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Issues and challenges of child rights: A theoretical discourse on the role of Government
Authors:   entre for Regional Studies, School of Social Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Rao V Srinivasa , Thomas K J
Published: October 2022

There are several child right issues that need to be addressed in India. The people in India need awareness and education on these rights. Parents play a crucial role in the protection of child rights in any society. Proper awareness among the children about their rights makes a significant change. School education can play a vital role in educating the children about their rights, including their right to education. Stringent laws need to be framed and executed to protect the rights of the child. Though child right is a common concern for most of the countries in the world, the strategist protect the child right differs from country to country. Child protection service seems to be the most pro-active approach to safe guard the rights of the children. The practice of child right has undergone significant changes during the last century. The rights and welfare of children depended on specific values of the society in India. It is only during the 12th century, the concept of child rights emerged in most of the countries. A critical review of child protection would help the policy makers in India to broaden the knowledge about the existing structures and child protection services. In this view, the present paper discusses the theoretical perspective of child rights in India. Keywords: Child rights; child protection; government; society
Population growth trend and distribution in Karnataka state
Authors:   Geography, Vijayanagar P.U. College, Vidyanagar, Hubballi-31, Gadad Ashok , Biradar S I
Published: October 2022

Growth of population in any region is a function of fertility, mortality and migration processes. It is a total number of persons inhabiting a region. Overpopulation, under-population and optimum population in any region is directly linked with the resource balance of a region that includes the available resource use, development, depletion, waste and degradation etc. Thus the studies on population growth of a region appears to be significant in order to make decisions to maintain a healthy balance between man and resources. Geographically the Karnataka state forms a part of the table land of Deccan plateau of peninsular India. Karnataka state with a population of 6,10,95,297 (2011) retains 9th rank in India’s population of 1,21,05,69,573 (2011), and has been experienced fluctuations in its growth trend. It is in view of these growth fluctuations the researchers have made an attempt to analyse the population growth trend in Karnataka. However, the analysis in this paper is a compilation of available information. Keywords: Population Growth Trend; Man-resource balance
A geographical study of livestock resources in Goa 1988-2016
Authors:   Geography, Shree Mallikarjun and Chetan manju desai college, Canacona, goa, Hiremath C P
Published: October 2022

Livestock is one of the prominent resources, people soon realised the importance of livestock (animals) in their life and started to domesticate to fulfill the needs of multiple nature from the resource. The rearing of domesticated and semi domesticated animals has prominent expectations of direct and indirect nature viz dairy, farm activities, food, industry related products i.e. wool, fur, hair, feather etc. to extract and to satisfy the needs. This resource plays avital role in the lively hood of people in general and economic development of the people of a region/nation in particular. Moreover, the demand for protein derived from livestock products added more attention towards the resource in the world, which account for about two-thirds output in the developed as well as developing world apart from economic and cultural role in a region.The study area displays selectivelivestock resources and its distribution i.e. cattle, buffaloes, pigs, and other animals. One of the reasons was to explore spatial distribution and growth within the taluks. The presence of livestock in the state had noticed variation in bothfrom 1988 - 2016.The prevailing facts reveal that talukawise and year wise distribution of livestock in the state confined to interior taluks vizSattari, Sanguem, Canacona and Quepem. In these taluks rearing of livestock was meant for farm activities, later on the attention of the people leads to intensify the same to get gainful employment and to supplement the economic standard through milk, manure, and sale at the time of urgency. In course of time people found out the scope in dairy farming, market-based livestock rearing with the incentives by the government, and cooperation by the fellow people etc have led people of the rural settlements to explore the resource. Keywords: Livestock; resource distribution spatial/temporal variation
Spatial distribution of infrastructure facility in Mandya district
Authors:   Maharaja’s College, University of Mysore, Mysore, Karnataka, India, Bindumathi S
Published: October 2022

Infrastructure is a fundamental facility and systems serving the city or any other area. The services and facilities are necessary for economic development and socio-economic studies how economic activity affects social processes. In general, it analyzes how societies progress, stagnate, or regress because of their local or regional economy. Socioeconomics is sometimes used as an umbrella term with different usages. The present study is concentrate on infrastructure facilities on Mandya district and its help for study the socio economic condition of the study region. Data is based on secondary source, collected form district statistical office, Mandya. This study area is situated on southern part of Karnataka, and the area having seven taluks i.e., Nagamangala, Krishnarajapet, Malavalli, Mandya, Maddur, Pandavapura and Srirangapatana. Keywords: Infrastructure; Mandya district; study area; Nagamangala; Malsvalli; Mddur; Pandavapura; Srirangapatna taluks
Changes in Cropping Pattern of Karnataka state: A Geographical Analysis
Authors:   Department of Geography, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, India, Satnami Dipsikha , Surendra P
Published: October 2022

