River System Analysis and Management  [electronic resource] /
Sharma, Nayan.editor.
The main thrust of this book is focused on addressing the various interrelated processes, analysis and activities bearing upon sound river management. River basins are complex systems. They are open systems with sometimes ill-defined boundaries. It refers to various aspects essential to achieve a sustainable development of river basins, including water demand and river management, intensified erosion, land water degradation and stream flow pollution which call for appropriate river restoration and training measures. A viable theory for river management must reconcile the various processes that occur at different scales in order to develop a knowledge base by synthesizing research and field studies results. The book is intended to augment the knowledge base of behaviour of rivers and analyse the issues related to rivers so as to develop river system management techniques emerging from in-depth scientific analysis as a priority. This book pools together the expertise, the in-depth knowledge and the experience of the people representing different disciplines bearing on the related aspects of analysis and management of river systems. Audience The book is expected to be useful to academics, practitioners, scientists, water managers, environmentalists, administrators, researchers and students who are involved and have stakes in water management and river system analysis.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
1. Introduction -- Part 1: Sediment Transport -- 2. Forest Impact on Flood Peak Discharge and Sediment Yield in Stream Flow -- 3. On the Physical and Operational Rationality of Data-Driven Models for Suspended Sediment Prediction in Rivers -- 4. Sediment dynamics in a large alluvial river: Characterization of materials and processes and management challenges -- 5. Sediment Runoff Modelling Using ANNs In An Eastern Himalayan Basin, India -- Part 2. Land Use and Climate -- 6. River Basin Impact Assessment of Changing Land Use and Climate by Applying the ILWRM Approach in Africa and Asia -- 7. Analysis of Climate Variability in A part of Brahmaputra River Basin in India -- Part 3. River Hydraulics -- 8. Local Scour -- 9. Emerging Methodologies for Turbulence Characterization in River Dynamics Study -- Part 4. River Modelling -- 10. Prospects of Modelling and Morpho-Dynamic Study for Brahmaputra River -- 11. Development of a Fuzzy Flood Forecasting Model for Downstream of Hirakud Reservoir of Mahanadi Basin, India -- 12. Distributed Hydrological Modelling under Hypothetical Climate Change Scenario for a Sub-Basin of the Brahmaputra River -- Part 5. River Training -- 13. River Management with Submerged Vanes -- 14. Behavior and Training of River Near Bridges and Barrages - Some Case Studies -- 15. Design Development and Field Application of RCC Jack Jetty and Trail Dykes for River Training -- 16. Kusaha Breach Closure of River Kosi - A Case Study -- Part 6. Water Quality And Ecology -- 17. Preliminary Assessment and Attempt to Maintain Minimum Ecological Flows in Upper and Middle Ganga River -- Part 7. Transboundary River Issues -- 18. Opportunities and Challenges in the Transboundary Koshi River Basin -- 19. Hydropolitics in Transboundary Water Conflict and Cooperation -- Part 8. Disaster Management -- 20. Flood Disaster Management.
The main thrust of this book is focused on addressing the various interrelated processes, analysis and activities bearing upon sound river management. River basins are complex systems. They are open systems with sometimes ill-defined boundaries. It refers to various aspects essential to achieve a sustainable development of river basins, including water demand and river management, intensified erosion, land water degradation and stream flow pollution which call for appropriate river restoration and training measures. A viable theory for river management must reconcile the various processes that occur at different scales in order to develop a knowledge base by synthesizing research and field studies results. The book is intended to augment the knowledge base of behaviour of rivers and analyse the issues related to rivers so as to develop river system management techniques emerging from in-depth scientific analysis as a priority. This book pools together the expertise, the in-depth knowledge and the experience of the people representing different disciplines bearing on the related aspects of analysis and management of river systems. Audience The book is expected to be useful to academics, practitioners, scientists, water managers, environmentalists, administrators, researchers and students who are involved and have stakes in water management and river system analysis.
Water pollution.
Aquatic ecology .
Environmental health.
Ecosystems.
Biodiversity.
Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.
Freshwater & Marine Ecology.
Water and Health.
Ecosystems.
Biodiversity.