Overview
- Introduces the importance of river health in India
- Includes proposed methods of bank erosion hazard zonation
- Examines anthropogenic influences on the fluvial environment
Part of the book series: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research (AAHER)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book examines in detail the health of India’s Haora River, which is of vital importance as the lifeline of Agartala, the Capital City of Tripura. From its source in the Baramura Hills, the river debouches onto the rolling plains of Chandrasadhubari. Thousands of people between Chandrasadhubari and the boundary of Bangladesh have settled along the riverbanks and are directly dependent on the river.
Since the 1970s the ever-growing population of the Haora River basin has been exerting tremendous pressure on the river. Several anthropogenic activities affect the river, increasing sedimentation and pollution, and are leading the Haora River toward its dying phase.
This book presents the problems related to the overall health of the Haora River and discusses some proposals for restoring the ecological balance and geo-political stability of this strategically important part of the country.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Human Interference on River Health
Book Subtitle: A Study on the Haora River, Tripura, India
Authors: Shreya Bandyopadhyay, Sunil Kumar De
Series Title: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41018-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-41017-3Published: 10 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82242-6Published: 27 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-41018-0Published: 29 October 2016
Series ISSN: 1879-7180
Series E-ISSN: 1879-7199
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 218
Number of Illustrations: 44 b/w illustrations, 112 illustrations in colour
Topics: Physical Geography, Environmental Management, Hydrology/Water Resources, Human Geography, Earth System Sciences