Cropping pattern means the production of area under various crops at a point of time. It is dynamic concept because no cropping pattern can be said to be ideal for all times to a particular region. It changes in space and time with a view to meet requirements and is governed largely by the physical as well as cultural and technological factors. The change in cropping pattern in particular span of time clearly indicates the changes that have taken place in the agricultural development. These changes are brought about by socioeconomic influence. The cropping pattern explain from agriculture crops and changes are analyzed. Two sets of data (2003-2004 and 2017-2018) were taken in this study. Secondary data’s are collected and analyzed by cropping pattern. Keywords: Cropping Pattern; Paddy; Ragi; Jowar; Bajra; Maize; Wheat; Pulses; Sugar Cane and Cotton
A Study on Scoio-economic Aspects of Criminals in Tiruchirappalli City, Tamil Nadu
Authors:   Department of Geography, Periyar E.V.R. College (Autonomous),   (Affiliated   to Bharathidasan University), Tiruchirappalli, 620023, India, Santhi P Mary , Balaselvakumar S , Kumaraswamy K
Published: October 2022

This article is an attempt to study the socio-economic characteristics of criminals in Tiruchirappalli city like the investigation of family size of the criminals, residential location, gender, age, religions, education, occupation, income and motivation of crimes. The socioeconomic characteristics reveal that 84% of the criminals were in the age group of 20 years and above, 50% of the criminals indulged in criminal activity for 2- 4 years, thieves and automobile thieves were high with 43% while motives of criminals were drinking, drug-habits and thirst for leading a luxurious life with 54.3%. Moral education with the co-operation of parents, counselling and guidance by social reformers and psychiatrists will help the criminals to improve their characters and change their behaviour which will in return reduce the occurrence of crimes of various types. Keywords: Criminals; Socioeconomic characteristics; Crime occurrences Moral education; counselling
Spatio-Temporal Distribution Urban Centres: A Case Study of Karnataka State
Authors:   Department of Geography, Bangalore University, Bangalore, Ramanna G , Hanjagi Ashok D
Published: October 2022

Karnataka is the seventh largest urbanized state in India with 38.67% of urban population as of 2011. This paper is based on both primary and secondary data and the secondary data are collected from various government organizations Rural and Urban population composition is one of the important indicators of demographic composition. The trend in which the towns and cities of Karnataka expanded and the urban agglomeration in the last two decades are given emphasis in this paper. Keywords: Urban agglomeration; urban primacy; urbanization
Spatial Distribution of Population in Mysore City: Using Geographical Information System
Authors:   Department of Geography, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Kumar R Shiva , Shivaram M R , Jayalakshmi S H
Published: October 2022

Urban population increasing rapidly day by day in all over the countries. This study is mainly focusing on Mysore city’s total population distribution in 2011. Each ward-wise population is classified by High, Moderate, and Low category. And also classified male and female population distribution in Mysore city. In this study, methods are using secondary data collected from the census of India and with the help of GIS software techniques used for prepared population distribution maps. the results show that the distribution of Male and Female Population dominate in Northern part of the Mysore city and Low Population dominates in Middle of the Mysore city. Keywords: Population; wardwise; Geographic Information System; Mysore City
District-Wise Industrial Progress Indicators and Industrial Disparity in Karnataka
Authors:   Geography, G.F.G.C, Vijayanagara, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Srinivas .
Published: October 2022

Karnataka is one amongst the industrially developed States in the Country. The State has all potential to stand out on the fore front and has been focusing on development of industries, trade and service sectors. The State Government understands that the challenges poised due to global economic recession have to be addressed to promote economic growth of the State. A stimulus to boost economic activities needs to be given to sustain the current pace of overall development. Further, the State is endowed with rich natural resources across the State and such resources need to be optimally utilized for the benefit of local people. Value addition to resources is one of the ways of optimizing the wealth available locally. This will also help ensure uniform spread of industries and economic activities throughout the State and will accelerate the pace of development especially in the districts of North Karnataka. Through these measures, the Government would be able to readdress the serious issue of regional imbalances in development. The State Government realizes the limitation of agriculture sector to generate large scale employment to the local youths. About 56% of the State’s workforce is estimated to contribute 19.13% of the GSDP. It is the agreed fact that, the manufacturing sector has high potential to create maximum employment that too, to all sections and levels of job aspirants. The State of Karnataka, confined roughly within 11◦35’ North and 18◦30’ North latitudes and 74◦5’ East and 78◦35’ East longitudes, is situated on a tableland where the Western and Eastern Ghat ranges converge into the Nilgiri hill complex. Karnataka is a state in the southern part of India. The main aim of this study is to comprehend the Industrial disparities of districts in Karnakata from 2001-2011. The data was obtained from the statistical department of Karnataka to know the spatial disparity of Industry progress of industrial sector was discussed.
Agricultural Land Distribution and Irrigation Potentiality: A Case Study of Guntur District, A.P
Authors:   Department of Geography, S.V.U, Tirupathi, 517501, India, Chendrayudu N , Gopinath G S Srinivasa
Published: October 2022

