@Research Paper
<#LINE#>Detection of Land Use and Land Cover Change around Eti-Osa Coastal Zone, Lagos State, Nigeria using Remote Sensing and GIS<#LINE#>Oluwadebi@ A.G*,Okeke @O.J,Akinyele @F.O <#LINE#>1-5<#LINE#>1.ISCA-IRJEvS-2016-044.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Geological Sciences, Osun State University, PMB 4944, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria@Department of Mathematics, Osun State University, PMB 4944, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria@Department of Geological Sciences, Osun State University, PMB 4944, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria<#LINE#>20/4/2016<#LINE#>14/7/2016<#LINE#>The study investigate land use and land cover change around Eti-Osa coastal zone area of Lagos State, Nigeria for the period of 30years, between 1984 and 2014 using satellite remote sensing (landsat) data to determine the changes that occur within this period and the impact of the changes over the area. The Landsat images reveals four type of classification; mangrove, built-up/bare land, water body and wetland. The built-up area significantly increased over the years, covering 3,870.63ha (13.34%) in 1984and 16,332.66ha (56.3%) in 2014 while percentage cover for Mangrove (vegetation) decreases from 13,729.9ha (49.98%) in 1984 to 2269.7ha (8.3%) in 2014. Water body shows only a marginal decrease of 1,692.18ha (4.8%) between the period of 30years examined while there is marginal increase of 690.39ha (3.9%) in wetland area.<#LINE#>Cihlar J. and Jansen L.J. (2001).@From land cover to land use: a methodology for efficient land use mapping over large areas.@The Professional Geographer, (53), 275-289.@Yes$Meyer W.B. and Turner B.L.I. (1994).@Changes in land use and land cover: a global perspective.@Cambridge University Press.@Yes$Anderson J.R. (1976).@A land use and land cover classification system for use with remote sensor data.@US Government Printing Office.@Yes$Bijender S. and Joginder S. (2014).@Land use/land cover change of Delhi: a study using remote sensing and GIS techniques.@Int. Res. J. Earth Sci, 2(1), 15-20.@Yes$Pauleit S., Ennos R. and Golding Y. (2005).@Modeling the environmental impacts of urban land use and land cover change—a study in Merseyside.@UK: Landscape and urban planning, 71(2), 295-310.@Yes$Sharma K., Singh S., Singh N. and Bohra D. (1989).@Satellite remote sensing for detecting the temporal changes in the grazing lands.@Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 17(4), 55-59.@Yes$Adepelumi A.A., Ako B., Ajayi T., Afolabi O. and Omotoso E. (2009).@Delineation of saltwater intrusion into the freshwater aquifer of Lekki Peninsula, Lagos, Nigeria.@Environmental Geology, 56(5), 927-933.@Yes$Adepelumi A. and Olorunfemi M. (2000).@Engineering geological and geophysical investigation of the reclaimed Lekki Peninsula, Lagos, South West Nigeria.@Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 58(2), 125-132.@Yes$Durotoye B. (1975).@Quaternary sediments in Nigeria.@Geology of Nigeria, Rockview, Jos, 431-444.@Yes$Turner B.L. and Meyer W.B. (1994).@Changes in Land Use and Land Cover: A Global Perspective.@Cambridge University Press, (4).@Yes$Jensen J.R. and Cowen D.C. (1999).@Remote sensing of urban/suburban infrastructure and socio-economic attributes.@Photogrammetric engineering and remote sensing, 65, 611-622.@Yes
<#LINE#>Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP): A Comparative Study between Electro-Coagulation and Chemical Coagulation Techniques of Dyeing and Washing Industries in Bangladesh<#LINE#>Rahman*@Md. Atiqur , Hossain@Md. Rajib, Shamim Khan@Md. Abu,F.K. Sayma@ Tanzia, Rahman@M.S.,Waliullah@Md.  <#LINE#>6-15<#LINE#>2.ISCA-IRJEvS-2016-077.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Environmental Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh@Department of Environmental Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh@Environmental Laboratory, Asia Arsenic Network, Jessore, Bangladesh@Department of Environmental Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh@Department of Environmental Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh@Environmental Laboratory, Asia Arsenic Network, Jessore, Bangladesh<#LINE#>18/6/2016<#LINE#>14/7/2016<#LINE#>This is a comparative study with the effluent treatment plant using electro-coagulation EC) and chemical coagulation (CC). The study was conducted at Gazipur district and Savarupazila of Bangladesh to find out the water chemistry of effluent and treated water and makes a comparison with the DOE standard for surface and irrigation water. Find out of sludge characteristics was one of the other objectives of this study. Sample collection was done within the month of October to