Foreword .................................................... xi
Preface ................................................... xiii
I
Recent Trends in Geoinformatics
1 Advanced Digital Image Processing for the Analysis of
High Resolution Images ....................................... 3
K.M.M. Rao
2 Enhancing Pulse Production in Dryland Areas: A Perspective
Based on Geoinformatics Applications ........................ 19
S. Bandyopadhyay, S.K. Srivastava, V.S. Hegde and
V. Jayaraman
3 Use of High Resolution LISS III Images for Capacity
Assessment of Reservoirs in Maharashtra ..................... 33
A.M. Deshmukh, S.R. Vaijapurkar and S.K. Kalvit
4 High Resolution Satellite Imagery in Site Identification
for Telecommunication Networks .............................. 42
Shalini Ajayan, Deva Pratap, Siva Sankara Reddy and
P. Sreedhar Reddy
5 Estimation of Crop Evapotranspiration Using Remote Sensing
and GIS: A Case Study from Tarafeni Command ................. 53
P.K. Mishra and R. Saha
6 Orfhomap Accuracy Evaluation with Various Stereo
Restitution Models and Matching Techniques .................. 64
Hina Pande, Poonam Seth and Sushma Yadav
7 GIS and Health Management ................................... 82
Vijay Kumar Baraik
8 LISS III Data of IRS-1D and IRS-P6: A Comparative
Appraisal ................................................... 91
R.K. Sinha and Arabinda Sharma
9 Elephant Movement in Karra C.D. Block: A GIS Analysis ...... 102
Hari Shankar Gupta and M.S. Nathawat
II
Geoinformatics for Environmental Issues
10 Geoinformatics for Natural Hazards Mapping with
Focus on Seismotectonics: A Case Study from Haryana
State ...................................................... 123
Arvind Chandra Pandey
11 Study on Environmental Degradation Through High
Resolution Imagery in Eastern Part of Guwahati City,
Assam ...................................................... 138
A. Bora, A.D. Patgiri and R.N. Sharma
12 Role of Geoinformatics in Hazard Management for Better
Governance ................................................. 150
Kiran Kumar Vemula, Deva Pratap, K. Vindhya and Kiran
Kumar P.
13 Role of Geoinformatics in Micro-level Planning for
Natural Resources and Environmental Management ............. 159
G.P. Obi Reddy, A.K. Maji and K.S. Gajbhiye
14 Agroclimatic Regions of Jharkhand State .................... 174
Anuja Tigga and Hema Malini В.
15 Ecotopic Changes Due to Human Pressure on An Ecosystem:
A Geoinformatics Approach .................................. 184
Kirti Avishek and M.S. Nathawat
III
Geoinformatics for Rural and Urban Planning
16 Role of Geoinformatics in Biomass Management for
Resolving Energy Crisis in Rural Sector: A Case Study
From Singhbhum, Jharkhand .................................. 197
Deepak Srivastava
17 GIS/LIS in Land Use Planning and Rural Development ......... 206
Hira Lai Yadav
18 Geoinformatics System of Uttaranchal Using Indigenous GIS
Tool: Preliminary Results .................................. 211
J.S. Rawat, S. Naithani, G. Rawat, C.M.S. Adhikari and
V.S. Rawat
19 Use of GIS for Natural Resources and Environmental
Planning for Sustainable Rural Development: A Case Study ... 220
Sujit Choudhury and G.S. Chattopadhyay
20 Geo-Information Strategy for Rural Development: A Case
Study of Aurangabad District, Bihar ........................ 231
Kumar Ramjee Prasad Singh
21 Land Information System for Rural Development .............. 247
Rajiv Narayan
22 Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Rural Planning:
A Case Study of Ranchi District ............................ 254
Jitendra Shukla
23 GPS-GIS Integrated System for Dynamic Route Guidance ....... 263
U.C. Sahoo
24 Geoinformatics in Decentralized Planning: A Case Study ..... 273
P.S. Rathore
25 Application of Radar Data and Interferometry with Optical
Data in Urban Growth Sprawl Measurement in and around
Kolkata, West Bengal ....................................... 281
Tanima Sarkar and M.S. Nathawat
26 GIS-Based Drug Survey: A Case Study within Ranchi
Municipal Limits ........................................... 288
Subrata Ghosh and Richa N.K. Sharma
27 Enterprise GIS for Decentralized Planning .................. 293
Kamal Jain and Rahul Goel
28 Urban Land Use Pattern and Change Detection Studies of
Jaipur City Using Remote Sensing and GIS ................... 304
Rupali S. Mathur, M.S. Nathawat and M.P. Punia
IV
Geoinformatics for Natural Resources Mapping
29 Natural Resource Database Management in Margajo Watershed,
Upper Barakar Basin, Hazaribagh Using GRAM++ GIS ........... 327
Ashok Kumar
30 Land Use/Land Cover Mapping of Itanagar Circle, Papumpare
District, Arunachal Pradesh, Using Remote Sensing
Techniques ................................................. 350
S. Deb and A.D. Patgiri
31 Land Use/Land Cover Assessment and Change Detection
Analysis in a Part of Outer Garhwal Himalaya Using
Multi-Temporal Satellite Images ............................ 356
Md. Surabuddin Mondal, A.C. Pandey, Minakshi Kumar and
R.D. Garg
32 Water Resources Development in Hard Rock Terrain:
A Geoinformatics Approach .................................. 368
M.S. Nathawat, V.S. Rathore, A.K. Sinha and Praveen Kumar
33 Water Management System Using GIS .......................... 379
Sushil Kumar Singh and A.K. Singh
34 Characterization Soil Slope of Drought-Prone Residual
Chota Nagpur Plateau ....................................... 392
P.S. Arun, R. Jana and M.S. Nathawat
35 Topographic Analysis of a Hydrocarbon Bearing Folded
Sedimentary Terrain Around Mashimpur, Assam, Using Remote
Sensing and GIS ............................................ 411
P. Phukon, S. Phukan and A.A. Laskar
36 Soil Informatics and Degraded Land Management .............. 421
S. Chattopadhyay and O.N. Pandey
37 Application of Geoinformatics in Quantifying Water Supply
Status and its Futuristic Demand in and around Ranchi
City ....................................................... 426
Praveen Kumar, A.K. Sinha, M.S. Nathawat and A.K. Singh
38 Geomorphological Mapping in Parts of Dikrong Basin,
Papumpare District, Arunachal Pradesh, Using IRS IC/ID
PAN Data ................................................... 438
Swapna Acharjee
Contributors ............................................... 444
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