Natural Environmental Hazards and Their Management
A Case Study of Sagar Island, India
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 20154005 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Sunando Bandyopadhyay (0000-0001-9936-7491, Vidyasagar University, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 1997 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Fascículo | 1 |
| Páginas | 20-45 |
| Data de publicação | 1997-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0129-7619 • E-ISSN: 1467-9493 |
| Editora | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9493.00003 |
| OpenAlex | W2045632170 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 8 |
The reclamation of Sagar island from the Sundarban mangrove wetlands of the western Ganga Brahmaputra delta was initiated in 1811. At present the island is almost wholly settled. The major natural environmental hazards (NEH) that affect the island are tropical cyclones, coastal erosion, tidal ingression and dunal encroachment. Human adjustments to these problems include acceptance, technological control, relocation, regulation and emergency measures. Seven different agencies manage the existing NEH‐prevention projects of the island, often with little coordination. Important schemes managed by these agencies include coastal and interior embankments, mangrove plantations, storm refuges, resettlement projects and vegetation wind‐breaks. Their efficiency ranges from excellent to very poor. Since a large outlay is inconceivable, the island’s hazard prevention projects should mobilise existing resources in a more rational and coordinated manner. The long‐term solution to the problems, however, lies in an accelerated socio‐economic development of the region
Coastal erosion · Coastal management · Environmental planning · Environmental protection · Environmental resource management · Erosion · Geography · Land reclamation · Mangrove · Natural (archaeology) · Natural disaster · Natural hazard · Natural resource · Relocation · Vegetation (pathology) · Wetland · Ecology · Environmental Science · Flood Risk Assessment and Management · Geology
Making Landfall
Assessment of household vulnerability to embankment breaching in the coastal area of the Indian Sundarban
Soil site suitability analysis using geo-statistical and visualization techniques for selected winter crops in Sagar Island, India
To write islands
Coastal dilemma
‘The Law of Storms’
Land scarcity and land access in a hazard‐prone island
Spatiotemporal changes of geomorphic environment in the Muriganga–Saptamukhi estuarine interfluve of Indian Sundarban in the context of climate change
| Obras citantes distintas | 8 |
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| Citações por ano | 0,5 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Velocidade de citação | current |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 7 |