November, 2013 and general lab test of water and sludge were done at Asia Arsenic Network (AAN) in Jessore. In water analysis part it was observed that the electric conductivity, TDS, color and turbidity was better for the chemical coagulation process and sulfate, DO, BOD, COD, TSS, sulfide, chloride condition was better in electro-coagulation process. Bacteria removal efficiency was noticeable in the electro-coagulation process than the chemical coagulation process. In sludge the pH, conductivity, TDS was slightly higher in CC process than the EC process. The water analysis part will be helpful to give a suggestion that effluent treatment plant (ETP) using EC process is better than the ETP using CC process in the perspective of treated water quality and environmental issue.<#LINE#>BGMEA (2013).@Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association.@http://www.bgmea.com.bd-/home/ about/AboutGarmentsIndustry.12/7/2013.@No$European Commission (2009).@Guide book for European investors in Bangladesh.@Sector profiles, Asia Investment Facility, The textile sector in Bangladesh, 6.@No$Vlyssides A.G., Loizidou M., Karlis P.K., Zorpas A.A. and Papaioannou D. (1999).@Electrochemical oxidation of 	a textile dye wastewater using a Pt/Ti electrode.@Journal of Hazardous Material, 70(1-2), 41-52.@Yes$Kim T.H., Park C., Shin E.B. and Kim S. (2002).@Decolorization of disperse and reactive dyes by continuous electro-coagulation process.@Desalination, 150(2), 165-175.@Yes$Chenik H, Elhafdi M, Dassaa A, Essadki A H and Azzi M. (2013).@Removal of Real Textile Dyes by Electrocoagulation/Electroflotation in a Pilot External-Loop Airlift Reactor.@Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 5(10), 1000-1006.@Yes$Al-Malack M.H., Basha K.I., and Saleem M. (2002).@Inactivation of indicator bacteria using ultraviolet radiation.@Proceedings of Conference on Wastewater Management and its Effects on the Environment in Hot and Arid Countries, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, 1, 1-10.@Yes$Saleem M., Bukhari A.A. and Al-Malack M.H. (2000).@Removal efficiencies of indicator micro-organisms in the Al-Khobar wastewater treatment plant.@Environ. Eng. Sci. 17(4), 227-232.@Yes$Saleem M., Bukhari A.A. and Al-Malack M.H. (2003).@Seasonal variations in the bacterial population in an activated sludge system.@J. Environ. Eng. and Sci. 2(2), 155-162.@Yes$Saleem M. (2009).@Wastewater reuses potential in Pakistan: Guidelines for environment and public health protection.@Int. Journal of. Environ. 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(2007).@Electro-coagulation mechanism for COD removal.@Separation and Purification Technology, 56, 204-211.@Yes$Phalakornkule C.W., Worachai T. and Satitayut (2010).@Characteristics of Suspended Solids Removal by Electrocoagulation.@. International Journal of Chemical, Molecular, Nuclear, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, 4(5).@Yes
<#LINE#>Population Study of the Family Cerithiidae (Phylum: Mollusca) at Mangrol Coast, Gujarat, India<#LINE#> Gohel@Rahul S.,Pandya @Khushali M.,Mankodi@P.C.  <#LINE#>16-21<#LINE#>3.ISCA-IRJEvS-2016-078.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Biology, Shree M. & N. Virani Science College, Rajkot, India@Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India@Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India<#LINE#>19/5/2016<#LINE#>30/7/2016<#LINE#>Mangrol coast is one of the most diverse coasts of Gujarat with varied substratum and habitat characteristics. It is located at 21006’ N and 70005’ E. The intertidal zone of this area has flat rocky substratum with large tide-pools, cracks, water pools, rough cups and burrows. Family Cerithiidae is one of the largest families of Gastropod, which exhibits stable population in the inter tidal environment. This Gastropod family has much abundance and even distribution pattern is spread all over upper intertidal zone. Fishermen use some of the members of this family as fishing baits. Standard quadrate sampling was done for two years to analyze population dynamics of family Cerithiidae. The result obtained is discussed as comparison of two years and overall population dynamics with biodiversity indices.<#LINE#>Ghasemi S., Zakaria M. and Hoveizeh N. M. (2011).@Abundance of Molluscs (Gastropods) at Mangrove Forests of Iran.@Journal of American Science, 7(1), 660-669.@Yes$Feldkamp S. (2002).@Modern Biology.@Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. ISBN 0030565413.@Yes$Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. and Bouchet P. (2008).@Global diversity of gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in freshwater.@Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment, (149-166), Springer Netherlands.