The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Disaster management aims to reduce catastrophic losses of disasters. Geographic information technologies support disaster management activities for effective and collaborative data management considering the complex nature of disasters. This study with an original conceptual approach aims to develop interoperable geographic data model and analysis tools to manage geographic data sets …
What the Act says The Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003, says there should be no sale of cigarettes or tobacco products within a radius of 100 m of educational institutes. No sale of tobacco products …
Availability of clean water and adequate sanitation facilities are of prime importance for limiting diarrheal diseases. We examined the spatial information on the groundwater quality and sanitation facilities of a village in southern India using Geographic Information System (GIS) tools. Place of residence, position of wells and latrines were mapped …
The tree census, started by civic body from August 24, 2014, is almost complete in Belapur. The agency, SAAR IT Resources Pvt Ltd, appointed by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, has counted 1,39,913 trees in Belapur till December 22. But officials are facing problems while acquiring permission to conduct the …
Punjab being a major agricultural state of India produces main crops such as paddy, wheat, pulses, barley, cotton, maize, arhar, mustard, rapeseed, sesamum, sugarcane and ground nut. Presently about half of the crop residue is being utilized for local needs like food for animals, home fuel and thatching materials. Remaining …
The international watershed codification system for the Indian River basin is proposed for the better water resource management & monitoring, river basin planning, innovative research in hydrology, and sustainable water resource development. Based on natural system, the sub-continent largest transboundary to mini-watershed boundaries have been delineated from SRTM, ASTER, & …
Air quality is an important subject of relevance in the context of present times because air is the prime resource for sustenance of life especially human health position. Then with the aid of vast sums of data about ambient air quality is generated to know the character of air environment …
Agro-Met Advisories- Helping Farmers Stay Ahead in the Weather Game, presentation given at Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) book launch of Rising to the Call - Good Practices of Climate Change Adaptation in India at IHC, New Delhi.
The study indicates that analysis of morphometric parameters with the help of geographic information system (GIS) would prove a viable method of characterizing the hydrological response behaviour of the watershed. It is also well observed that remote sensing satellite data is emerging as the most effective, time saving and accurate …
The Uttar Pradesh geology and mining department has mooted the idea of using satellite mapping and remote sensing techniques to tackle the menace of illegal mining in the state.In its proposal to the state government, the department has sought approval to use the Geographic Information System (GIS) technique in Mirzapur …
In yet another step to speed up green clearances, involving forest diversion proposals for infrastructure projects, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has asked the States to set up a land bank of degraded, non-degraded and non-forest land so that projects are not held up due to search for …
The NDA Government has plans to lay down water supply pipes from large dams to over 1,000 over-stressed blocks across the country, a first of its kind move that would ensure regular water availability to these water starved regions. The Union Ministry of Water and Sanitation has asked the States …
This report presents an approach to quantify the power generation potentials for solar and wind energy resources in Africa, as well as an estimation of the bioenergy potential from selected first-generation biofuel crops. The analysis is based on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data and has the aim to present a …
PUNE: Pune city is losing its green cover, thanks to the increasing number of slums and conversion of agriculture land into non agriculture for construction purpose. The issue of impact on gree cover has been highlighted in the latest Environment Status Report (ESR) of Pune Municipal Corporation. The ESR has …
Thane: A recent census of the tree population in Thane has revealed that the green cover here has exceeded 4.55 lakh. The tree tally in the city has recorded an impressive growth by more than 1.23 lakh trees as compared to the numbers recorded in the previous survey conducted in …
Setting a target of 5416 Ha (area) to be treated for Compensatory Afforestation during 2014-15, the Steering Committee of CAMPA headed by Chief Secretary, Mohammad Iqbal Khandey today approved an outlay of Rs 49 crore for the purpose. The Committee also gave approval to the annual plan of operation of …
Urban governance and housing for all are a challenge and states and union territories need to work together to achieve this goal, said Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu. Slum-free plan of action is the need of the hour, he said. The Minister was addressing the Conclave of Ministers of …
THANE: Four years after an agency submitted a detailed report on tree census to the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), the civic body is yet to make it public. The TMC had awarded the contract to a private agency to conduct a tree census using the sophisticated Geographic Information Systems (GIS) …
After a delay of over seven months, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will initiate its ambitious Water Improvement Development Project (WIDP) for equitable distribution and effective management of water supply in the city by July 15. Under the new project, the civic body plans to offer 10 services to the …
For the first time, the roughly 104 sq km Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) at Borivali will have a watershed management plan, set to improve the park’s water-retaining capacity. The plan will involve increasing the capacity of lakes Vihar and Tulsi, sources of drinking water for the city, by “stabilising …