Agriculture is the most important sector of Indian Economy. Indian agriculture sector accounts for 18 per cent of India’s gross domestic product (GDP) and provides employment to 50% of the countries workforce. India is the world’s largest producer of Pulses, Paddy, Wheat, Spices and spice products. Andhra Pradesh is with agriculture as a major source of income for about 60% of its population. In the last 70 years, the annual growth rate of agriculture has been 2.88%, which is far below the target growth of 4% per annum. Even today maximum percentage of land and water resource potentiality is under the hands of few farmers (Forward caste) followed by Backward caste farmers, where as Schedule caste and Schedule Tribes farmers are the marginalized agricultural social groups. This situation has caused the disparities among farmers agricultural land and irrigation water potentiality. The present paper examined intraregional disparities in agriculture land holdings and irrigation potentiality in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh. Keywords: Agriculture; Irrigation; Land distribution; Gross Domestic Product (GDP); Schedule Caste; Schedule Tribes
Road transportation and telecommunication in Karnataka
Authors:   Department of Geography, G.F.G.C, Vijayanagara, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Srinivas .
Published: October 2022

Infrastructure is the basic physical and organizational structure needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function. It can be generally defined as the set of interconnected structural elements that provide a framework supporting an entire structure of development. It is an important term for judging a country or region’s development. The main aims of this study is to know the transportation and telecommunication development in Karnataka. The data was obtained from the statistical department of Karnataka. To know the spatial disparity of road transportation progress and Telecommunication in Karnataka. Infrastructure development is one of the main key for the region development. Hence, to understand road transportation and telecommunication development study was carried out. Keywords: Transportation; Telecommunication; BSNL
The Plight of Tribal Livelihood in the Context of Globalisation
Authors:   Centre for Regional Studies, School of Social Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, Rao V Srinivasa , Manasa Boya Sree
Published: October 2022

Most of the scheduled tribes live in rural areas, and their livelihood mainly depends on agriculture and forest. Forest and forest-based products remain as their primary resource subsistence. Their pattern of shifting cultivation replaced with settle farming. After the introduction of globalisation, the Indian economy opened its exports and imports to the global market. In the process, the intervention of non-tribal community to the tribal regions has become as one of the problematic policy issues to the traditional tribal communities. The traditional livelihood practices of the scheduled tribes in India affected due to extraction of natural resources. The state controls most of the natural resources that existed in the tribal regions without the consent of the local community. In the context of globalisation and its trajectories across the tribal regions, the current paper discusses how globalisation affects the traditional livelihood practices of the scheduled tribes in India. Keywords: Tribal; Globalization; Forest
Mapping Population Literacy Rate Distribution in Mysore City
Authors:   Department of Geography, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Kumar R Shiva , Shivaram M R , Jayalakshmi S H
Published: October 2022

Literacy is the first step towards independence, towards freedom from social and economic limitations. It is the prerequisite for development, both individual and collective. It reduces poverty and inequality, creates wealth, and helps to eradicate problems of nutrition and public health. This study is primarily concentrating on classified number of population literacy rate distribution in Mysore city in 2011. Each ward-wise population classified by High, Medium and Low category. In this study methods are using secondary data collected from census of India and with the help of GIS software techniques used for prepared population distribution maps. The Highest Literacy rate ward in Mysore City is Thonachikoppal 89.99 and the lowest Literacy rate ward in Mysore City is Ghousia Nagar 59.82. Keywords: Literacy; Population; wardwise; Geographic Information System; Mysore City
GENDER BASED ASSESSMENT OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN MYSORE CITY
Authors:   Department of Geography, Jnanabharathi Campus, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Kumar R Shiva
Published: October 2022

Road Traffic Accidents (RTA) are growing is an alarming rate throughout the world. The present paper has tried to mapping and analysis the road traffic accidents male and female occupants within Mysore City in the year 2013. The secondary data were collected relating to accidents registered with Krishnaraja, Devaraja and Narasimaraja Traffic Police stations in Mysore city. During one-year study period of Mysore city 2013 occurs 902 cases of road traffic accidents. There are 768 Male occupants and 205 Female occupants road traffic accident has plotted within Mysore city used Arc Gis 10.3 software. In adding, a determination also made to know the percentage of cause of male and female occupants road traffic accidents. Keywords: occupants; road traffic accidents; GIS
DECLINING SEX RATIO AT BIRTH IN INDIA: IMPLICATION OF SEX DETERMINATION TECHNOLOGY MISUSE
Authors:   Department of Geography, S.V. University, Tirupati, 517502, Andhra Pradesh, India, Chendrayudu N , Prabhavathamma C
Published: October 2022