@Yes$Anandaraj T. (2012).@Biodiversity of Marine Mollusks in East Coastal Area of Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu, India.@International Journal of Pharmaceutical & Biological Archive, 3(1).@Yes$Hobday A. (1995).@Body-size variation exhibited by an intertidal limpet: Influence of wave exposure, tidal height and migratory behavior.@Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 189(1), 29-45.@Yes$Babu A., Kesavan K., Annadurai D. and Rajagopal S. (2010).@Bursa spinosa - A meso-gastropod fit for human consumption.@Advance Journal of Food Science and Technology, 2(1), 79-83.@Yes$Scheibling R. E. (1980).@Abundance, spatial distribution, and size structure of populations of Oreaster reticulatus (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) on sand bottoms.@Marine Biology, 57(2), 107-119.@Yes$Vaghela A. (2010).@Spatial and temporal variations in population dynamics of few key rocky intertidal macro fauna at anthropogenic influenced intertidal shoreline.@Ph. D. thesis submitted to Saurashtra University, Rajkot.@Yes$Bhadja P. (2011).@Marine wealth of Saurashtra coast: Spatial and Temporal variations in the seawater quality and its role in intertidal assemblage and macro faunal diversity around anthropogenic influenced shores.@Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, India.@Yes$Bhadja Poonam and Vaghela Ashok kumar (2013).@Diversity and distribution of intertidal mollusca at Saurashtra coast of Arabian sea, India.@Global Journal of bio-sciences and biotechnology, 2(2), 154-158.@Yes$Denny M. W. (1985).@Wave forces on intertidal organisms: A case study.@Limnology and Oceanography, 30(6), 1171-1187.@Yes$Gohil B. and Kundu R. (2011).@Ecological status of Rhinoclavis sinensis at Dwarka Coast, Gujarat (India).@The Ecoscan, 5(3&4), 131-134.@Yes$Gohil B. and Kundu R. (2012).@Diversity of the intertidal macro fauna at west coast of Gujarat, India.@Life Sciences Leaflets, 12, 135-145.@Yes$George A. D. I., Abowei J. F. N. and Daka E. R. (2009).@Benthic macro invertebrate fauna and physico-chemical parameters in Okpoka Creek sediments, Niger Delta, Nigeria.@International journal of animal and veterinary advances, 1(2), 59-65.@Yes$Patel A. N. (1984).@Ecological studies on two cerithid gastropods Cerithium caeruleum (sowerby) and Clypeamorus moniliferus (Kiner) from Saurashtra, West Coast of India.@Doctoral Thesis submitted to Saurashtra University, Rajkot.@Yes
<#LINE#>Heavy Metals Concentration Analysis in Air Particulates of Some Major Towns of Nasarawa State–Nigeria<#LINE#>Tyovenda @A.A. <#LINE#>22-28<#LINE#>4.ISCA-IRJEvS-2016-079.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Physics, University of Agriculture Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria<#LINE#>19/5/2016<#LINE#>2/8/2016<#LINE#>This work  analyzed the presence of seven heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Pb, Mn, Zn, Cu and Ni) measured in fine particulates (PM10) samples collected daily using a Whatman glass fiber filters in five major towns of Nasarawa State, Nigeria, using a high volume respirable dust sampler (APM 460 NL). Ambient air laden with suspended particulates enters the APM 460 NL system through the inlet pipe as the air passes through the cyclone; it is acted upon by centrifugal forces which separate it into fine and coarse particles. The wet digestion method (HNO3 / HFl) was used for metal analysis by the Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (FAAS) method. The mean concentration of PM10 in the study towns was found to range from 40 – 80 µg/m3. FAAS analysis of the PM10 samples shows that the concentrations of heavy metals ranged from 0.018 - 0.064 mg/m3 for Cd, 0.000 - 0.062 mg/m3 for Cr, 0.300 - 0.720 mg/m3 for Pb, 0.110 - 0.184 mg/m3 for Mn, 0.195 - 4.480 mg/m3 for Zn, 0.088- 0.124 mg/m3 for Cu, and 0.000- 0.146 mg/m3 for Ni across the study towns. The concentrations of Cd, Pb and Mn were found to be far above the WHO/EU permissible limit levels of 0.005 mg/m3,0.050 mg/m3and 0.150 mg/m3 respectively. Weak correlations were found between the concentrations of the heavy metals. The correlation coefficient R ranged from 0.001 – 0.240 which signified that the sources of metals in the ambient air of the study towns comes from different anthropogenic influences, meteorological factors and vehicular traffic. These results suggested that the people living and working in these towns are exposed to health risk. We do recommend that policy makers should step up regulations to monitor these anthropogenic activities to caution the effects.<#LINE#>Zeireini F, Alt F, Messerschmidt J, Wiseman C, Feldmann I, Von Bohlen A, Muller J, Liebl K and Puttmann W (2005).