Part1. Introduction
Chapter1. Environmental Sustainability: Status, Scope and Challenges in West Bengal
Part2. Environmental Issues And Human Sustainability
Chapter2. Forest Dependency and Rural Livelihood: Strategical Survival of People in Himalayan Foothills of Bengal Duars Region
Chapter3. Identification of Potential Anthropogenic Barriers on Fluvial Connectivity in the Lower Gangetic Basin of India
Chapter4. A Case Study of Channel shifting and its impacts on riverside Land Use and Land Cover Using RS and GIS in Teesta River in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India
Chapter5. Monitoring shifting nature of river Singimari and its impact on riverside Land Use and Landcover in Dinhata-I and Sitai blocks of Cooch Behar district, West Bengal, India
Chapter6. Societal Instabilities in the Wake of Shifting of River Course: A Study of Hotnagar Char of Bhagirathi River, West Bengal, India
Chapter7. Strategic Infrastructural Development to Promote Sustainable Coastal Tourism through Geospatial Technology in PurbaMedinipur district, West Bengal
Chapter8. A Study on the Characteristics of Sea Waves at Mandarmani Sea Beach of West Bengal
Chapter9. Determining recent trends of forest cover loss and associated driving factors for sustainable management in the dry deciduous forest of West Bengal, India
Chapter10. Impact of land Inundation Caused by Cyclone ‘Amphan’ across Bangladesh and India Using Spatial Damage Assessment Framework
Chapter11. Developmental Project (Bandel Thermal Power Station) and Its Impact on Groundwater: An Empirical Study from Indian Perspective
Chapter12. Spatio-Temporal Variation of Groundwater Table with Relation to Rainfall Distribution: A Study in Nadia District, West Bengal
Chapter13. Identification of Groundwater Potential Zones (GWPZ) using Weighted Overlay Model: case study on a semi arid district of West Bengal, India
Chapter14. Groundwater Irrigation and Consequent Hazards in East Barddhaman District, West Bengal, India
Chapter15. Debates on Urban Environmental Issues and Trends of Urban Forestry in Kolkata Municipal Corporation: A Quantitative Approach
Chapter16. Pandemic COVID-19, Reduced Usage of Public Transportation Systems and Urban Environmental Challenges: Few Evidences from India and West Bengal
Chapter17. Estimating the variability of Ground level annual PM2.5 and PM10 using Landuse Regression Model in Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC)
Chapter18. Effects of land use and land cover on Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI) in Durgapur-Asansol industrial region: A linear regression approach
Chapter19. An Exercise on Valuation of Urban Heritage Site, A Comparative Study of Victoria Memorial Hall and Indian Museum, Kolkata
Chapter20. Population shifting and its effect on women’s life: A case study at West Bengal, India
Chapter21. Social Issues and Sustainability of COVID-19: A District Level Spatio-Temporal Analysis in West Bengal
Part3. Ecosystem Restoration And Sustainable Development
Chapter22. Dependence on Forest Products to Sustain Rural Livelihood: An Experience From Bankura Forest, West Bengal
Chapter 23. Deterioration of Mangrove Forest Induced by Tropical Cyclone Amphan in Indian Sundarban: A Geospatial Analysis toward Sustainable Management[N1] Chapter23. Border netting technology with integrated pest management (IPM) strategies for sustainable chilli leaf curl management
Chapter24. Smart Cities and Sustainable Urban Development in India: A Case Study of West Bengal
Chapter25. Significance of Sustainable Transportation in Urban Mobility: A Special Study During Covid-19 Unlock Period in Kolkata
Chapter26. Analyzing the urban land-use dynamics and associated impact on the ecological environment: a study in the selected part of eastern Kolkata for sustainable urban development
Chapter27. Residents’ Perception Towards Environmental Impact of Municipal Solid Waste Disposal and Suitability Analysis for Landfill Site Selection using Geospatial Technique: A Case Study in Ranaghat Municipality, West Bengal
Chapter 28. Yoga Tourism As An Emerging Branch of Eco-Tourism For The Restoration Of Sustainable Human Environment
Chapter29. Formulation of geotourism development strategies for potential geoheritage sites in Subarnarekha-Kangsabati interfluve zone using tourist assessment value and SWOT-AHP hybrid model [N1]According to the review report received from springer on 3rd Jan 2023 I am quoting the comment” Chapter 24/Haque et al.: This paper is essentially a mosaic of text taken from other sources, the main two being this paper and this paper. Neither of these papers are by the authors of the chapter. I would recommend cutting this chapter.” As per the suggestion we have excluded this paper from the book. So kindly remove it from the content.