This edited book is a compilation of the
valuable contributions made by eminent scientists and research scholars, who are trying to
develop alternative strategies, solutions and
models for sustainable water resources development through various research, monitoring and
experiments ranging from regional to global
scale. This edition would be of immense use to
the policymakers, environmentalists, ecologists,
academician and research scholars for water
resources management. Chapter 1 of the book is
devoted to our Guru (Mentor) Prof. R. B. Singh
by Prof. Shouraseni Sen Roy while Chap. 2
discusses the introduction of the book by Bindhy
Wasini Pandey and Subhash Anand.
The next chapter (Chap. 3) by Volchak and
Parfomuk discusses the runoff of the Neman
River Basin in Belarus and Lithuania focusing on
climatic factors as well as anthropogenic factor to
be responsible for the change in the runoff.
Changes in river water runoff for the Neman river
basin using two scenarios of economic development and climate change (A1B and B1) were
forecasted. The data sources are based on the
materials taken from 24 hydrological stations
from 1961 till 2009 and 23 meteorological stations from 1961 up to 2010 at the Neman River.
They have used Mezentsev’s method for the
hydrological climatic calculations. They described that the A1B scenario indicates the increase
of runoff from 7.4% to 33.9%. Scenario B1 has
shown the change in runoff from 1.9% to 21.6%.
Integrated Water Resources Management
(IWRM) has increasingly become an essential
rallying theme for addressing the governance and
management of water resources. They have also
discussed how IWRM is perceived in southern
Africa and the challenges for applying this concept in water resources governance and management within the region. Using the case study
of Zimbabwe; they also have discussed the
ongoing debate about the extent to which the
implementation of IWRM has succeeded in the
country. However, at the grassroots community
level, the implementation of IWRM is constrained due to limited choices that these communities have. Due to poverty and
impoverishment, these communities depend
directly on land-based resources for their livelihood. Many of which lead to environmental
degradation, which in turn undermines the
availability of water in the environment (Chap. 4,
Mukwada et al.).
Salahuddin in her chapter (Chap. 5) on ‘urban
heat island growth and health hazard in the
megacity of Hyderabad’ concluded that a linear
relationship between the city size and the heat
island growth. As Hyderabad has the largest
urban sprawl among the Peninsular Indian cities,
it has also recorded a considerable daytime and
even higher nocturnal transition in the heat island
intensity. Nocturnal urban heat island intensity
has been recorded higher than the daytime effect.
Urban Heat Island prevents the nocturnal
radioactive cooling, which renders it more
uncomfortable. Chapter 6 by Jana and Mondal on
‘Physical environmental impact assessment of
flood: A case study of lower DarakeswarMundeswari interfluve in West Bengal’, discussed flood which is most natural disasters in
the humid tropics, especially, in India. It has been
estimated that 42.43% of the total area of the
state is flood-prone. They have focused on the
assessment of the physical environmental
impacts of flood in Darakeswar-Mundeswari
interfluve in Hugli District of West Bengal. The
possible relevant measures toward reducing the
magnitude of flood impact have also been suggested. It has been found that the anthropogenic
activities such as building activity and eventual
urbanization, channel manipulation through the
diversion of the course of the river, construction
of bridges, barrages and reservoirs, agricultural
practices, deforestation, land use changes, etc.
are major factors responsible behind the occurrence of flood in the study area.
Chapter 7 by Kirsta and Puzanov analyzed
water quality management runoff, which
involves mathematical models to assess quantitatively the hydrological and hydrochemical
processes in river basins. They have emphasized
on the models, which can take into account both
temporal and spatial effects of natural and
anthropogenic (if any) factors on hydrological
and hydrochemical regimes of rivers. They have
also discussed about the calculation of the
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7
valuable contributions made by eminent scientists and research scholars, who are trying to
develop alternative strategies, solutions and
models for sustainable water resources development through various research, monitoring and
experiments ranging from regional to global
scale. This edition would be of immense use to
the policymakers, environmentalists, ecologists,
academician and research scholars for water
resources management. Chapter 1 of the book is
devoted to our Guru (Mentor) Prof. R. B. Singh
by Prof. Shouraseni Sen Roy while Chap. 2
discusses the introduction of the book by Bindhy
Wasini Pandey and Subhash Anand.
The next chapter (Chap. 3) by Volchak and
Parfomuk discusses the runoff of the Neman
River Basin in Belarus and Lithuania focusing on
climatic factors as well as anthropogenic factor to
be responsible for the change in the runoff.
Changes in river water runoff for the Neman river
basin using two scenarios of economic development and climate change (A1B and B1) were
forecasted. The data sources are based on the
materials taken from 24 hydrological stations
from 1961 till 2009 and 23 meteorological stations from 1961 up to 2010 at the Neman River.
They have used Mezentsev’s method for the
hydrological climatic calculations. They described that the A1B scenario indicates the increase
of runoff from 7.4% to 33.9%. Scenario B1 has
shown the change in runoff from 1.9% to 21.6%.
Integrated Water Resources Management
(IWRM) has increasingly become an essential
rallying theme for addressing the governance and
management of water resources. They have also
discussed how IWRM is perceived in southern
Africa and the challenges for applying this concept in water resources governance and management within the region. Using the case study
of Zimbabwe; they also have discussed the
ongoing debate about the extent to which the
implementation of IWRM has succeeded in the
country. However, at the grassroots community
level, the implementation of IWRM is constrained due to limited choices that these communities have. Due to poverty and
impoverishment, these communities depend
directly on land-based resources for their livelihood. Many of which lead to environmental
degradation, which in turn undermines the
availability of water in the environment (Chap. 4,
Mukwada et al.).
Salahuddin in her chapter (Chap. 5) on ‘urban
heat island growth and health hazard in the
megacity of Hyderabad’ concluded that a linear
relationship between the city size and the heat
island growth. As Hyderabad has the largest
urban sprawl among the Peninsular Indian cities,
it has also recorded a considerable daytime and
even higher nocturnal transition in the heat island
intensity. Nocturnal urban heat island intensity
has been recorded higher than the daytime effect.
Urban Heat Island prevents the nocturnal
radioactive cooling, which renders it more
uncomfortable. Chapter 6 by Jana and Mondal on
‘Physical environmental impact assessment of
flood: A case study of lower DarakeswarMundeswari interfluve in West Bengal’, discussed flood which is most natural disasters in
the humid tropics, especially, in India. It has been
estimated that 42.43% of the total area of the
state is flood-prone. They have focused on the
assessment of the physical environmental
impacts of flood in Darakeswar-Mundeswari
interfluve in Hugli District of West Bengal. The
possible relevant measures toward reducing the
magnitude of flood impact have also been suggested. It has been found that the anthropogenic
activities such as building activity and eventual
urbanization, channel manipulation through the
diversion of the course of the river, construction
of bridges, barrages and reservoirs, agricultural
practices, deforestation, land use changes, etc.
are major factors responsible behind the occurrence of flood in the study area.
Chapter 7 by Kirsta and Puzanov analyzed
water quality management runoff, which
involves mathematical models to assess quantitatively the hydrological and hydrochemical
processes in river basins. They have emphasized
on the models, which can take into account both
temporal and spatial effects of natural and
anthropogenic (if any) factors on hydrological
and hydrochemical regimes of rivers. They have
also discussed about the calculation of the
2 Sustainable Development Goal Series …
7