@Concentrations and Distribution of heavy metals in urban airborne particulate in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.@Environmental Science and Technology, 3(90), 2983-2989.@Yes$Shinggu D.Y., Ogugbuaja V., Toma O and Barminas J.T (2010).@Determination of Heavy pollutants in street dust of yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria.@African Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry, 4, 17-20.@Yes$Lopez J.M., Callen M.S., Murillo R., Garcia T., Narvarro M.V., Cruz M. T and Mastral A.M. (2005).@Levels of Selected Metals in Ambient Air PM10 in an Urban Site of Zaragoza, Spain.@Environmental Research, 99, 58-67.@Yes$Melaku S., Morris V., Raghavan D and Hosten C. (2008).@Seasonal Variation of Heavy Metals in Ambient Air and Precipitation, at a single Site in Washington, DC.@Environmental Pollution, 155, 88-98.@Yes$Awan M.A and Ahmed S.H et. al. (2011).@Determination of Total Suspended Particulate Matter and Heavy Metals in Ambient Air of Four Cities of Pakistan.@Ironical Journal of Energy and Environment, 2, 128-132.@Yes$Lazor P., Tomas J., Toth T., Toth J and Ceryova S (2012).@Monitoring of Air Pollution and Atmospheric Deposition of Heavy Metals by Analysis of Honey.@Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences, 1, 522-533.@Yes$Pope C.A., Bates D.A and Raizenne M.E (1995).@Health Effects of Particulates Air Pollution: Time for Reassessment.@Environmental Health Perspective, 103, 427-479.@Yes$Gbadebo A.M and Bankole O.D (2007).@Analysis of Potentially Toxic Metals in Airborne Cement Dust around Sagamu, South Western Nigeria.@Journal of Applied Sciences, 7, 35-40.@Yes$Ugwuanyi J. U and Sombo T (2005).@Distribution and Intensity of Airborne Disease in Benue State of Nigeria.@Nigerian Journal of physics, 17, 50-56.@Yes$Ugwuanyi J.U., Tyovenda A.A. and Ayua T. J. (2016).@Fine particulate Distribution and Assessment in Nasarawa state-Nigeria.@IOSR Journal of Applied Physics, 8(2), 32-38.@No$Ediagbonya T.F., Ukpebor E. Okiemien F and Ogungbowa G (2013).@Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Inhalable and Respirable Particulate Matter in rural Atmosphere of Nigeria.@Environmental Skeptics and Critics, 2(1), 20-29.@Yes$N P C (2006).@Nasarawa State NPC head office.@Lafia.@No$Strachler A.N. and Strahler A.H (1997).@Geography of Man’s Environment.@John Willey and Sons, parts I, II, III, and IV. Symb., Copenhagen 403-429.@Yes$Abdel- Rahman A (2008).@On the atmospheric dispersion and Guassian plume model.@2nd International Conference on waste management, water pollution, air pollution and indoor climate (WWWAI’08). Corfu, Greece.@Yes$Peters A., Dockery D.W., Millerm J.F and Mittleman M.A (2001).@Increased particulate air pollution and the triggering of myocardial infarction.@Circulation, 103, 2810-2815.@Yes$Chen L.C. and Lippmann M. (2009).@Effects of metals within ambient air particulate matter (PM) on human health.@Inhalation toxicology, 21, 1-31.@Yes$Mafuyai G.M., Ishaq S.E and Sha’Ato R (2014).@Concentration of Heavy Metals in Respirable Dust in Jos Metropolitan Area, Nigeria.@Open Journal of Air Pollution, 3, 10-19.@Yes$U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1999).@Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) on Nickel refinery dust.@National Center for Environmental Assessment, office of Research and Development Washington, DC.S.@No
<#LINE#>Geostatistical analysis of spatial and seasonal variation of groundwater level: A comprehensive study in Malwathu Oya cascade-I, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka<#LINE#> Gunarathna@M.H.J.P.*,Nirmanee@K.G.S. ,Kumari@M.K.N.  <#LINE#>29-36<#LINE#>5.ISCA-IRJEvS-2016-081.pdf<#LINE#>Dept. of Agri. Engineering & Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Puliyankulama, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka@Dept. of Agri. Engineering & Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Puliyankulama, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka@Dept. of Agri. Engineering & Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Puliyankulama, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka<#LINE#>20/5/2016<#LINE#>30/7/2016<#LINE#>Groundwater is one of the major sources of fresh water to meet the domestic, irrigation and industrial water demands. Because of its easy accessibility and assurance of water during dry periods, farmers tends to exploit more groundwater basically for irrigation purposed without assessing the hydro-geological properties, spacing, safe yield and recharge potential. Though management programs often give less importance to groundwater because it is less visible than surface water, management of groundwater is very imperative. Mapping of groundwater level can be used as the initial step of management of