Research Catalog

Title

Cumulative environmental impact assessment / T.V. Ramachandra [and others].

Publication

New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2006], ©2006.

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Additional Authors

Ramachandra, T. V.

Description

xi, 371 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 27 cm

Subject

Cumulative effects assessment (Environmental assessment)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ecosystems and Sustainable Development -- Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA): Overview -- Cumulative Environmental Impacts Assessment (CEIA) -- CEIA versus EIA -- Ch. 2. Aquatic Ecosystems -- Ecosystems -- Status of Rivers and River Basins: Ecological Integrators of Environmental Conditions -- Effects of Human Induced Changes in the Catchment on River Hydrology -- Developmental Activities in River Basins: Reservoirs and Dams -- River Valley Projects and Impact Assessments in India -- Environmental Factors Considered in EIA and CEIA of River Valley Projects -- Ecosystem Management -- Land-Cover and Land-Use Dynamics and Landscape Ecology -- Cumulative Environmental Impact Assessment in River Valley Projects -- Case Study: Sharavathi Hydroelectric Projects, Sharavathi River Basin, Western Ghats -- Ch. 3. Cumulative Environmental Impact Assessment: Methodology -- Landscape Dynamics: Land-Cover and Land-Use Analyses -- Hydrological Studies -- Socio-Economic Survey -- Terrestrial Ecosystem: Biodiversity -- Aquatic Ecosystems: Biodiversity -- Stream Insect Communities -- Water, Soil and Sediment Quality Assessment -- Ch. 4. Results -- Landscape Dynamics: Land-Cover and Land-Use Analyses -- Hydrological Analysis -- Estimated mean annual rainfall (mm) for the sub-basins of Sharavathi downstream region -- Socio-economic, Community and Institutional Structures -- Biodiversity: Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems -- Water, Soil and Sediment Characteristics -- Ch. 5. Management Strategies -- Management Strategies Based on Cumulative Environmental Impact Assessment -- Landscape Dynamics: Land-Cover, Land-Use, Landslide and Forest Fragmentation -- Hydrological Studies -- Water Characterisation -- Soil and Sediment Characterization -- Soil Erosion and Siltation -- Vegetation -- Freshwater Ecosystems -- Coastal and Marine Ecosystems -- Terrestrial Ecosystems -- Eco-Management Plan Agricultural Biodiversity -- Energy and Socio-economic Studies -- Annexure I. Environmental Impact Assessment Notification -- Annexure II. Shimoga District.

ISBN

• 1594549516
• 9781594549519

LCCN

• 2005037787
• 99819115122

OCLC

• 63107955
• ocm63107955
• SCSB-9253930

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Columbia University Libraries