Case studies on impact of pollution on environment using GIS and quality index tools
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UNCCD Library
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article
In the world scenario river banks are the significant potential resources behind the flourished civilization of human kind, however now a days they are getting disturbed due to rapid urbanization, increased and uncontrolled population along with unpredictable climatic conditions such as extended summer periods with reduced rainy seasons.
Recognising and protecting catchments are the most important assignment to meet the continuous increase of water demand for human kind. Catchment is nothing but an area where the water enters either by rainfall or runoff then eventually flows back as single stream in to thenearby river basins or seas. In most of the areas catchments serves as source for drinking and also for agricultural to uplift the yield of agricultural productivity.
As water resources are depleting gradually there is a pressure on effective management of catchments which can be done by taking measures such as reducing average runoff contamination in catchment areas..
Recognising and protecting catchments are the most important assignment to meet the continuous increase of water demand for human kind. Catchment is nothing but an area where the water enters either by rainfall or runoff then eventually flows back as single stream in to thenearby river basins or seas. In most of the areas catchments serves as source for drinking and also for agricultural to uplift the yield of agricultural productivity.
As water resources are depleting gradually there is a pressure on effective management of catchments which can be done by taking measures such as reducing average runoff contamination in catchment areas..
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India
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water quality
case studies
GIS
environmental pollution