this valuable natural resource. Even though geostatistical analyst tool in Arc GIS has become more popular among the methods used to create the interpolation surfaces, it is required to find out the method which gives the best results. In this study geostatistical analyst tool was used to compare the accuracy of different interpolation methods to interpolate groundwater level in Malwathu Oya cascade-I in Anuradhapura district using Arc GIS 10.2. The total area of the cascade was divided in to 1 Km2 grids and forty wells were purposely selected as two wells per grid to assess the groundwater level in dry and wet seasons. Groundwater level was measured with reference to both mean sea level (MSL) and land surface datum. Inverse Distance Weighted (IDW), Radial Basis Function (RBF) which are deterministic interpolation methods and Kriging and Empirical Bayesian Kriging (EBK) which are geostatistical interpolation methods with different parameters were used for this study. Groundwater level in dry and wet seasons with reference to MSL and land surface datum was interpolated using different interpolation methods. Results revealed that EBK with power semivariogram recorded  the lowest root mean square error (RMSE) for interpolating groundwater level in both dry and wet season with reference to MSL as well as for interpolating groundwater level in wet season with reference to land surface datum. Lowest RMSE value for mapping groundwater level in dry season with reference to land surface datum was given by Simple and Universal Kriging methods. Therefore, it can be concluded that EBK has better accuracy in most of the cases of mapping groundwater level in Malwathu Oya cascade- I.<#LINE#>Ahmadian M. and Chavoshian M. (2012).@Spatial variability zonation of groundwater-table by use geo-statistical methods in central region of Hamadan province.@Annals of Biological Research, 3(11), 5304-5312.@Yes$IWMI (2005).@Planning groundwater use for sustainable rural development,Water policy briefing.@14, Accessed : http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/waterpolicybriefing/index.asp.@No$De Silva C.S., Weatherhead K. and Rushton K.R. (1996).@Sustainability of Agro-well irrigation on Hardrock Aquifer of Sri Lanka.@Tropical Agricultural Research, Accessed: http://dl.nsf.ac.lk/handle/1/12055@Yes$Baalousha H.M. (2011).@Mapping groundwater contamination risk using GIS and groundwater modelling. A case study from the Gaza Strip, Palestine.@Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 4(3), 483-494.@Yes$Bui D.D., Kawamura A., Tong T.N., Amaguchi H. and Nakagawa N. (2012).@Spatio-temporal analysis of recent groundwater-level trends in the Red River Delta, Vietnam.@Hydrogeology Journal, 20(8),1635-1650.@Yes$Hussain M.M., Bari S.H., Tarif M.E., Rahman M.T.U. and Hoque M.A. (2016).@Temporal and spatial variation of groundwater level in Mymensingh district, Bangladesh.@Int. J. Hydrology Science and Technology, 6(2), 188-197.@Yes$Almedeij J. and Al-Ruwaih F. (2006).@Periodic behavior of groundwater level fluctuations in residential areas.@Journal of Hydrology, 328(3), 677-684.@Yes$Sun Y., Kang S., Li F and Zhang L. (2009).@Comparison of interpolation methods for depth to groundwater and its temporal and spatial variations in the Minqin oasis of Northwest China.@Environmental Modelling & Software, 24(10), 1163-1170.@Yes$Arslan H (2014).@Estimation of spatial distrubition of groundwater level and risky areas of seawater intrusion on the coastal region in C¸ ars¸amba Plain, Turkey, using different interpolation methods.@Environ Monit Assess., 186(8), 5123-5134., doi:10.1007/s10661-014-3764-z.@Yes$Kumar V. and Ramadevi J. (2006).@Kriging of groundwater levels- a case study.@J Spatial Hydrol, 6(1), 81-94.@Yes$Kumar V. (2007).@Optimal contour mapping of groundwater levels using universal kriging-a case study.@HydrolSci J, 52(5), 1038-1050.@Yes$Mashal M., Darvish A. and GhelichSabet H. (2007).@Evaluation of grid pizometer on the Groundwater Level by using Geostatistical Analysis in Arak plain.@The University of Tehran, Third Conference of watersheds, Water and soil management in Kerman, 2, 884-888.@No$Perera P.A.C.T., Sundarabarathy T.V. and Edirisinghe U. (2012).@International Symposium on Water Quality and Human Health: Challenges Ahead.@22-23 March, PGIS, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.@No$Manchanayaka P. and MaddumaBandara C.M. (1999).@Water Resource of Sri Lanka.@Natural Resourses-No.4, National Science Foundation, Colombo, 1-8.@Yes$Panabokke C.R.(2000).@The small tank cascade systems of the Rajarata: Their setting, distribution patterns, and hydrography.@Colombo, Sri Lanka: Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka.