River sand mining modelling and sustainable practice : the Kangsabati River, India

River sand mining modelling and sustainable practice : the Kangsabati River, India / Raj Kumar Bhattacharya, Nilanjana Das Chatterjee.

Worldwide demand for sand and gravel is increasing daily, as the need for these materials continues to rise, for example in the construction sector, in land filling and for transportation sector based infrastructural projects. This results in over-extraction of sand from channel beds, and hampers th...

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Main Authors: Bhattacharya, Raj Kumar (Author), Das Chatterjee, Nilanjana (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2021.
Series:Environmental science and engineering (Springer (Firm)),
Subjects:
Sand and gravel mines and mining > India.
Sand and gravel mines and mining > Environmental aspects > India.
Sedimentology.
Geomorphology.
Environmental geography.
Environmental management.
Sustainable development.
Application software.
geomorphology.
environmental control.
sustainable development.
Sand and gravel mines and mining
Sand and gravel mines and mining > Environmental aspects
India
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Geomorphological thresholds and sand mining
  • Sediment budget and mining area detection using RUSLE and SDR models
  • Sediment analysis and mining intensity using G-stat, Grad-stat, Sed-log, LDF techniques
  • Interruption on alluvial channel flow and sediment transport in quarried alluvial river: Application of different hydraulic techniques
  • Impact of instream sand mining on river ecology using WQI, Biodiversity index, HSI, MLR
  • Economic audit and Proposed sustainable sand mining using Optimization model and EIA.

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