Tropical Deltas

Aznarul Islam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, at Aliah University, Kolkata, India. His principal areas of research include floods, channel shifting, riverbank erosion, river pollution, and water resource management. He has published more than 65 research papers in different journals and has authored one book and edited 10 books along with 26 book chapters in edited volumes and conference proceedings. He has presented papers in more than 25 national and international seminars and conferences.Debajit Datta is an Assistant Professor of Geography at the Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He specializes in landscape ecology and environmental planning. He has extensively worked on the management of coastal and forest ecosystems of eastern India, potentials of ecotourism development and sustainable livelihood generation of indigenous communities for the last 16 years. He has published more than 60 research papers and scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, edited book volumes, and periodicals.Biplab Sarkar is a Researcher in Geography at Aliah University, Kolkata, India. He is investigating the ecomorphological responses to climate change and human interventions in the Bengal Delta. He has published four research articles in different journals and three book chapters.Sandipan Ghosh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Chandrapur College, West Bengal, India. His principal research field includes Fluvial Geomorphology, Regolith Geology and Quaternary Geomorphology. He has published four books and over 40 research articles in various geography and geosciences journals.Sanat Kumar Guchhait is a Professor in the Department of Geography, at the University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India. His areas of research and publication are about the tune of the environment, society, and livelihood. He has successfully supervised 11 doctoral students and published 65 research papers in different peer-reviewed journals and edited books.Adolfo Quesada-Román has been working with local and national governments, international NGOs, private companies, research institutes, and universities worldwide, focusing on disaster risk management, cartography and geospatial analysis, environmental impact studies, and natural resource management. He has published over 100 indexed publications in these fields.

• 1. Delta Sustainability in the Context of Fragility and Resilience. Part I: Land and Geomorphological Issues. 2. A Systematic Review of Geomorphological Crises in Deltas Across the World. 3. Sustainable Coastal Zone Management Through Sediment Characterization: End-Member Modeling of Erosion-Accretion Processes for Enhanced Resilience in Eastern Coastal Zone, India. 4. Quantifying the Soil Erosion in the Changing Climate: A Case Study of the Indian Tropical Delta. 5. Hydromorphology and Geodiversity of Select Estuaries along the Eastern Coastline of India. 6. Mid-Channel Bar Dynamics of Bhagirathi-Hooghly River. 7. Latin American and Caribbean River Deltas: Physical Geography and Environmental Challenges. Part II: Climate Change and Hydrological Issues. 8. Storm Surge Induced Seawater Intrusion: A Comprehensive Systematic Review. 9. Addressing Water Stress in Tropical Delta in Tropical Deltas in the Era of Climate Change with Special Reference to Sundarbans. 10. An Enquiry into the Groundwater Landscape in Deltaic Tract and its Fringe Areas Within West Bengal: Present Scenario and Future Direction. 11. Unravelling the Vulnerability and Fragility of the Sundarbans (West Bengal, India): Impacts of Changing Climate, Sea Level Rise and Salinity on the Coastal Mangrove Ecosystem. Part III: Environmental and Ecological Issues. 12. Threats and Risks in Tropical and Subtropical Deltaic Ecosystems: Implications for Sustainability. 13. A Comprehensive Analysis of Eutrophication and Its Ecological Consequences in the Ganga-Brahmaputra Delta (GBD). 14. Assessment of Landscape Ecological Sensitivity in the Lower Subarnarekha Delta Plain: A Three Decadal Spatio-temporal Perspective. 15. Human-induced Challenges of Riverine Morphology and Ecology in the South-western Deltaic Region of Bangladesh. 16. Monitoring the Dynamics of Coastal Vegetation of Sindhudurg District, Maharashtra (India): A Geo-Spatial Approach. 17. Wouri River Estuary and Coastal Mangrove Forests near Douala – Coastal Diversity Under Threat. Part IV: Societal Crisis Management. 18. Unravelling Social and Political Ecologies of Coastal Brackish Water Aquaculture in the Medinipur Coastal Plain, India. 19. The Fading Homeland: Belonging and Displacement in a Crisis-Torn Indian Sundarbans. 20. Predictive Modeling of Aman Rice Yields during Monsoon Extremes Integrating Multi-Sensor Datasets and Machine Learning Techniques. 21. Resilience at the Edge: Community-Centric Coping Approaches and their Role in Shaping Vulnerability in the Indian Sundarban. 22. Collaborative Initiatives for Restoring Delta Habitats: Integrating Scientific Research and Community Participation.