. Praveen
14. Application of GIS in Trend Analysis of Landuse Change with Refrence to
Mysore City
Shamiyulla N and Jayashree P.
15. Impact of Highway Development on Land Use and Land Cover Expressway
between Samayanallur and Kappalur in Madurai – A Case Study
Saravanan, P., Moorthy, S., J. Rosy Grace Anegelene and K. Lakshmi
16. Whether Water Bodies? A Case Study of Madurai City Environ Using Remote
Sensing and GIS
P. Ilangovan and N. Sudhagar
SECTION IV
GEOINFORMATICS FOR MONITORING BIODIVERSITY
17. Trends of Deforestation in Anchal Block PAnchayat, Kerala.
A.N. Sajna, S.Suresh Kumar and M.Vandana
18. Phytoplankton Diversity in a Bar – Built Estuary Along the South West Coast of
India
R. Vasantha
19. Temperature Variation among Vegetations: What does it tell us?
C. Suseela Bai and Thai Stella Joice
20. A Dynamic Role of Lakes and its Impact on Biodiversity of in and around Mysore
City – Through Remote Sensing
S. Shambulingappa
21. Land Use Change and its Resultant Impact on Biodiversity Loss: A Case Study of
Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal
Piyal Basu Roy, Sankar Saha and Pradeep Chouhan
SECTION V
GEOINFORMATICS FOR MONITORING CLIMATE CHANGE
22. The Study of Climate Change in Iran – A Case Study of Yazd District
Mohammad Bafghizadeh and H. Nagaraj
23. Analysis of Temprature Series of Selected Stations in Maharashtra
Sunita Maral and Tapati Mukhopadhyay
24. Solar Thermal Technology: A Viable Option for Mitigation of Green House
Gases
P.H. Sudharlin Paul, V.S. Pavithra Kumar, R.V. Jeba Rajasekhar, Samuel Paul
Raj
25. Spatial Distribution of a Green House Gas Precursor in Urban Atmostpheric
Environments: A GIS Approach
R.V. Jeba Rajasekhar, Tennyson Daniel, B. Vijay Bhaskar and P.
Muthusubramanian
26. Air Pollution and Its Effect on Plants, Animals and Human Beings
K.Krishna Kumar, L.Venu and A. Anjaneyulu and K. Vijaya Laxmi
27. Climate Change, Flooding and Biodiversity in the Sunderbans Region in West
Bengal
RB Singh and Netrananda Sahu
VOLUME 2
CONTENTS
Preface-R.B.Singh
Vice Chair, IGU Commission on Biogeography and Biodiversity, Univ. of Delhi, India
Introduction-Giuliano Bellezza
IGU Vice President and Director-IGU Home of Geography, Rome, Italy.
SECTION 1: LAND USE AND COVER CHANGE
1. Socio-Economic and Policy Environments of Deforestation in Kerala
Govindaru V
2. The Changing Food Systems of South Indian Villages : A Study on Four Rural
Villages in Madurai District, Tamil Nadu
Toni Haapanen
3. Changing Agricultural Landuse in Wayanad District, Kerala
M. Vandana and M.S. Shiyas
4. Land Use Change and Cropping Intensity in Jalgaon District (M.S.)
R.B. Patil
5. Land Use Change and Urbanization in India: A State Level Analysis of Urban
Population and Decadal Change
P Murugesan
6. Impact of Natural Disaster on Land Use Change: A Case Study of Andaman and
Nicobar Island
Manoj Kumar Yadav
7. Change in Land Use in Marathwada Region (1983-86 to 1995-98)
B.G. Sonwane, Sanjayadvi Pawar, Pandurang B. Achole, Rajeshwar D. Khakare
and Daivshala S. Nagade
8. Land Use and Cropping Pattern Impact on Socio-Economic Conditions: An
Investigation in Tribal Areas of Andhara Pradesh
Lal B. Suresh
SECTION 2: BIODIVERSITY
9. Plant Biodiversity of Siddarabetta Hill in South Karnataka India – A Study
B. Eswarappa
10. Toxicity of Glyphosate on the Pigment Production and Macronuclear Contents in
Spirullina platensis Isolated from Paddy Fields of Kanyakumari District
Prakash Williams G., Sukesh K., Rakhee P.R., Joy Padma Dinesh G and Baby
Joseph
11. Multistoried Agroforestry: An Alternative Avenues for Maximization of
Agricultural Land uses
M.S. Bari and M.A. Rahim
12. Improvement of Soil Fertility Through Rubbar Saplings Inoculated with
Azospirillum and Organic Manure
S. Thampi Raj and R.C. Udhayakumar
13. Land Use and Biodiversity Change in the Thermal Power Plants in Korba,
Chattisgarh
Bhagbali Joshi, Sabina Khudabaks and Manju Mitra
14. Land Use Changes, Agricultural Development and Crop Diversity Status in the
State of Punjab, NW India
Yadvinder Singh and Apperdeep Kaur
SECTION 3: TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
15. Tourism Development in Andhara Paradesh: Issues and Challenges for
Sustainable Development
G.S. Chauhan and G. Vijay
16. Rural Space, Creativity and Tourism in Rural Environment in Uttarakhand
Abdul Bari Naik, Afaf Abdul Halim and Ali Mohammad
17. Development of Pilgrim Tourism and Land Use Change: A Case Study of
Tirupati, Andhara Pradesh
N. Chendrayudu, Chandrashekhar Reddy and K. Krishnaiah
