Spatial Modeling of Environmental Pollution and Ecological Risk

Dr. Pravat Kumar Shit is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Vidyasagar University, India and also works in the Postgraduate Department of Geography, Raja N. L. Khan Women’s College, India. He received his Ph.D. in Applied Geomorphology from Vidyasagar University in 2013, M.Sc. in Geography and Environment Management from Vidyasagar University in 2005 and PG Diploma in Remote Sensing & GIS from Sambalpur University in 2015. His main fields of research are soil erosion spatial modelling, water resource and natural resource mapping, and geospatial modelling, and has published over 50 international and national research articles in various renowned journals. He has published three books and is an associate editor or on the editorial board of three international journals in geography and environmental science. Dr. Dilip Kumar Datta is a professor in Environmental Science Discipline, Khulna University, Bangladesh, where he has been a faculty member since October 1997. He started his professional career as a museologist at the Bangladesh National Museum and spent around seven years in the position of Assistant Keeper in the Department of Natural History. Dilip Kumar Datta has also contributed to many universities' policy issues as a member of the relevant committees. His research interest encompasses a wide range of Environmental Science of the Bengal Drainage Basin, emphasizing the Lower Bengal Delta. His research areas include hydrogeochemistry and water resource management in a deltaic environment Dr. Biswajit Bera is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography, Sidho Kanho Birsha University, West Bengal (India). He completed an M.Sc and Ph.D. from the University of Calcutta, West Bengal (India), and a P.G. Certificate course in groundwater hydrology from IISWBM, Kolkata. Dr. Bera has rich experience teaching in different core areas of geography in various colleges and universities over the last 10 years. He is the recipient of the prestigious Young Geomorphologist Award and International Young Geomorphologist scholarship. He has published five books for school, college, and university students and several research articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals. His research interests include fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, and environmental geography. Dr. Bera regularly appears in debate/talk in both national print and electronic media. Recently, he has completed the ICSSR Major Research Project awarded by the Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India. Dr. Aznarul Islam is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography, Aliah University, Kolkata, India. He completed a Master of Science in Geography from Kalyani University, India and an M.Phil and Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Burdwan, India. He has published more than twenty-five research papers in different national and international journals, edited volumes, and conference proceedings. He is an editorial board member of five international journals and acts as the reviewer of eight international journals. He is an editor of Neo-Thinking on Ganges Brahmaputra Basin Geomorphology and Quaternary Geomorphology in India - Case Studies from the Lower Ganga Basin under Springer International Publishing. His principal area of research includes geomorphology of the Bengal Basin, especially riverbank erosion, channel migration, flood, anthropo-geomorphology, and channel decaying. Dr Partha Pratim Adhikary, is presently a Senior Scientist in Soil Physics and Soil and Water Conservation at ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, India. He obtained his Bachelors’ degree in Agriculture from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Masters’ degree in Soil Science from Chaudhury Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, and Ph.D. in Agricultural Physics from ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute. Dr Adhikary has over 100 publications in journals, and has worked on many edited books, and book chapters. Dr Adhikary has over 12 years’ experience in research, training and extension in the field of soil physics, spatial variability, soil and water conservation and watershed management. He has successfully used non-parametric spatial interpolation techniques such as indicator kriging and probability kriging to determine heavy metal pollution in soil and groundwater.

• Part-I: Air Pollution and Environmental Risk1. Monitoring, Assessment and Modelling of Air Pollution2. Impact of Air Pollutants on Plant Metabolism and Antioxidant Machinery3. Role of Global Climate Change on Crop Yield 4. Human Exposure Assessment for Air Pollution 5. Health Risk Assessment and Management of Air Pollutants6. Particulate Air Pollution and central nervous system (CNS) disease 7. Socioeconomic Correlates of Air Pollution and Heart Disease8. Indoor Biomass Burning and Health Consequences9. Fly ash contamination and its impact on the food chain10. Ambient Air Pollution and Biomarkers of Health Effect11. Air Pollution, Disease Burden, and Health Economic Loss12. Air Quality Management Practices: A Sustainable PerspectivePart-II: Aquatic Environment, Health, and Ecological Risk 13. Riverine ecology and pollution 14. Fluvial funtionability mapping 15. Tidal river ecology and pollution 16. Aquatic toxicity, society, and economy 17. Riparian zone, vegetation, and pollution18. Estuary ecology, habitats, and management 19. Hydro-chemical and geo-chemical assessment of the aquatic environment20. Hyporheic zone ecology and pollution21. Metamorphosis in river ecology 22. Community, population and macro-ecology in the river system23. Waste and hazardous Contaminants and their impacts 24. Toxic contaminations related to aquatic ecology and habitats25. Heavy metal contamination and its impact on animals and human26. Bioremediation and eco-restoration strategies of aquatic environmentsPart-III: Soil Environment, Health and Ecological Risk 27. Digital soil mapping and carbon stock modelling28. Soil and sediments pollution29. Microbiology of Soil and Sediments30. Heavy metal pollution and health risk 31. Pollution from Landfill Sites32. Soil erosion and contamination from agricultural activities33. Satellite Image based soil properties analysis;34. Soil degradation and Risk assessment35. Land resources and climate change modeling36. Pollution control and mitigation in extreme environments37. Pedo-geomorphological issues and human society 38. Sustainable Land Use, landscape management and governance39. Bioremediation in soil resources management and land use planningPart-IV: Forest Environment, Health and Ecological Risk40. Assessment of forest health, monitoring and Modeling41. Afforestation and soil properties42. Soil-Water-Plant Relationship 43. Vulnerability mangrove forests and wetland ecosystem 44. Urban forest landscape restoration45. Forest biomass and carbon stock modeling46. Forest floor and soil properties47. Habitats suitability and species diversity modeling48. Relationship between microbial community and soil properties49. Soil organic matter in restored forest health50. Forest landscape restoration and land sparing and sharing51. Changes forest landscape pattern and ecosystem services52. Ecological risk, wildlife conservation and management