The paper examined decline sex ratio at birth in India and its major states. Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) refereed to male births per female births. As of 2014, the global sex ratio at birth was estimated at 107 boys to 100 girls. At present, declining sex ratio at birth deemed to be a silent emergency. But the crisis emerged as real, and its persistence has profound and frightening implications for society and the future of humankind. Keywords: Sex Ratio at Birth; Child Sex Ratio; Sex Determination Tests and Female Foetus Abortions
WOMEN EMIGRATION AND ITS IMPACT ON THEIR FAMILIES IN GOA : A CASE STUDY OF USGAO VILLAGE
Authors:   Department of Geography and Research Centre, Government College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Khandola-Marcela, 403107, Goa, India, Pereira Daffnie , Afonso Arina , Nemika Vijaya , Rath Prabir Kumar
Published: October 2022

Emigration is the relocation of the people from one country to another. In last two decades or so, increased number of woman migrants has gone abroad. In India, female migration is closely interconnected with the male migration indicating that women accompany men after marriage. In Goa, migration of women to industrialized developed countries and the Middle East countries is on the rise mostly to the United Kingdom followed by the countries of Middle East. The study was conducted to determine emigration of women and its impact on the life of their families left behind in Usgao village of Dharbandora Taluka of Goa. The study is carried out using primary data obtained from administration of questionnaires and personal interviews supplemented by secondary data. Women emigration has prevailed in the age group of 20- 45 years, which comprises of both married and unmarried woman. Low wages in the home country and the demand for female labour in the foreign countries offering high wages are the main push and pull factors of international migration of women from the study area. Women emigration has added income level of the family and has enhanced the standard of living among the emigrating families. It has left its drawbacks such as emigration of women has made the life of the children and the elderly members of the family difficult as the migrant women used to take care of all the members of the family in general and children and elderly in particular in addition, they were handling all the household affairs of the family. Emigration of women thus, has increased women’s access to economic resources and has improved their autonomy and status but its negative impact on the families is significant. Keywords: women migration; emigration; remittances; better standard of living; emotion
REGIONAL IMBALANCES IN THE LEVEL OF LITERACY IN KARNATAKA: VITAL INPUTS FOR POLICY FORMATION TO BRIDGE THE GAP
Authors:   Assistant Advisor, NAAC, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Kamble D K , Patil A M , Joshi Prasanna B
Published: October 2022

Human resources constitute the ultimate basis for the wealth of nations. The principal institutional mechanism for developing human skill and knowledge is the formal educational systems. Education is a key factor for the rapid development of a country. Education is the best foundation for any civilized society. It challenges the face of a nation and plays a pivotal role in development. Education is the prime agent to bring desirable modifications in the knowledge, skill and sensitivity of human beings. It is a catalytic factor which can be used as an instrument of developing or producing required skilled manpower. Inequalities between the educational levels of different groups have been both the cause and the effect of the differentials between their levels of socio-economic development. This is especially true of the levels of literacy, which provides the essential pre-condition for educational development. With a view to unravel the complexities in the process of diffusion of literacy, the analysis in the present paper is concerned with the identification, measurement and explanation of inequities in territorial distribution of literacy Keywords: Regional Imbalance; Literacy; Manpower
EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS AS A REDUCTION FACTOR OF SUICIDE RATE
Authors:   Department of Geography, Kannur University, Kerala, India, Bindu K B
Published: October 2022

Suicide is one of the major causes of unnatural death worldwide. As per World Health Organization (WHO, 2018) statistics, about 800,000 people commit suicide every year and of these 135,000 are Indians. The suicidal rate in India is on its increasing trend for the past 20 years in which the suicidal cases from the southern Indian states are recorded chronically high. Among south Indian states, Kerala is noted for its declining trend of suicide recently. There are many factors for such decline among which the increasing trend of educational awareness is a dominant factor. The present research is based on assessment of educational awareness and its influence on suicide attempters in Kerala. The study is purely based on the suicide survivors who attempted to end up their life but due to on time medical availability, care and support from family members and society were able to come back to normal life. The snow ball sampling and questionnaire method were used to collect details regarding suicide attempters. The study reveals the fact that suicide is purely a psychological attempt to kill oneself and cannot be predicted at what age or at what time a person undergo this psychological phenomena. There are several measures that can be adopted to mentally and physically treat a person and bring back to normal life among which education awareness in the form of school education, family education, religious education, social education and spiritual education is most effective one. The study further suggests that a person should not only be educated materialistically but also spiritually to understand the importance of life and his / her importance in a family, community and nation. Keywords: Suicide; Education; Suicide rate; Kerala
COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF THE POPULATION AND LAND RATIO IN HAVERI DISTRICT
Authors:   Department of Geography, Shri Kumareshwar Arts & Commerce College, Hangal, Haveri, 581104, Karnataka, India, Holer Prakash B
Published: October 2022

