Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgment
• Section 1
• Techniques of Remote Sensing and GIS for Environmental Applications
• Chapter 1
• Identification of Geospatial Objects Using Spectral Pattern
• Chapter 2
• Land Surface Temperature Estimation and Urban Heat Island Detection: A Remote Sensing Perspective
• Chapter 3
• A Review of Outline on Spectroscopic vis-a-vis Geochemical Study of Earth Analogues for Mars
• Chapter 4
• Improving the Efficiency of Image Interpretation Using Ground Truth Terrestrial Photographs
• Table of Contents
• Chapter 5
• Development of Web GIS Based Framework for Public Health Management System Using ERDAS Apollo 2010
• Section 2
• Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS for Environmental Monitoring
• Chapter 6
• Debris Flow Modelling and Risk Assessment of Selected Landslides from Uttarakhand- Case Studies using Earth Observation Data
• Chapter 7
• Space-Time Integrated Landslide Hazard Zonation near Tehri Dam in Uttarakhand, India: Integrated Landslide Hazard Zonation
• Chapter 8
• Land Use - Terrain Correlations in the Piedmont Tract of Eastern India: A Case Study of the Dulung River Basin
• Chapter 9
• Remote Sensing Techniques and Its Application in Arid Zones of India
• Chapter 10
• Applications of Active Remote Sensing Technologies for Natural Disaster Damage Assessments
• Chapter 11
• Site-Suitability Analysis for the Identification of Potential Sites to Construct Rain Water Harvesting Systems
• Chapter 12
• Role of Remote Sensing in Potential Fishing Zone Forecast
• Chapter 13
• Wildlife Habitat Evaluation
• Chapter 14
• Measuring Dynamics of Ecological Footprint as an Index of Environmental Sustainability at the Regional Level using Geospatial Information Technology: Measuring Ecological Footprint Using GIS
• Compilation of References
• About the Contributors
• Index

About the Author

Abhisek Santra is an Associate Professor of Remote Sensing in the Department of Civil Engineering, Haldia Institute of Technology. He is the founder coordinator of Geoinformatics Cell in the same institute. He has more than 10 years of teachingand research experience in the field of Remote Sensing and GIS. He has published more than 15 research articles in reputed peer reviewed journals and proceedings of national and international repute. He has also published one book and one book chapter in his field of expertise. Presently, Dr. Santra is in the editorial board member of three international journals and an active evaluator of Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India funded research projects. His research areas of interest are environmental modeling, calibration and validation of earth observation data, thermal remote sensing and urban utility mapping. He is currently engaged in several government funded projects.