The final version of the edited book Submarine Geomorphology, is now available online and in print from Springer.

The Editors Aaron Micallef, Sebastian Krastel and Alessandra Savini would like to thank all the authors who have contributed to this book.

The book will be officially launched at the 9th International Conference on Geomorphology, taking place in New Delhi in November.

Human Interference on River Health

A Study on the Haora River, Tripura, India

Authors:  Bandyopadhyay, Shreya; De, Sunil Kumar

Springer

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This book examines in detail the health of India’s Haora River, which is of vital importance as the lifeline of Agartala, the Capital City of Tripura. From its source in the Baramura Hills, the river debouches onto the rolling plains of Chandrasadhubari. Thousands of people between Chandrasadhubari and the boundary of Bangladesh have settled along the riverbanks and are directly dependent on the river.

Since the 1970s the ever-growing population of the Haora River basin has been exerting tremendous pressure on the river. Several anthropogenic activities affect the river, increasing sedimentation and pollution, and are leading the Haora River toward its dying phase.
This book presents the problems related to the overall health of the Haora River and discusses some proposals for restoring the ecological balance and geo-political stability of this strategically important part of the country.

Highlights of the book:

• Introduces the importance of river health in India
• Includes proposed methods of bank erosion hazard zonation
• Examines anthropogenic influences on the fluvial environment

The SEDIBUD Working Group Synthesis Book is now published!

Amplified climate change and ecological sensitivity of polar and cold climate environments are key global environment issues. Understanding how projected climate change will alter surface environments in these regions is only possible when present day source-to-sink fluxes can be quantified. The book provides the first global synthesis and integrated analysis of environmental drivers and quantitative rates of solute and sedimentary fluxes in cold environments, and the likely impact of projected climate change. The focus on largely undisturbed cold environments allows ongoing climate change effects to be detected and, moreover, distinguished from anthropogenic impacts. A novel approach for co-ordinated and integrative process geomorphic research is introduced to enable better comparison between studies. This highly topical and multidisciplinary book, which includes case studies covering Arctic, Antarctic, and alpine environments, will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in the fields of geomorphology, sedimentology and global environmental change.

For further information:  http://www.cambridge.org/9781107068223

“In today’s world, there is much interest in, and concern about, the global environment and how it operates and changes. The threats of climate change and species extinctions are commonly highlighted, but what about the potential changes to physical landscapes? Understanding how landscapes operate and change is a crucial part of gaining a full understanding of the Earth system and enabling better environmental management. There are many questions that remain to be answered about physical landscapes and our interactions with them.”

Stephen Tooth and Heather Viles, with input from the British Society for Geomorphology (BSG) Executive Committee, prepared this document to explain the fundamental role of Geomorphology for Science and Society!

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