Proceedings of the International Conference on Water, Environment, Energy and Society (WEES-2009), 12-16 January 2009 at New Delhi, Vol.-4: Recent submissions

  • 257-Long-Term Integrated Water Management in the German Elbe River Basin. 
    Becker, Alfred (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    A general Integration Methodology and Approach management in large river basins. Main steps of the approach are: 1. Problem description and goals definition 2. Conceptualisation 3. Scenario definition and alternative ...
  • 258-Mechanism for Solving Water Disputes—Present Scenario and Some Suggestions. 
    Subramania, R. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Water Dispute Tribunals refer to the Equitable Apportionment theory for apportioning the waters of an interstate river among the basin States. They are guided by Helsinki Rules 1966 which have stipulated certain guidelines ...
  • 259-. Export and Import of Virtual Water from Different States of India Related to Food Grain Trade . 
    Kumar, Vijay; Jain, Sharad K. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Virtual water refers to the water required in the production of goods or services. The adjective 'virtual' refers to the fact that most of the water used in the production is in the end not contained within the product. ...
  • 260-GP Model for Predicting Evaporation and Seepage Losses from Reservoir. 
    Sivapragasam, C.; Maran, J. J.; Chandrabose, T.; Samsutheen, K. S. M.; Ganesan, N. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Evaporation is one of the least satisfactorily explained components of the hydrologic cycle because, unlike say stream flow, it cannot be directly measured but must be estimated based on mass transfer, or energy or water ...
  • 261-Interlinking Rivers of South Asia for Improving the Quality of Life. 
    Acharya, Bishwa (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal) is home to nearly one-fifth of the world's population residing on one-fiftieth of the land area of our Planet Earth. South Asia has the highest population density (400 ...
  • 262-Water Resources Planning Using Multiobjective Differential Evolution. 
    Vasan, A.; Gupta, Piyush; Raju, K. Srinivasa (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Multiobjective formulations are realistic models for many complex engineering optimization problems. In this paper, the applicability of Multiobjective Differential Evolution (MODE) in irrigation planning is demonstrated ...
  • 263-Integrated Water Resource Management 
    Pandey, Vikrama; Mishra, S. S.; Dey, U. K. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Water is a critical, but often overlooked, element in sustainable development. Water is a key ingredient in generating rural livelihoods, growing food, producing energy, encouraging industrial and service sector growth, ...
  • 264-Water Losses and Economical Savings of Few Industries at Visakhapatnam. 
    Kolluru, Satish Kumar; Pasupuleti, Srinivas; Konda, Anitha Kanthi (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Water audit identifies water uses such as sanitation, irrigation, heating and cooling process and maintenance of the distribution system. Unaccountable losses are investigated and areas are identified using water auditing, ...
  • 265-Water Saving in Biogas Plants—A Revolutionary Technology. 
    Gupta, Urmila; Jain, Ritesh; Singh, Jaspal; Sooch, Sarbjit Singh; Khullar, N. K. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    More than 3 million family size biogas plants have so far been installed in the countryside under the National Project on Biogas Development implemented by ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources since 1983. Various ...
  • 266-Water Resource Management in Basaltic Hilly Terrain in Part of Panchmahal, Gujarat, India . 
    Gupta, Monika; Srivasatava, Prashant K. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Development is a strategic intervention aimed at a desired change, which affects the lives of the people and the environment to which it is targeted. Watersheds that are defined by natural hydrology represent the most ...
  • 267-Vegetation and Climate Variability by Fourier Analysis of Multispectral Satellite Images. 
    Jia, Li; Menenti, Massimo (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Satellite observations of the terrestrial biosphere cover a period of time sufficiently extended to allow reliable climatologies to be determined. The latter is particularly relevant for studies of vegetation response to ...
  • 268-Delineation of Groundwater Prospect Zones Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques A Case Study. 
    Chowdhury, Alivia; Jha, Madan K.; Mal, B. C.; Chowdary, V. M. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    A systematic planning of groundwater development using modern techniques is essential for the proper utilization and management of this precious but shrinking natural resource. With the advent of powerful and high-speed ...
  • 269-Influence of Digital Elevation Model Derived from Radar Remote Sensing on Prediction of Runoff, Soil Erosion and Deposition at Catchment Scale. 
    Bundela, D. S.; Taylor, J. C. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Distributed soil erosion models integrate spatial variability of catchment characteristics into input parameters and processes to improve its predictive outputs for each storm event. Spatial variability obtained at a ...
  • 270-Irrigated Area Mapping Using Multi-Temporal IRS WiFS Data 
    Gupta, P. K.; Panigrahy, S.; Dutta, Subashisa (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Irrigated agriculture in many areas of the world is currently being practiced from multiple water sources such as precipitation, canal, wetlands, ground aquifer, etc. This study highlights the use of high temporal remote ...
  • 271-Antecedent Wetness Conditions Estimation through ERS Scatterometer Data. 
    Brocca, L.; Melone, F.; Moramarco, T. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Soil moisture is widely recognized as a key parameter in environmental processes, including meteorology, hydrology, agriculture and climate changes. From a hydrologic point of view, soil moisture controls the partitioning ...
  • 272-Mapping of Evapotranspiration Zones in India Using GIS. 
    Giridhar, M. V. S. S.; Satyanarayana, B.; Viswanadh, G. K. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Several studies showed that the Penman method is superior, when the required data are available and reliable to all other commonly used methods for estimating ET0 under varying locations and climatic conditions. More ...
  • 273-Geospatial Analysis of T.G. Halli Catchment Using RS and GIS. 
    Balakrishna, H. B.; Ravikumar, A. S. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Catchment area development activities also called as watershed development were introduced in the drought prone areas of India in the 1970s. The satellite imageries provide truthful information about the catchment. This ...
  • 274-Integrated Watershed Management by Utilising RS and GIS Techniques 
    Nune, Rajesh; Pasupuleti, Srinivas; Chowdary, P. Prabhakara (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Watershed is a Geo-hydrological unit draining at common point by a system of streams. Watershed Management is the rational utilization of land and water resources for Optimum production with minimum hazard to Natural ...
  • 275-GIS Based Rainfall Runoff Modelling. 
    Rex, V. J. Francis; Sudharsanan, R.; Krishnaveni, M. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Hydrological modeling is of prime importance for hydrologists in planning, design and operation of water resources related structures. It also acts as an efficient tool to forecast flood disasters. In gauged basins there ...
  • 276-Geoinformatics in Water Management—Case Study of Allahabad City. 
    Singh, Surjeet; Srivastava, R. K.; Samaddar, A. B. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Scarcity or misuse of water poses a serious threat to sustainable development. Access to sufficient amounts of clean water is increasingly recognized as the critical resource problem in the 2lst century. Water consumption ...

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