@Yes$Sakthivadivel R., Fernando N., Panabokke C.R. and Wijayaratne C.M. (1996).@Nature of small tank cascade systems and a framework for rehabilitation of tanks within them.@Colombo, Sri Lanka, International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). 9, 54, IIMI Country Paper, Sri Lanka 13.@Yes$Mini P.K., Singh D.K. and Sarangi A. (2014).@Spatio-Temporal variability analysis of groundwater level in coastal aquifers using geostatistics.@International Journal of Environmental Research and Development, 4, 329-336, accessed:http://www.ripublication.com.@Yes$Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI). (2013).@ArcGIS Desktop Help 10.2 Geostatistical Analyst.@ESRI, USA.@No$Buttner O., Becker A., Kellner S., Kuehn S., Wendt-Potthoff K. and Zachmann D.W. (1998).@Geostatistical analysis of surface sediments in an acidic mining lake.@Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 108(3), 297-316.@Yes$Theodossiou N. and Latinopoulos P. 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ESRI.@Retrieved from http://www.esri.com/news/ arcuser/1012/files/ebk.pdf.@Yes$Eberly S, Swall J, Holland D, Cox B and Baldridge E (2004).@Developing spatially interpolated surfaces and estimating uncertainty.@United States Environmental Protection Agency, 11, Accessed: https://www3.epa.gov/ airtrends/specialstudies/dsisurfaces.pdf.@Yes$Perera A.P.G.R.L., Wijekoon D.V.K. and Seneviratne A.A.A.K. (2002).@Water quality of Agro-wells in Anuradhapura district.@Proceeding of The use of groundwater for agriculture in Sri Lanka, PGIA, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.@No
<#LINE#>Study on Cost Effective Treatment System in Food Processing Industry<#LINE#>R. Patil@Ankush*, Wagh@Nilesh <#LINE#>37-41<#LINE#>6.ISCA-IRJEvS-2016-083.pdf<#LINE#>North Maharashtra University Jalgaon Maharashtra, India  and Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India@School of Environmental & Earth Sciences, NMU, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India<#LINE#>23/5/2016<#LINE#>8/8/2016<#LINE#>It is noticed that the spent concentrated brine constituted a considerable volume of strong waste with an objectionable odor.  Spent brine is a strong pollutant and creates serious disposal problems, because of the large quantities of organic matter and salt contained therein. The operational cost goes high due to high installation cost and skilled operational requirements for the available best treatment for the concentrated brine is Nano-filtration followed by the Evaporation. In this paper the study of the pilot plant comprises of Pretreatment with PAC & Polyelectrolyte followed by the Sand filter and three Activated carbon filters in series, study shows that concentrated brine is treated satisfactory and reducing the COD & BOD from the Brine. Further this treatment is not achieving the disposable standards as it is having considerable BOD as well as COD but we can reuse this water in the process as it is having large salt concentration and by this way we will recycle the salt which will reduce our consumption on Water as well as Salt. Also groundwater water pollution problems will be minimized due to this project. Therefore, further experiment should be carried out for large - scale operations for recycling potential of Concentrated brine.<#LINE#>Agarwal A. and Narain S. (1997).@Dying wisdom: Rise, fall and potential of India’s traditional water harvesting systems.@New Delhi: Centre for Science and Environment.@Yes$Jacob T. Liberty and Emmanuel A. Echiegu (2015).@An Appraisal of the Environmental Impacts of Food Processing Industrial Waste in Nigeria.@Journal of Natural Sciences Research, 5(7).@Yes$M. Ghimpusan, G. D. Nechifor, A. C. Nechifor and P. Passeri (2013).@Performance of combination of treatment processes for food industry wastewater depuration.@UEST.@Yes$Balasubramanian P (2013).@A brief review on best available technologies for reject water (brine) management in industries.@International Journal for Environmental Science, 3(6).@Yes$A. K. A. Rathi (2002).@Chemical Industry Wastewater treatment using Adsorption.@Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 61, 53-60.@Yes$Panasiuk O., G. M. Sapers and L. R. Ross. (1977).@Recycling Bisulfite Brines Used in Sweet Cherry Processing.@Journal of Food Sci., 42(4), 953-957.@Yes$Kulkarni Sunil J. and Goswami Ajaygiri K. (2013).@Adsorption Studies for Organic Matter Removal from Wastewater by Using Bagasse Flyash in Batch and Column Operations.@International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2(11), 180-183.@Yes$Yun-Hwei Shen and Tai-Hua Chaung (1998).@Removal of Dissolved Organic Carbone be Coagulation and Adsorption from polluted source water in southern Taiwan.@Environment International, 24(4), 497-503.