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Dedication; Preface; Contents; About the Editor; 1: Introduction; 1.1 Rising Demand on Freshwater; 1.2 Demographic Pressures; 1.3 Climate Change and Impacts; 1.3.1 Climate and Hydrology; 1.3.2 Effect of Climate Change on Freshwater Reserves and Glaciers; 1.4 River and River System Management; 1.5 Sediment Yield and Sediment Load; 1.6 Transboundary Rivers; 1.7 Objective of the Book; References; Part I: Sediment Transport; 2: Forest Impact on Flood Peak Discharge and Sediment Yield in Streamflow; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 SHETRAN Catchment Modelling System; 2.3 Forest Impacts: What We Know.
2.4 Forest Impact on Flood Peak Magnitude2.5 Forest Impact on Sediment Yield; 2.6 Highland-Lowland Interaction; 2.7 Conclusions; References; 3: On the Physical and Operational Rationality of Data-Driven Models for Suspended Sediment Prediction in Rivers; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Suspended Sediment Modelling Approaches in Hydrology; 3.3 Empirical Modelling, Physical and Mechanistic Rationality; 3.4 Addressing Physical and Mechanistic Rationality Through Methodological Protocols; 3.5 Addressing Physical and Mechanistic Rationality Through Sensitivity Analysis; 3.6 Operational Rationality.
3.7 Data-Driven Modelling of Suspended Sediment: Research ChallengesReferences; 4: Sediment Dynamics in a Large Alluvial River: Characterization of Materials and Processes and Management Challenges; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 Sediments: Erosion, Transportation, and Deposition; 4.1.2 Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Sediments; 4.1.3 Role of Sediments in River Hydrology; 4.1.4 Present Study; 4.2 Materials and Methods; 4.2.1 Study Area: The Brahmaputra River System in Assam; 4.2.1.1 Factors Responsible for Erosion in the Brahmaputra; 4.2.2 Sources of Secondary Data.
4.2.3 Collection of Sediments4.2.4 Collection of Bank Materials; 4.2.5 Evaluation of Physicochemical Properties of Sediments/Bank Materials; 4.2.6 Analysis of Data; 4.3 Results and Discussions; 4.3.1 Genesis, Transport and Deposition of Sediments in Brahmaputra; 4.3.2 Discharge and Suspended Sediment Characteristics of the Brahmaputra; 4.3.3 A Sediment Budget for Brahmaputra in Assam; 4.3.4 Physicochemical Properties of Sediments of Brahmaputra; 4.3.4.1 Particle Size and Mineralogy; 4.3.4.2 Metal Content in Sediments; 4.3.5 Geochemical Evaluation of Bank Materials.
4.3.5.1 Role of Geochemical Properties of Bank Materials in Erosion4.4 Conclusions; References; Web References; 5: Sediment Runoff Modelling Using ANNs in an Eastern Himalayan Basin, India; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Sediment Rating Curves; 5.3 Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs); 5.4 Study Area, Data Availability and Selection of Input/Output Variables; 5.5 Rating Curve Analysis; 5.6 Design and Training of ANN Models; 5.7 Results and Discussion; 5.8 Conclusions; References; Part II: Land Use and Climate.
2.4 Forest Impact on Flood Peak Magnitude2.5 Forest Impact on Sediment Yield; 2.6 Highland-Lowland Interaction; 2.7 Conclusions; References; 3: On the Physical and Operational Rationality of Data-Driven Models for Suspended Sediment Prediction in Rivers; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Suspended Sediment Modelling Approaches in Hydrology; 3.3 Empirical Modelling, Physical and Mechanistic Rationality; 3.4 Addressing Physical and Mechanistic Rationality Through Methodological Protocols; 3.5 Addressing Physical and Mechanistic Rationality Through Sensitivity Analysis; 3.6 Operational Rationality.
3.7 Data-Driven Modelling of Suspended Sediment: Research ChallengesReferences; 4: Sediment Dynamics in a Large Alluvial River: Characterization of Materials and Processes and Management Challenges; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 Sediments: Erosion, Transportation, and Deposition; 4.1.2 Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Sediments; 4.1.3 Role of Sediments in River Hydrology; 4.1.4 Present Study; 4.2 Materials and Methods; 4.2.1 Study Area: The Brahmaputra River System in Assam; 4.2.1.1 Factors Responsible for Erosion in the Brahmaputra; 4.2.2 Sources of Secondary Data.
4.2.3 Collection of Sediments4.2.4 Collection of Bank Materials; 4.2.5 Evaluation of Physicochemical Properties of Sediments/Bank Materials; 4.2.6 Analysis of Data; 4.3 Results and Discussions; 4.3.1 Genesis, Transport and Deposition of Sediments in Brahmaputra; 4.3.2 Discharge and Suspended Sediment Characteristics of the Brahmaputra; 4.3.3 A Sediment Budget for Brahmaputra in Assam; 4.3.4 Physicochemical Properties of Sediments of Brahmaputra; 4.3.4.1 Particle Size and Mineralogy; 4.3.4.2 Metal Content in Sediments; 4.3.5 Geochemical Evaluation of Bank Materials.
4.3.5.1 Role of Geochemical Properties of Bank Materials in Erosion4.4 Conclusions; References; Web References; 5: Sediment Runoff Modelling Using ANNs in an Eastern Himalayan Basin, India; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Sediment Rating Curves; 5.3 Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs); 5.4 Study Area, Data Availability and Selection of Input/Output Variables; 5.5 Rating Curve Analysis; 5.6 Design and Training of ANN Models; 5.7 Results and Discussion; 5.8 Conclusions; References; Part II: Land Use and Climate.