18. Tourism Development and Land Use Changes: A Study of Varkala Coast in
Kerala
Hema S. Menon, G.R. Parthasathy and R. Thulaseedharan Pillai
SECTION 4: INTERACTIVE AREAS
19. Ecosystem Changes as Linked to Human Interventions in Vembanad Lake,
Kerala, India
Suja Gangadharan and Shilly Elizabeth David
20. River Water Quality Variations and Land Use Pattern in Pamba Catchment,
Kerala, India
B.Pretheesh, Silly Elizabeth and S. Suresh Kumar
21. Simulated Local Model for Paddy Cultivation with an Emphasis on the
Efficacious and Sustainable Soil Conservation and Pest Suppression
Kaushik Chakrabraty, Debes Chandra Deb, Subir Dutta and Prasenjit Pal
22. Role of Environment on Farmers Sucides in Jalgaon District: A Geographical
Analysis
A.S. Bhole, D.G. Bhole and Shailaja Bhangale
23. Resource Management: Sustainability Mechanism
Rashmi Shikha
24. Impact of Global Climate Change on the Earth Surface
Rajendra Thakur and Thakur Ram
25. Water Degradation in the Context of Intensive Land Use in Haryana
Suman Chauhan
PREFACE (to both volumes)
It is an honour and delight to associate myself with a group of geographers, ecologists,
geoscientists and other academicians to present this book- Geoinformatics for
Monitoring and Modelling Land Use, Biodiversity and Climate Change. As a Vice-Chair
of IGU Commission on Biogeography and Biodiversity, I would like to express my
sincere gratitude to the colleagues of the Nesamony Memorial Christian College for
taking such initiative.
One of the prime objectives of our commission’s work is to promote geographical
teaching, research and scholarship and to contribute to the sustainable development of
biodiversity. Our commission meetings address various aspects of geoinformatics,
spatial, ecological and historical dimensions and emphasize the societal relevance of
biogeography and biodiversity. In India, numerous studies on patterns of biodiversity,
implications of global climate change, remote sensing and geoinformatics of ecosystem
properties, and conservation biogeography have been published by scientists.
The IGU Commission helps in strengthening teaching and research for promoting
ecosystem integrity, conservation of biodiversity and sustainable use of resources and
social-ecological resilience. It identifed the concerned area of vulnerability like resourceuse conflict, policy-implication conflict and risk-awareness analysis to develop strategies
for communication. The commission suggests the use of diversity of channels in a
targeted manner to ensure that appropriate technology like geoinformatics covering GIS,
GPS and Remote Sensing is used with respect to monitoring and conserving biodiversity.
The contents of this book indicate distinct interdisciplinary topics such as land use
change, climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development of local people. The
book fully integrates these efforts into a holistic view of emerging research problems.
The book tries to bridge the gap between natural and social sciences by combining
approaches from both sides.
The book comprises 27 chapters relating to monitoring and modelling using
geoinformatics of integrative themes encompassing land use, biodiversity and climate
change. I do hope and believe that the results of this book will be of help to all
researchers, scientific organizations, NGO’s, practitioners, technicians, and other
institutions in their efforts to make this country and the world a better place to live in.
The book will contribute towards achieving the goals of Earth System Science
Partnership Programme-DIVERSITAS and International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE).
Finally, I would take this opportunity to express our sincere thanks and gratitude to
Professor Harsh K. Gupta (Chair, IUGG-IGU Joint National Committee and Indian IYPE
Programme), Professor Udo Schickhoff (Chair-IGU Commission-Biogeography and
Biodiversity, Germany) and Dr. G.S.Chauhan (Head, UGC Regional Office, Bhopal) for
supporting our initiative.
R B Singh
Vice Chair, IGU Commission on Biogeography and Biodiversity
Member, IUGU-IGU Joint National Committee, Indian National Science Academy
Department of Geography, University of Delhi, Delhi-7, India; rbsgeo@hotmail.com
Introduction (to both volumes): Geography, Geomatics, Culture
(This paper can be seen in the Report on the Nasamony Seminar published in the IGUHome of Geography Newsletter #14, October 2008).
Giuliano Bellezza
IGU Vice President and Director of the Home of Geography, Rome, Italy