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DISTRIBUTION OF TRANSPORTATION IN THEMUZIRIS HERITAGE SITES OF KERALA
Authors:   Department of Geography, SSUS, Kalady, Kerala, India, Vishnupriya . , Lancelet T S
Published: October 2022

Tourism Geography always covers a wide range of interests including the studies of heritage tourism activities with spatial distribution and infrastructure. Cultural attractions with natural settings are the major attractions of North Paravur and Kodungalloor areas of middle Kerala, they are popularly known as Muziris Site. This area is famous for heritage tourist destinations with well distributed drainage channels which support cultural exchange of different people from the ancient time itself. Therefore almost all the sites are well connected with adjacent water bodies and road networks. The main aim of the paper is to analyze spatial distribution of all heritages sites and its accessibility. Geo- tourism components distributed especially in the heritage attractions in association with enough connectivity are the main theme of this study. The data collection methods like Field observation, GPS survey, and interviews have used to complete the study. The geospatial techniques using Arc GIS has been used for the fulfillment of maps. There is a vital relationship between transport and tourism which forms the basis of the heritage tourism industry in the study area. It can be done to ensure that individual attractions and organizations can operate a number of sites develop in their travel plans. Better transport provides more options for traveler to reach them by public transport via bus, rail, water transport etc. In the case of present destination all three have a significant role for reaching each Site without much difficulty. The present destination is well-connected with NH-17 and NH- 66 in association with the Kollam –Kottappuram National Water Highway. Nearest Metro station, Aluwa and Cochin International Airport 20 kms from the town are the added advantages. Keywords: Drainage Channels; Cultural exchange; Heritage sites; GeoTourism component
EMERGING MICRO-IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE FARMING SYSTEMS IN THE DROUGHT PRONE AREAS: A CASE STUDY OF CHITTOOR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA
Authors:   Department of Geography, S.V. University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India, Chendrayudu N
Published: October 2022

Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh has varied Physical and Climatic conditions and the district population is mainly depending on agriculture and its related activities. But, the district is far behind in irrigation sources which is the back bone of agriculture. The district soils and weather phenomenon are very much favorable for agricultural operations. But the district is located in low rain fall receiving and drought prone area and it is vulnerable for discontinues, un reliable, onset failure of monsoons. Once, the district is known for some agriculture surface wells and yearlong water flowing streams. Surface wells are totally replaced by tube wells and water flowing streams became dry and encroached. In later stage majority tube wells of the district became dry even 1400 – 1500 feet wells. In want of irrigation water, several farmers constructed more than one tube well. Some farmers failed in obtaining water even from five to six tube wells constructed which has been leading for ‘Farmer Suicides’ noticed in several parts of low rainfall receiving areas of Andhra Pradesh state. In this circumstances Andhra Pradesh Micro Irrigation Project (APMIP) was launched in united Andhra Pradesh in the month of November 2003 with an objective of enhancing the crop productivity by improving the water use efficiency through micro irrigation techniques, improving the economic conditions of the farmers by conserving water, bringing additional area into cultivation with the available water resources, enhancing the crop productivity and production, quality, facilitating judicious usage of underground water, saving in power consumption and cost of cultivation. APMIP is being implemented with the assistance from Government of India, State Government and farmer contribution. The APMIP did a sea change in agriculture by bringing major fallow land under cultivation and creating the awareness about various benefits of micro-irrigation techniques in the farming community to achieve the slogan ‘more crops per drop’. In this circumstance emergence of micro-irrigation system has very much needed in drought prone area like Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh with an aim of enhancing the crop productivity by improving the water use efficiency through micro irrigation systems for sustainable agriculture. The present study is based on both empirical observations and secondary information sources to analyze the achievement of micro irrigation in drought prone Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh.
CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF SOIL: SPECIAL REFERENCE IN HEMAVATHI WATERSHED
Authors:   Maharaja’s College, University of Mysore, Mysuru, Karnataka, India, Bindumathi S
Published: October 2022

Soil is the important element for the crops or plants. Crop yield is depends on soil quality and climatic condition of the region or area. Quality of the soil can be judge through the physical and chemical parameters. The present study is concentrate on chemical condition of the soils in study region. The chemical parameters are Organic carbon (OC), Phosphorus (P), Potash (K), soil reaction (pH) and Electrical conductivity (EC). Hemavathi watershed is one of the important tributary of river Cauvery. From this study it has been revealed the soil quality in the agriculture land, through these farmers can use suitable quality of fertilizer for particular crops.
LAND UTILIZATION CHANGES IN RAMANAGARA DISTRICT: A GEOGRAPHICAL APPROACH
Authors:   Department of Geography & Geoinformatics, Bangalore University, Bengaluru,560056, Mutharaj D , Rayamane A S
Published: October 2022

