Landscape Ecology and Water Management pdf

Prof. Mehtab Singh Rana (MDU, Rohtak) delivered a lecture on " Role of Geospatial Technologies in g-Governance" in a workshop on 'Applications of Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS in Natural Resource Management' at Interdisciplinary Dept of Remote Sensing and GIS, Aligarh Muslim University. During the lecture, Prof. Mehtab Singh Rana said that the present global trend of application of Geospatial Technologies in Administration and planning reveals that next decade would be of g-Governance I.E GIS based Governance. The quick information received through Geospatial Technologies helps in Administration planning monitoring and in management works and taking quick decisions which ultimately helps in developing good and decentralised governance.

Landscape Ecology and Water Management pdf by Mehtab Singh

The over-exploitation of important earth resources such as land and water has led to a number of environment-related problems the world over. At the same time, land-use change caused by various human activities has led to extinction of many plant and animal habitats and species. In this context, the relevance of biodiversity for human survival is becoming a major international political issue as scientific evidence builds on the global health implications of biodiversity loss. These issues are closely linked with the issue of climate change, as many of the health risks due to climate change are associated with rapid degradation of biodiversity. This present work focuses on holistic natural resource-based spatio-temporal planning, development and management and considers them as essential to save the degraded ecosystem for sustainable resource management. Contributions are compiled in two volumes: 1. Climate Change and Biodiversity and 2. Landscape Ecology and Water Management. Geoinformatics along with its tools such as remote sensing and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) have been used in assessing the results of various environmental problems both physical and social. These volumes will be useful for geographers, geoscientists, hydrologists, landscape ecologists, environmentalists, engineers, planners and policy makers.