Oceans and Seas

Sethusamudram channel project - An epoch making event - Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water and Culture (2007)

This paper discusses the Sethusamudram project which is an attempt to make a shipping canal between the landmasses of Sri Lanka and India. Beginning with the need for a such a shipping lane, the author compares its importance to the Suez and Panama canal. Currently ships have to go round Sri Lanka to go between the two India coasts. This increases the passage time and fuel costs.The canal would lead to a saving of 254 to 424 nautical miles and reduce sailing time of ships by 21 to 36 hours.Read More

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Adams Bridge, TN, India
Latitude: 0.000000, Longitude: 0.000000

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Content Type: Case Studies
Category: Dredging, Shipping Industry, Waterways, Canals, Marine Ecosystems, Marine Life, Oceans and Seas
Associated People / Organizations: National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Tuticorin Port Trust
Author: Vinayak Kale
Source: Kannada University, Sahayoga
Location / Time: 2007, Adams Bridge, India, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Difficulty Level: Expert
Special Tags: General

Remote sensing applications: A book by NRSC (2010)

This book by the National Remote Sensing Centre, focusses on remote sensiRead More

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Remote Sensing Applications - A book by NRSC (2010) (All chapters in one single PDF)	28.14 MB
Remote Sensing Applications - Contents - NRSC (2010)	864.29 KB
Chapter 1 - Agriculture - Sesha Sai MVR, Ramana KV & Hebbar R - NRSC (2010)	1013.69 KB
Chapter 2 - Land use and land cover analysis - Sudhakar S & Kameshwara Rao SVC - NRSC (2010)	1.99 MB
Chapter 3 - Forest and vegetation - Part 1 - Murthy MSR & Jha CS - NRSC (2010)	2.25 MB
Chapter 3 - Forest and vegetation - Part 2 - Murthy MSR & Jha CS - NRSC (2010)	1.77 MB
Chapter 4 - Soils and land degradation - Ravishankar T & Sreenivas K - NRSC (2010)	1.36 MB
Chapter 5 - Urban and regional planning - Venugopala Rao K, Ramesh B, Bhavani SVL & Kamini J - NRSC (2010)	1.41 MB
Chapter 6 - Water resources management - Rao VV & Raju PV - NRSC (2010)	2.31 MB
Chapter 7 - Geosciences - Vinodkumar K & Arindam Guha - NRSC (2010)	2.07 MB
Chapter 8 - Groundwater - Subramanian SK & Seshadri K - NRSC (2010)	890.8 KB
Chapter 9 - Oceans - Ali MM, Rao KH, Rao MV & Sridhar PN - NRSC (2010)	1.67 MB
Chapter 10 - Atmosphere - Badrinath KVS - NRSC (2010)	1.12 MB
Chapter 11 - Cyclones - Ali MM - NRSC (2010)	456.41 KB
Chapter 12 - Flood disaster management - Part 1 - Bhanumurthy V, Manjusree P & Srinivasa Rao G - NRSC (2010)	1.53 MB
Chapter 12 - Flood disaster management - Part 2 - Bhanumurthy V, Manjusree P & Srinivasa Rao G - NRSC (2010)	2.69 MB
Chapter 13 - Agricultural drought monitoring and assessment - Murthy CS & Sesha Sai MVR - NRSC (2010)	1.29 MB
Chapter 14 - Landslides - Vinod Kumar K & Tapas RM - NRSC (2010)	536.48 KB
Chapter 15 - Earthquake and active faults - Vinod Kumar K - NRSC (2010)	917.87 KB
Chapter 16 - Forest fire monitoring - Biswadip Gharai, Badrinath KVS, Murthy MSR - NRSC (2010)	2.21 MB

