Overview

This volume arises from the work of Roorkee Water Conclave 2020 and focuses on the hydrological aspects of climate change, hydrological extremes, and adaptation for water resources management. The research papers in this book are centred on themes such as climate change and water security, water resources management, and adaptation to climate change. This volume contains chapters on historical purview of the developments in water management, policy issues, latest development in sustainable water management including their practical applications, real time adverse impact on climate, and more. This volume will be useful to students, researchers as well as practitioners.

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Author:   Ashish Pandey ,  Sanjay Kumar ,  Arun Kumar
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Weight:   0.711kg
ISBN:  

9789811603938

ISBN 10:   9811603936
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   18 April 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Sl. No. Title of Keynote Talk (s) Name of Keynote Speaker (s) 1 Climate Change and Water Security: Policy Issues Prof. Ramesh Kanwar Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor of Water Resource Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA Email: rskanwar@iastate.edu 2 Climate Risks to Water Security in Canada’s Western Interior Prof. David Sauchyn Director, Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative & Professor, Geography and Environmental Studies University of Regina, Canada E-mail: David.Sauchyn@uregina.ca    3 General Circulation and Global Hydrological Changes in the 20th and 21st Centuries Prof. V. Ramaswamy   Director, NOAA/ Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Princeton, New Jersey Email: v.ramaswamy@noaa.gov    4 Indian Monsoon and Tropical Climate: Variability, Trend, and Variability Prof. Raghu Murtugudde Professor, University Research Court, Suite 400, College Park, MD 20740 Email: mahatma@umd.edu 5 Analysis of Observed Climate Changes Over India and Its Impact on Hydrological Sectors & Prediction of Hydrological Parameters in Sub Seasonal Scale Dr. Pulak Guhathakurta Scientist F, Head, Climate Application and User Interface, Office of Climate Research and Services, India Meteorological Department, Pune Email: p.guhathakurta@imd.gov.in 6 Impact of Changing Climate on Groundwater System Prof. Deepak Kashyap Head Civil Engg. Dept. IIT Ropar Email:deepakkashyap@iitrpr.ac.in 7 Sound Data- Foundation for Water Security Er. A. B. Pandya President, ICID, New Delhi Email: abpandya@yahoo.co.uk 8 Real Time Monitoring of Small Reservoir Hydrology Using ICT and Application of Deep Learning for Prediction of Water Level Prof. Yutaka Matsuno Professor, Department of Environmental Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Kindai University Email: matsuno@nara.kindai.ac.jp 9 Hydrology: Problems, Challenges, and Opportunities Prof. Vijay P. Singh Professor, Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering & Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA Email:vsingh@tamu.edu 10 Flood Modelling, Mapping and Monitoring of Sparsely Gauged Catchments using Remote Sensing Products Prof. Biswa Bhattacharya Associate Professor, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Westvest 7, 2611 AX Delft, The Netherlands Email: b.bhattacharya@unihe.org 11 Ground and Satellite Observations to Predict Flooding Phenomena Dr. Tommaso Moramarco Director of Research, Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection, CNR, Via Madonna Alta 126, 06128 Perugia, Italy Email: t.moramarco@irpi.cnr.it 12 Indices for Meteorological and Hydrological Drought Prof. John Keyantash Associate Professor California State University, CA E-mail:jkeyantash@csudh.edu 13 Water Resources Management - An Indian Perspective Shri K. Vohra Commissoner (SPR), Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India, New Delhi Email: kush.vohra@gov.in 14 Overview of Water Resources Management in India Shri Rajendra Kumar Jain Chairman, CWC, New Delhi Email: rkjaincwc@yahoo.com 15 Adaptation to Climate Change in Agriculture: An Exploration of Technology and Policy Options in India Dr. N. K. Tyagi ICAR-Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, New Delhi Email: nktyagi1947@gmail.com 16 Adapting Improved Agricultural Water Management and Protected Cultivation Technologies - Strategic Dealing with Climate Change Challenge Prof. Kamlesh Narayan Tiwari Agricultural and Food Engineering Department Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal Email: kamlesh@agfe.iitkgp.ernet.in    17 A Knowledge-Based Integrated Approach for Assessing and Managing Morphological Processes and Sediment Dynamics in Catchments, Rivers and Reservoirs Dr. Sanjay Giri Deltares, Netherlands Email: Sanjay.Giri@deltares.nl   18 Eco-hydrological Assessment and Management of River Basins                              Prof. Nicola Fohrer Professor and Director Institute of Natural Resource Conservation, Department of Hydrology & Water Resources Management, CAU Kiel, Olshausenstr. 75 24098 Kiel, Germany. Email: nfohrer@hydrology.uni-kiel.de 19 Using Oxygen-18 and Deuterium to Delineate Groundwater Recharge at Different Spatial and Temporal Scales Prof. Alan E. Fryar Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky101 Slone Building, Lexington, KY, USA Email: afryar1@email.uky.edu

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Dr. Ashish Pandey is currently a Professor at the Department of Water Resources Development & Management, IIT Roorkee. He received Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur. He pursued his B.Tech. in Agricultural Engineering and M.Tech. in Soil and Water Engineering from JNKVV, Jabalpur. He is a Fellow member of Institution of Engineers, the Indian Association of Hydrologists, and Indian Water Resources Society. He published 165 research papers in peer-reviewed and high impact international/national journals/seminars/conferences/ symposia. Prof. Pandey has over 20  years of experience in the field of  Irrigation Water Management, Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, Hydrological Modeling of Watershed, Remote sensing and GIS Applications in Water Resources. Dr. Sanjay Kumar is currently working as Scientist ‘E’ at National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Delhi Technological University (DTU), India. He pursued his B.E. in Civil Engineering from MNNIT, Allahabad and obtained his M.E. in Hydraulics and Flood Control from DTU, Delhi. He has had more than 21 years of research experience in the field of hydrology. His research interests include surface water hydrology, flood modeling, design flood estimation, flood frequency analysis using L moments, climate change studies, time series modeling and reliability & uncertainty analysis of hydrologic systems.  Prof. Arun Kumar is currently working as Professor of HRED, IIT Roorkee. He pursued his Bachelor's in Civil Engineering from IIT Roorkee, Master's in Civil Engineering from IISc Bengaluru and Ph.D. from IIT Roorkee. He did Hydropower Diploma studies at NTH, Trondheim. His research areas are hydropower development, environmental management of water bodies, energy economics and policy. He was the coordinating lead author for IPCC special report on renewable energy for hydropower. Prof. Kumar has over 39 years of experience in the field of hydropower and environmental management of rivers and lakes. 

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