@Yes$Ladhe U. V., Wankhede S. K., Patil V. T. and Patil P. R. (2011).@Adsorption of erichrome black t from aqueous solutions on activated carbon prepared from mosambi peel.@Journal Applied Science Environmental Sanitation., 6(2), 149-154.@Yes$Ladhe U. V., Wankhede S. K., Patil V. T. and Patil P. R. (2011).@Removal of Erichrome Black T from Synthetic Waste Water by Cotton Waste.@Journal of Chemistry, 8(2), 803-808.@Yes$Ladhe U. V., Wankhede S. K., Patil V. T. and Patil P. R. (2011).@Removal of Erichrome Black T from synthetic wastewater by activated Nilgiri leaves.@Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research., 3(2), 670-675.@Yes$Ladhe U. V. and Patil P. R. (2014).@Removal of Yellow 2G dye from aqueous solutions using activated carbon prepared from mosambi and cotton an agricultural waste.@IOSR Journal Of Environmental Science, Toxicology And Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT), 8(1), VI (Feb. 2014), 49-54.@Yes$Domingo Zarzo Martinez and Elena Campos Pozuelo (2011).@Project for the development of innovative solutions for brines from desalination plants Desalination and Water Treatment.@Desalination & Water Treatment, 31(1-3), 206.@Yes$G. D. Akpen, I. L. Nwaogazie and T.G. Leton (2011).@Optimum conditions for the removal of colour from waste water by mango seed shell based activated carbon.@Indian Journal of Science & Technology, 4(8).@Yes$G. D. Saravacos and H. D. Iredale (1971).@Physical treatments of food processing waste waters.@New York’s Food and Life Sciences news bulletin, 12.@Yes$Garud R. M., Kore S. V., Kore V. S., Kulkarni G. S. (2011).@A Short Review on Process and Applications of Reverse Osmosis.@Universal Journal of Environmental Research and Technology, 1(3), 233-238.@Yes$Gazala Sayed (2013).@Treatability Study of Waste Water Using Activated Carbon, Sand Filter and Dual Media Filter.@National Conference on Biodiversity : Status and Challenges in Conservation - ‘FAVEO’ 2013, ISBN : 978-81-923628-1-6.@Yes$Mohannad Qurie, Jehad Abbadi, Laura Scrano, Gennaro Mecca, Sabino A. Bufo, Mustafa Khamis and RafikKaraman (2013).@Inland Treatment of the Brine Generated from Reverse Osmosis Advanced Membrane Wastewater Treatment Plant Using Epuvalisation System.@International Journal Mol Sci., 14(7), 13808-13825.@Yes$MontatipYunchalad et. al. (2002).@Preliminary Studies on Recycling Spent Brine in Green Mango Fermentation.@Kasetsart Journal (National Science), 36, 253-260.@Yes$Musfique Ahmed and Rifat Anwar (2012).@An Assessment of the Environmental Impact of Brine Disposal in Marine Environment.@International Journal of Modern Engineering Research (IJMER), 2(4), July-Aug 2012, 2756-2761.@Yes$N.P. Sonaje and M.B. Chougule (2015).@Unit Operations in Pilot Wastewater Treatment Plant Used for Textile Wet Processing - A Review.@International Journal of Research in Advent Technology, 3(11), November 2015, E-ISSN: 2321-9637.@Yes$Sujith Alen and Vinodha S (2014).@Studies on colour removal efficiency of textile dyeing waste water using Moringo Olifera.@SSRG International Journal of Civil Engineering (SSRG-IJCE), 1(5), October 2014.@Yes$Suteu D., Zaharia C., Bilba D., Muresan A., Muresan R. and Popescu A. (2009).@Decolorization wastewaters from the textile industry – physical methods, chemical methods.@@Yes
<#LINE#>A Comparative Study of Mangrove Vegetation in Two Selected Areas of Ernakulam District, Kerala,India<#LINE#>S.@Sofia*,Teresa M.V.@Merlee  <#LINE#>42-48<#LINE#>7.ISCA-IRJEvS-2016-084.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Botany, St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam, Kerala, India@Department of Botany, St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam, Kerala, India<#LINE#>24/5/2016<#LINE#>28/7/2016<#LINE#>Mangrove vegetation in two geographical regions of Ernakulam district was selected to study the phytosociological characteristics and diversity indices. Floristic analysis revealed that the flora consists of 7 mangrove species belonging to 5 families. In Phytosociological analysis, the highest density showed by Acanthus illicifolius (2.9 and 4.1) in Chirackal and Kattiparambu respectively. The highest IVI was recorded for A.illicifolius (8.85 and 16.07), and the lowest was recorded for Rhizophora apiculata (3.8 and 5.71) in Chirackal and Kattiparambu respectively.  The other floristic elements were represented as Calophyllum inophyllum, Ipomoea purpurea, Eclipta alba, Eclipta prostrata, Alternanthera aquatica. Species abundance, density, frequency,  Important Value Index (IVI), Maturity Index Values (MIV)  and Similarity Index (SI)  and Coefficient  Difference (CD) of the mangrove species in the studied area were determined. In the present study Similarity Index, Dissimilarity Index and Coefficient Difference are reported as 70%, 30% and 30% respectively. In the present study Shannon Weiner index of diversity was ranged from 2.172 to 2.765 at two sites.