Natural Resources Management and Sustainable Livelihoods in the Mountainous Region
Evidence, Gap and Future Strategies
Natural Resources Management and Sustainable Livelihoods in the Mountainous Region
Evidence, Gap and Future Strategies
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Description
This book explores the relationships between natural resources management, sustainable livelihoods, and integrated watershed management in the context of the mountainous region, especially in the northeastern region of India.
Dr. Praveen Kumar Rai is an associate professor and the head of the Department of Geography, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Language University, Lucknow, India. He also served as an assistant professor at the Amity Institute of Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing, Amity University, Noida, India, and Department of Geography, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He has the teaching and research experience of more than 14 years in the field of remote sensing and GIS. His research interests include remote sensing and GIS, glaciology, health and disease modelling, disaster management, and water resource management, among others. He has published more than 72 research papers in international and national journals and has published 7 books with Springer Nature and other publishing houses. He has visited many countries to deliver invited lectures as a keynote speaker. He also serves many international journals as an editorial board member as well as a reviewer.
Dr. Ashutosh Singh is an assistant professor at the Department of Geography, Pachhunga University College, Aizawl, India. He completed his Ph.D. in integrated watershed management and sustainable development at Banaras Hindu University in 2014. He has published 1 authored book and 21 research papers and presented many papers at national and international conferences and seminars.
His interests include integrated watershed management and development in the Himalayan region, sustainable development, natural resource management and integrated rural area development and management.
Dr. Bobby Beingachhi is a dedicated and hard-working academician known for his significant contributions in the field of environmental studies, rural development and rural health care. He is currently an associate professor at the Department of Geography, Pachhunga University College, which is a constituent college of Mizoram University.
Dr. Suraj Kumar Singh is currently an associate professor and coordinator at the Centre for Sustainable Development, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur, India. Previously, he worked as an assistant professor at the Central University of Jharkhand, Brambe, Ranchi. Prior to that, he also served as a research associate at the National Remote Sensing Centre, Indian Space Research Organization. He earned his Ph.D. degree in 2012 from the Department of Remote Sensing, the Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi. His research interests include waterlogging and flood hazards, geospatial applications in water resources, disaster management, hydro-geomorphology, urban planning, and wasteland mapping. He has published nearly 130 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 15 books, and 35 book chapters. He has also organized and attended various workshops, seminars, and international conferences.