Intro
Foreword
Preface
Contents
About the Editors
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Environmental Sustainability: Status, Scope and Challenges in West Bengal
1 Introduction
2 Forests Resources and Environmental Sustainability
3 Air and Environmental Sustainability
4 Water Resource and Environmental Sustainability
5 Land Use/Land Cover and Environmental Sustainability
6 Conclusion
References
Part II: Environmental Issues and Human Sustainability

Chapter 2: Forest Dependency and Rural Livelihood: Strategical Survival of People in Himalayan Foothills of Bengal Duars Region
1 Introduction
2 The Study Area
3 Materials and Methods
3.1 Data Collection
3.2 Data Analysis
4 Results
4.1 Profile of Households
4.2 Forest Dependency
4.3 Livelihood Complex and Crisis
5 Discussion
6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 3: Identification of Potential Anthropogenic Barriers to Fluvial Connectivity in the Lower Gangetic Basin of India
1 Introduction
2 Database and Methods
2.1 Study Area

2.2 Preparation of Vector Layers
3 Results and Discussion
3.1 Construction of Dams and Barrages
3.2 Alignment of Transportation Networks
3.3 Construction of Embankments
3.4 Riverside Land Use Pattern
4 Conclusion and Recommendation
References
Chapter 4: A Case Study of Channel Shifting and Its Impacts on Riverside Land Use and Land Cover Using RS and GIS in Teesta Ri...
1 Introduction
2 Study Area
3 Methodology
4 Results and Discussion
5 Year-Wise Investigation of River Course
6 Location-Wise Investigation of River Course

7 Investigation of River Course Width and Sub-channel
8 Channel Change and Land Use Dynamicity
9 Conclusion
References
Chapter 5: Monitoring the Shifting Nature of River Singimari and its Impact on Riverside Land Use and Landcover in Dinhata-I a...
1 Introduction
2 Study Area
3 Materials and Methods
3.1 Database Preparation
3.2 Extraction of River Boundary
3.3 Assessment of River Behaviour
3.4 LULC Classification and Accuracy Assessment
4 Results and Discussion
4.1 Riverbank Shifting
4.2 LULC Classification
4.3 Accuracy Assessment of LULC

4.4 LULC Change Detection
4.5 Erosion and Accretion
4.6 Channel Belt and Meander Belt
4.7 River Sinuosity
4.8 Channel Migration Vulnerability Zone
5 Conclusion
References
Chapter 6: Societal Instabilities in the Wake of Shifting of River Course: A Study of Hotnagar Char of Bhagirathi River, West ...
1 Introduction
2 Study Area
3 Database and Methodology
4 Results and Discussion
4.1 Evolution of Char and Erosion-Accretion Sequence
4.1.1 Evolution of Hotnagar Char
4.1.2 Meander Migration and Erosion-Accretion Sequence