Land is a scare resource, whose supply is fixed for all practical purposes at the same time. The demand for land various competing purposes is continuously increasing with the increase in human population and economic growth. Land use pattern at any given time is determined by several factor increasing size of human and livestock population, the demand pattern, the technology in use the cultural traditions, location and capability of land, Institutional factors like ownership pattern and right and state regulation. The land use pattern beside having economic implications has also important ecological dimensions, which it ignored can have disastrous consequence, the land is the sole resources of sustenance mankind supporting the food and shelter man utilizes land for various purposes like agriculture of urban development, settlement industrial activities etc. The growing pressure population coupled increasing varieties of demands being made on the land resources have brought extra pressure on the land resource all over the country in this paper shown that non land increase from 6.73% to 7.77% and current fallow land decrease from 7.44% to 7.21% of total area also cultivable waste land decrease from 6.89% to 6.83%. Keywords: Agriculture; Land use & land cover; Forest
SPATIAL PATTERN OF LITERACY IN NALGONDA DISTRICT OF TELANGANA
Authors:   Department of Geography, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, Lavanya J
Published: October 2022

The purpose of this study is to build up capacity for developmental planning at Nalgonda district of Telangana through application of the Geo-informatics tools. The study area comprises a total of 7 settlements (Villages) has a total population of 16,767 and a total of 4,443 households (based on Field survey). This work covers part of two Mandals - Devarakonda and Chandampet. The three villages of Mynampally, Tatikole and Kacharam fall in Devarakonda Mandal. The four villages of Guntipalle, Polepalle, Gagillapuram and Mudidandla which form part of the study area fall in Chandampet Mandal. The data thus collected covers 10 variables which relate to Literacy (2001-2011). The present study area is to build a high resolution data base for a cluster of seven villages to create easy information retrieval system to serve as a Decision Support system for the planners and administrators to facilitate G Governancespecifically pertaining to Literacy. It is a demonstration of a socio-economic application of GIS. A reform of village institutions with appropriate technological inputs will help in arriving at quick decisions and help with planning and problem solving with a clear perspective.
LAND USE LAND COVER CHANGES IN MYDANAHALLI VILLAGE
Authors:   DOS in Geography, University of Mysore, Manasaganogotri, Mysuru, 570006, Karnataka, India, Mangalagowri B , Nagaraj H
Published: October 2022

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WASH ACCESS AND STUNTING: A STUDY OF SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN IN EAG STATES OF INDIA
Authors:   Department of Geography, Central University of Karnataka, 585367, Karnataka, Sahoo Dhiren , Kujur Archana
Published: October 2022

Introduction: The literature suggests that children living in the areas with widespread opendefecation, lack of access to safe drinking water and provision of hand hygiene are exposed to a higher level of microbial contamination. These conditions often keep children undernourished, diminishes their cognitive skills leading to intergenerational poverty. Methods: Using the individual and household data from Indian Human Development Survey 2012 (IHDS II), the study used binary logistic model to analyse the impact of household-based water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and health outcome of the children in the Empowered Action Group (EAG) states of India. Results: The study suggested that having access to safe water, the chances of being not stunted are 20 per cent lower compared to the children accessing unsafe water. Similarly, children who have a household toilet and practice better hand hygiene, have 20 per cent higher chances of being not stunted against open defecating children and children who do not practice hand-hygiene habits. Other than WASH, the children’s demographic traits of being at a higher age, being female over male, indicated a significantly higher odds of being stunted. Conclusion: The empirical findings suggests that WASH has the ability to guide the child related policies with concrete approaches. Since the three components of the WASH are interdisciplinary it is suggested that combined WASH intervention have massive personal
FLOOD INUNDATION MODELLING FOR TUNGABHADRA BASIN USING HEC-RAS: A CASE STUDY OF HARALAHALLI DISCHARGE SITE
Authors:   Department of Geography and Geoinformatics, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Priya Rashmi , Kumar R Shiva , Naiklal Shiv Kumar , Kumar Anjan
Published: October 2022

The Hydrologic Engineering Center’s River Analysis System (HEC-RAS) can model flood events and produce water surface profiles over the length of the modeled stream. Flood Inundation Modelling is important for engineers, planners, and government agencies used for municipal and urban growth planning, emergency action plans, flood insurance rates, and ecological studies. This paper describes the application of the HEC-RAS model for the development of floodplain maps for the part of Tungabhadra River, Haralahalli discharge site that lies in Haveri district of Karnataka. Since most of the flood plain area/area vulnerable to flooding is currently used for agriculture. By understanding the extent of flooding and floodwater inundation, we can decide how to best allocate resources to prepare for emergencies. Keywords: Flood; Inundation; HEC-RAS Modelling
SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES OF FOREST AREA IN GUJARAT STATE
Authors:   Department of Geography, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, India, Dehingia Holly , Surendra P
Published: October 2022