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Content Type: Case Studies, Data, Maps, Research
Category: Atmosphere, Cyclones, Disaster Management, Earthquakes, Geosciences, Landslides, Water Resources Management, Agriculture, Droughts, Floods, Forests, Groundwater Management, Land Use, Oceans and Seas, Soils
Author: Ali MM, Arindam Guha, Badrinath KVS, Bhanumurthy V, Bhavani SVL, Biswadip Gharai, Hebbar R, Jha CS, Kameshwara Rao SVC, Kamini J, Manjusree P, Murthy CS, Murthy MSR, Raju PV, Ramana KV, Ramesh B, Rao KH, Rao MV, Rao VV, Ravishankar T, Seshadri K, Sesha Sai MVR, Sreenivas K, Sridhar PN, Srinivasa Rao G, Subramanian SK, Sudhakar S, Tapas RM, Venugopala Rao K, Vinod Kumar K
Source: National Remote Sensing Center (NRSC)
Location / Time: 2010, India
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Special Tags: General

Historical evolution of tank system in Bangalore city - A presentation

Water Tank System of Bangalore The presentation from the ENVIS - CES (IISc) website, emphasises the important role that the tank system has played in the development of the city of Bangalore and highlights:Read More

The principles behind the working of the tank system
The process of evolution of the tank system with respect to the growth of the city
The underlying planning principles that were used in the tank system
The role and importance of water tanks as an asset to the city
The relationship between the system of tanks and the city of Bangalore
The usefulness of the tanks as an important source of drinking water and agriculture in lean periods

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Historical evolution of the tank system in Bangalore city - Fathima and Anitha (2008)	833.33 KB

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Bangalore, KA, India
Latitude: 12.971606, Longitude: 77.594376

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Content Type: Maps, Media, Research
Media Type: Presentations
Category: Delta, Hygiene, River Basins, River Beds, Storm Water Drainage, Topography, Urbanisation, Agriculture, Climate, Drinking Water, Encroachments, Environment, Floods, Lakes, Migration, Oceans and Seas, Rivers, Sewage, Tanks, Urban Water, Water Bodies, Water Pollution
Author: Anitha Suseelan, Fathima Samana S
Source: Cente for Environmental Sciences (Indian Institute of Science)
Location / Time: 2008, Bangalore, India
Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Migration & displacement due to sea-level rise

A one-meter sea level rise will inundate 6000 square kilometers in India, of which Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai will be the major cities being affected. This would mean losses of billions of dollars in infrastructural, social, physical assets and capital.Read More

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Chennai, TN, India
Latitude: 13.060416, Longitude: 80.249634

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Content Type: Data
Category: Climate, Climate Change, Coastal Region, Environment, Oceans and Seas, Rainfall, Small and marginal farmers, Society, Temperature
Location / Time: Bangladesh, Chennai, India, Kolkata, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Pakistan, Tamilnadu, West Bengal
Difficulty Level: Expert

References of Impact On River Deltas & Other Coastal Areas

Mumbai Marooned: An Enquiry into Mumbai Floods 2005 - Final Report ,
By Conservation Action Trust ,

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D6P60K~Y.pdf	725.08 KB
Impact of Tropical Cyclones and Storm Surges on Agriculture in India.pdf	6.02 MB
mahanadi.pdf	1.63 MB

Location

Puri, OR, India
Latitude: 19.794189, Longitude: 85.828613

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Content Type: Data
Media Type: Presentations
Category: River Basins, Agriculture, Irrigation, Climate, Climate Change, Coastal Region, Disasters, Droughts, Floods, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Land Cover, Land Use, Mahanadi, Monsoon, Oceans and Seas, Precipitation, Rainfall, Rivers, Soils, Water Management, Weather
Author: Akhilesh Gupta, Biswanath Dash, Manmohan Mohanti, Martin Parry, Roger Harrabin, Sailendra Sil, Somini Sengupta
Location / Time: India, Orissa, Puri
Difficulty Level: Expert

Impact On River Deltas and Other Coastal Areas

While global warming is a matter of worldwide concern, among the most vulnerable areas are the coastlines of less developed tropical countries such as India. The river deltas, in particular, are already facing the brunt of climate change and these adverse impacts can be expected to increase dramatically in the course of this century.Read More