Description
This book provides a unique opportunity to integrate the knowledge on regional-scale riverine reviews to local-scale case-studies, ranging from availability to pollution, national-level river management to transboundary governance. It is an unparalleled attempt to build the bridge between the science of rivers and its history and socio-politics, thus articulating the due credence of rivers from ancient civilizations to modern human societies. The chapters in this book are organized by the sub-sections of i) Hydrology, ii) Hydrosocial and iii) Hydro-heritage, thus providing a unique knowledge on the river studies for historians, scientists, planners, social scientists and policymakers, and are written by leading experts and researchers from across the globe.
Table of Contents
Preface.- 1. Environmental Flows and Their Assessment.- 2. Story of the Ganga River: Its Pollution and Rejuvenation.- Ganges Groundwater Interaction at Varanasi.- 4. Microbial Water Quality Assessment in River Ganga (Bihar).- 5. Vulnerability and Resilience Status of River Systems of North-Eastern India: A Special Reference to Brahmaputra.- 6. Flood Hazard of the Brahmaputra River in Assam: Current Mitigation Approaches, Challenges and Sustainable Solution Options.- 7. Integrated Simulation of Surfacewater-Groundwater (SW-GW) Interactions Using SWAT-MODFLOW (Case study: Shiraz Basin, Iran).- 8. Effect of Changing Climate on the Water Resources of Upper Jhelum Basin (UJB), India.- 9. Geogenic and Anthropogenic Impacts on the Water Quality of Cauvery River.- 10. Fluvio-dynamics and Groundwater System in the Narmada River Basin, India.- 11. Groundwater Resources in Punjab and Bist-Doab Area: An Appraisal and Overview.- 12. Environmental Flow Impacts on Water Quality of Peninsular River System: Tunga-Bhadra River, India.- 13. Relationships First: Introducing Phenomenological Research Methodology in Hydrosocial Scholarship.- 14. Socio-hydrology: A Holistic Approach to Water-Human Nexus in Large Riverine Islands of India, Bangladesh and Vietnam.- 15. Interlinking of Indian Rivers: Floated Myths, Flouted Realities.- 16. Dynamics of Transboundary River Conflicts vis-à-vis Nature Based Negotiated Approach (NBNA) Solution: Case Study River Teesta.- 17. A Deep Ecological Exploration of Indian River Systems: Review of Its Cultural Landscape and Triveni Sangam Case.- 18. Evolution of Water Management Practices in India.- 19. Implications of Geodynamics on Extinction of Vedic River Sarasvati.- 20. Evaluating Groundwater Sources and Dynamics along the Paleochannel Network of Northwest India Using Isotope Tracers.- 21. Delineation of Two Ancient Rivers (Chandrabhaga in Konark and Saradha in Puri, Odisha): A Multi-disciplinary Approach.- 22. Changing River Courses in Bengal (1780 to 2020).- 23. Investigating the Evolution of Architectural Elements and Patterns of New-urbanism along Ganga: A Case of Varanasi.- Index.