In this paper an attempt has been made to analyse the Spatio-temporal changes of forest area in Gujarat state. This study is based on secondary data collected from the Gujarat forest department and forest survey of India for the period of 2001-02 to 2018-19. The trends in forest area of Gujarat state from 2001-02 with 9.7% and in the year 2018-19, thus making the forest area 11.4% of the total geographical area. The forest area under reserved forest 75.3%, protected forest 2.0% and unclassed forest 23.7% of Gujarat during the period of 2001-02 and 2018-19 reserved forest 66.7%, protected forest 13.3% and unclassed forest 20.1%. The study covers 33 districts of Gujarat state which come under the variation in spatio-temporal changes in the forest area of different divisions during the period of 2001-02, 2010-11 and 2018-19. Keywords: Forest area; temporal changes
Socio-economic implication of Mahatma Gandhi National rural employment guarantee act in rural areas: A geographical study
Authors:   Department of Geography, Govt. First Grade College, Bangalore, Shivanna M B
Published: October 2022

Mahatma Gandhi NREGA seeks to enhance the livelihood security of the households in rural areas of the country by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. The Ministry of Rural Development is the nodal Ministry for implementing the MGNREGA. This flagship programme of the Government of India touches the lives of the rural poor and promotes inclusive growth. The primary objective of the Act is augmenting wage employment. Its auxiliary objective is strengthening natural resource management through works that address causes of chronic poverty like drought, deforestation and soil erosion and so encourage sustainable development. The Act was notified in 200 districts in the first phase with effect from 2nd February 2006 and then extended to additional 130 districts in the financial year 2007-08. Keywords: Rural development programme, MGNREGA
Urban road network expansion: A case study on Mysore city
Authors:   Department of Geography, Jnanabharathi Campus, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Kumar R Shiva
Published: October 2022

Developing countries such as India are experiencing rapid urban expansion and land-use change. The road is one of the most significant roles in connection with one place to another place. Moving from one place to another has become the main concern in today’s context Considerate the urban road network expansion pattern and its consistent social and environmental effects is a sensible way to enhance complete urban planning and keep the city maintainable. The creation of roads is exclusive to the extremely extensive forms of natural landscape disparity. This paper mainly emphasizes the road network development in Mysore city. to analyze the development of road network length Geographic Information System (GIS) technology used for plotting the maps. Toposheet have been used for road network maps of 1972-73, 2005-06, and 2016. And also, calculation of the increased road lengths.The land transformation causes the road network length was increased by 1719 kilometers between 1972- 73 to 2016. Keywords: Road development; network; Mysore city; Geographic Information System
Land suitability analysis for agriculture, a case study of Kannur district, Kerala
Authors:   Dept. of Geography, Govt. Arts college, Coimbatore, Prasad K , Sunilkumar R , Sukumar B
Published: October 2022

Land suitability is the fitness of a given type of land for a defined use. The land may be considered in its present condition or after improvements. There are several methods used for land suitability analysis. In the paper, an attempt is made to derive land suitability classes by considering relief, landforms, slope, aspect, topographic wetness index (TWI), soils, soil texture, and erosion-prone areas. The relief map is prepared by digitizing contours from the Survey of India’s topographic maps in 1:50,000 scale. SRTM data also used to derive contours, slope, aspect, and topographic wetness index. The study area is chosen in Kannur district in Kerala State. It is situated in the northern part of Kerala. All these eight parameters were digitized using ArcGIS software. Weighted overlay analysis was done for identifying land suitability for agriculture, and derived into different classes based on values and labeled as most suitable (S1), moderately suitable (S2), marginally suitable (S3), not suitable (NS1), and not suitable (NS2). This analysis will be useful for identifying the main limiting factors for agricultural production and enables decision-makers to develop crop management able to increase land productivity. Keywords: Land suitability; topographic wetness index; Weighted overlay analysis
Examining drought behaviour using departure index and rainfall anomaly index in Nambiyar river basin, Tamil nadu
Authors:   Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, 625021, Rajee R , Emayavaramban V
Published: October 2022

Drought is one of the complex natural phenomena. In extreme cases, drought causes great damage to the economy and human life. Drought is caused by a lack of long-term rainfall. The humans as well as the environment are greatly affected due to drought. It is not related to particular climate regions but it causes a similar effect in all climatic regions of the world. There are several drought-prone areas in India so the Government of India has developed a Drought Affected Area Plan which is being implemented in drought-prone areas. An attempt has been made in this paper studying two drought indices such as Departure Index (DI) and Rainfall Anomaly Index (RAI) in the Nambiyar River Basin of Tamil Nadu to assess the drought condition. Only 3 classifications (moderate, mild, and no droughts) are observed in the Departure Index. Mild drought years are highly found in the Nambiyar River basin followed by moderate and no droughts. Chidambarapuram, Nainaputhoor station had a maximum drought of 24 years and 6 years of moderate drought is observed in Vallioor station. The frequency of drought years for RAI index are repeatedly noted high during the year 2003, 2016, and Keeriparai station had the highest negative anomaly value of -10.67 in the year 2017. Keywords: Rainfall; RAI; DI; drought; Nambiyar river basin
Application of multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) to apiculture potential assessment: A case study of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, Kerala, India
Authors:   Govt. Arts and Science College Kulathoor Neyyattinkara,   Thiruvananthapuram, Kumar B Pratheep , Prasad T K
Published: October 2022

