333
V
Vegetation condition index (VCI), 248, 253
Vegetation health (VH) product, 251
W
Warming, 4
Waste electrical and electronic equipment
(WEEE), 311, 312, 316, 317
Wastelands
Bansayer village, 301, 302
Barajor village, 300
cost effect, 303
cultivable wastelands, 303
development, 303
disabilities, 293
eco-friendly, 304
Geruapahari village, 299, 300
indigenous, 293, 294, 304
land utilization pattern, 294, 296
mining wastes, 298
objectives, 294
Riverine, 297
scrub lands, 303
selected sample villages, 304–306
Simjuri village, 302
spatial distribution, 298
study area, 294
time frame, 303
types, 303
typology, 295
Waste Management, 22–24
Water management systems, 282, 283
Water pollution
groundwater, 17
surface, 15–17
Water resource management, 53
Water scarcity, 3, 4
Water sharing, 70, 71
West Bengal, see Land erosion
Whole time period, 172
Wildlife corridor
Asian elephants, 75, 76
Chandil-Matha, 75–77
conservation-based efforts, 76
human-elephant conflict, 86, 87
hurdles to conservation, 78–80
Mahilong-Kalimati, 75–77
restoration and protection, 76
vegetation-based habitats, 75
World Economic Forum, 15, 19
World Meteorological Organization
(WMO), 18
Y
Yield anomaly index (YAI), 253, 259
Z
Zone-wise degree, 173
Zone-wise distribution, 172
Zone-wise entropy, 173
Zone-wise trend, 171
Index