About the Book

All the papers received for the International Conference on Environmental Management held in Hyderabad, India, October 28-30, 2005 are presented in five volumes covering five themes, namely –

• Environmental Resources and Sustainability

• Environmental Impact Assessment

• Pollution and Control Technologies

• Environmental Geoinformatics and Modelling

• Environmental Education and Awareness

These volumes provide state-of-the-art contribution from the researchers, scientists, engineers, academicians, decision makers, who are involved in the process of problem Solving in the area of Environmental Management.

Contents

Inagural Key Note Address, 1. Indian Environment Management – Issues and challenges, Plenary Lectures, 1. Methodology for Determining the Sanitary Landfill and Solid Waste Dump Sites by Using Remote Sensing Techniques and Geographic Information System, 2. Issues Related to Management of Water Resources in India, 3.Ocean Observing Systems and Information Services, key note lectures, 4. Biodiversity studies on branchiopod fauna of lower deltaic region of river krishna and its environs, 5. Environmentally-sustainable Natural Resources Management, 6. Succession dynamics of grasslands ecosystems of central mongolia, 7. Hedging cashew crop with euphorbia antiquorum l. - An Ecosolution To Its Pollinator Limitation Problem, Technical Papers, 1. Rational Design of Hydraulic Structures in Watersheds, 2. Performance Evaluation of Bhima Irrigation Command Area in Maharashtra State, India, 3. Environmental Flow Concept for Integrated River Basin Management, 4. Rainwater Harvesting for Draught Proofing in Palamau Division of  Jharkhand, India, 5. Prediction and Prevention of Soil Erosion - A Watershed Based Approach, 6. Increasing Demand of Electricity and Role of Coal in Developing Countries, 7. Environmental Benefits of Power Generation from Renewable Energy Sources in Pakistan, 8. Efficient Harvesting and Conserved Rainwater Utilization for Sustainable Agriculture, 9. Conservation of Ubiquitious Energy Resources, 10. Evaluation of Antibacterial Activity of Indian Spices Against Common Food Borne Pathogens, 11. The Effect of Plant Cover on the Abundance and Variety of Birds in Orzooieh in Baft, 12. Biodiesel from Cso-An Option for Reducing Smoke    Levels in Diesel Fuel Engine, 13. Hydraulic Conductivity, Specific Yield and Areal Recharge Assessment in unconfined aquifers, 14. Physical Vulnerability Analysis for Coastal Flooding in Godavari River Delta, Andhra Pradesh, India, 15. Mussels as Bio – Softener, 16. Wave Run-up on Coastal Protection Structures Defenced by Rubble Mound Breakwater, 17. Stormwater Runoff Quality Management, 18. Alder (Alnus Sp.) Role in Hyrcanian Sites of Iran, 19. Microbial Sulfate Reduction in a Sulphidogenic Jet Loop Biofilm Reactor, 20. Screening for Estrogenic Effect in Calendula Officinalis.l. (A Potential Plant), 21. Effect of Salt (NaHCO3) Stress on Biochemical Parameters of Morus Alba (Sujanpuri) In Vitro. 22. Content and Meaning of Ecosystem Management, 23. Research Issues in Joint Forest Management with Reference to Tamilnadu Afforestation Project, 24. Treatment of Industrial Metallic Solid Waste by Stabilization Process in Tsdf and Design of Engineered Landfill Site, 25. Bi-Enzyme Polymeric Electrode for Detection of Mercury, 26. Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Certain Marine Animals Along the East Coast Chennai, Tamilnadu, India, 27. Identification of Optimum Environmental Condition for Growth of Tea in the Lower Gangetic Plain of India, 28. Use of Ethylene Diurea (Edu) as a Research Tool in Assessing the Impact of Ambient Ozone on Growth and Yield of Vigna Radiata L. and Triticum Aestivum L. Plants,

About the Author

M. Anji Reddy is Professor and Head, Centre for Environment, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad. He received his Ph.D. in Remote Sensing from JNTU, M. Tech. from liT Kanpur. He has more than 15 years of teaching experience in Environmental Geoinformatics, Digital Image Processing, Ecology & Environment and Environmental Impact Assessment. He has published more than 60 research papers in many International and National Journals besides undertaking various National projects sponsored by different Government departments and organizations. He is the technical referee for the Journals, namely -International Journal of Remote Sensing, UK and Remote Sensing Reviews, USA. He has conducted short-term training programs on Remote Sensing and GIS Applications to Environmental Management to various Government officials and faculty of engineering and polytechnic colleges. He is an honorary consultant for quite a few public and private user organizations in the area of Geoinformatics. He has authored