Apiculture now emerged as an important segment of agriculture in rural as well as urban areas. The prompt identification of beekeeping suitability areas is strategic for maximizing productivity. The Analytical Hierarchy Process is a tool to support decision-making in the identification of suitable sites with utmost potential for various agricultural practices. This study tested a GIS based AHP tool to assess urban beekeeping suitability zones in Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, Kerala state. Furthermore, the study utilized data, which were completely retrieved from various public sector repositories. The resulting map indicates, over 65% of the land area of the corporation have a high or very high potential of apiculture. The map can also be utilized by Government agencies to implement various promotional measures and also the beekeepers to identify suitable sites for apiary location and relocation for maximizing their profit. The study also created a model for utilization of public data domains for decision making, using GIS. Keywords: Apiculture; multi-criteria decision analysis; GIS; AHP classification
Land use Land cover changes in Mandya taluk using GIS and remote sensing
Authors:   Department of Geography, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, India, Hanjagi Aishwarya S , Irfan Shahnin , Surendra P , Hanjagi Ashok D
Published: October 2022

Land and water are the most keys and pivotal factors for the progress of any region or locality. Land use and land cover transformation have turned out to be a dynamic factor in recent strategies for dealing with natural resources and monitoring environmental changes. The research aimed to analyze and monitor land use/land cover changes in Mandya taluk of Karnataka by using an integrated approach of remote sensing and geographical information system The Mandy taluk satellite data were collected for the years of 1995, 2005, and 2018 and were classified by using a maximum likelihood algorithm, nonparametric parallelepiped classifier in ERDAS Imagine software. Multi-spectral pixels of the study area were classified and mapped into four broad land cover classes i.e., Waterbody, Open space, Agriculture area, and urban or built-up land. Change detection analysis was performed to compare the quantities of land cover class conversions between time intervals. Significant shifts from some classes to others were also observed. The accuracy assessment was computed using user, producer, overall, and Kappa (Khat/K) statistics. Keywords: Land use/Land Cover, GIS, and remote sensing
Spacial analysis of Lithology and forest in Doddahalla watershed, Chikmagalur district, Vedavati river sub-basin, Karnataka, India
Authors:   Department of Geology, Jnana Bharati Campus, Bangalore University, Bangalore, 560056, Mohan B R
Published: October 2022

The Lithology are a significant geographical component of this watershed and are from the stratigraphy of topographical opportunity scale goes under Archean to Lower Proterozoic. The various kinds of geography in the investigation region which incorporates Basal Polymict Conglomerate, Granite(Shimoga), Meta basalt and Tuff Migmatites And Granodiorite - Tonalitic Gneiss, Quartz Chlorite Schist With Orthoquartzite and Ultra Mafic Schist. In the investigation zone, Migmatites And Granodiorite - Tonalitic Gneiss are predominant (453.4 km), Quartz Chlorite Schist With Orthoquartzite happened (89.9 sq km), Granite (Shimoga) (46.9 sq km), Ultra Mafic Schist is (2.1 sq km), Basal Polymict Conglomerate and Metabasalt and Tuff (0.9 sq km). By land use land cover information increment in agriculture ranch 12 to 27 %, forest 5 to 6 % and scrub 1 to 11 % all information from 1991 to 2018. Keywords: Granite (Shimoga), Lithology, Land Use Land Cover and Forest
Exciting of vehicle wise accidents in Mysore city
Authors:   Department of Geography, Jnanabharathi Campus, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Kumar R Shiva
Published: October 2022

The importance of this study is to identify Vehicle wise Accidents in Mysore city. In this research paper Methodology used for the analysis of the vehicle-wise accident collected secondary data of 2013 from Mysore city traffic police. With the help of GPS point plotting the location of accidents by the two-wheelers, three-wheelers, four-wheelers, and six wheelers and digitization of toposheet for study area roads map using Arc GIS software. The result shows that compare among four types of vehicles Two-wheelers are the highest account to 41.13% accidents and Three-wheelers account for 10.08 % is the lowest vehicle accidents in Mysore city in 2013. Vehicle accidents are very common in urban and Highways, so earlier only we have to take the right action and measurements to avoid the accidents. Keywords: Vehicle­wise, Accident, Global Positioning System, GIS
Assessment and management of ambient air quality of Bengaluru urban Karnataka, India
Authors:   JSS Institute of Technology, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Rannorey Raksha Sai , Nandini N , Shilpashree K
Published: October 2022

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