<#LINE#>Kathiresan K. (2003).@How do mangrove forests induce Sedimentation?.@Rev. Biol, Trop, (51), 355-360.@Yes$Gaston K.J. (2000).@Global patterns in Biodiversity.@Nature, (405), 220-227.@Yes$Lacerda L.D., Conde J.E., Alyarez Leon R., Alarcon. C., and Polania. J. (2002).@American Mangroves.@Mangrove ecosystems: function and management, Springer, 275-281.@Yes$Hogarth P.J. (2007).@The Biology of Mangroves and Sea grasses.@University press, Oxford, New York.@Yes$Curtis J.T. and McIntosh R.P. (1950).@An upland forest continuum in the prairie forest border region of Wisconsin.@Ecology, 32, 476-496.@Yes$Simpson E.H. (1949).@Measurement of diversity.@Nature, (163), 688-688.@Yes$Shannon C.E. and Wiener W. (1963).@The mathematical theory of communication.@University of Illinois press, Urbana.@Yes$Rao M.V.L. (1986).@In Indian ocean biology of benthic organisms.@Oxford & IBH publishing Company Pvt Ltd , New Delhi, 579.@No$Ewel K.C. and Bourgeois J.A. (1988).@Variation in Environmental Characteristics and Vegetation in high rainfall mangrove forest, Kosrae, Micronesia.@Global Ecology and Biogeography letters, (7), 49-56.@Yes$Suresh Kumar S. and Mohan Kumar B. (1997).@Floristics, biomass production and edaphic attributes of the mangrove forests of Puduvyppu.@Kerala Indian J Forestry, (20), 136-143.@Yes$Ong J.E., Gon W.K. and Wong C.H. (2004).@Allometry of Rhizophora apiculata.@Forest Ecology and Management, (188), 395-408.@No$Legendre P. and Legendre L. (1998).@Numerical ecology.@Elsevier, (2), 990.@Yes$Tomlinson P.B. (1986).@The Botany of mangroves. Cambridge tropical biology series.@Cambridge University Press, U.K, 413.@Yes
<#LINE#>Fluvial Functioning Index (FFI): Assessing Freshwater Habitat in Tamor River Basin, Nepal<#LINE#> Thakuri@Sudeep <#LINE#>49-58<#LINE#>8.ISCA-IRJEvS-2016-089.pdf<#LINE#>SMCRF-Nepal, PO Box: 052, 44800 Bhaktapur, Nepal<#LINE#>14/4/2016<#LINE#>13/7/2016<#LINE#>The purpose of this study is to evaluate the river habitat conditions in Tamor River basin (TRB; Area = 6051 km2) in the eastern part of Nepal using Fluvial Functioning Index (FFI). The FFI is one of the emerging river habitat quality evaluation methods. The obtained results indicate that in TRB, the rivers have FFI score ranging from 285 (Excellent) to 95 (Poor). Except, Leuti Khola tributary (FFI 95), all other studied sites were between Excellent (FFI 285) to Fair (FFI 128) conditions, indicating that the functionality of the river coursesare somehow better, however the presence of more than 44% of Fair and 6% Poor quality river sections indicated a lower ecological quality of the overall river system that could be  at risk in the near future. Ghunsa sub-basin in the upper reach of the basin was rated as Excellent (FFI 285) condition due in large extend to less disturbance from anthropic impacts. The results suggest that the basin’s fluvial water bodies need particular management attention to prevent them from further degradation as well and sustainable development of the aquatic ecosystem.<#LINE#>WECS (2011).@Koshi River Basin Management Strategic Plan (2011-2021).@Government of Nepal, Water and Energy Commission Secretariat (WECS), Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal, 94.@No$WECS (2011).@Water Resources of Nepal in the Context of Climate Change.@Water and Energy Commission Secretariat (WECS), Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal, 90.@Yes$Fernande&#378; D., Barquín J. and Raven P. J. (2011).@A review of river habitat characterisation methods: indices vs. characterisation protocols.@Limnetica, 30 (2), 217-234.@Yes$Rinaldi M., Belletti B., de Bund W. V., Bertoldi W., Gurnell A., Buijse T. and Mosselman E.(2013).@Review on Eco-hydromorphological Methods. Restoring rivers for effective catchment management.@European Commission: Belgium, 202.@Yes$Balestrini R., Cazzola M. and Buffagni A. (2004).@Characterising hydromorphological features of selected Italian rivers: A comparative application of environmental indices.@Hydrobiologia, 516(1), 365-379.@Yes$Siligardi M., Dallafior V. and Bertolaso M.(2008).@Applications of FFI (Fluvial Functioning Index).@E., Vianello, G..Antisari, L.V. (Eds.), La qualitadelleacque di superficie, Pattee, 53-60.@Yes$Siligardi M., Cappelletti C., Chierici E., Ciutti F., Egaddi F., Franceschini A., Maiolini B., Mancini L., Minciardi M. R., Monauni C., Rossi G. L., Sansoni G., Spaggiari R. and Zanetti M. (2000).@IFF indice di Funzionalita Fluviale.@Manuale ANPA, Roma: Italian, 223.@Yes$Negri P., Siligardi M., Fuganti A., Francescon M., Monauni C. and Pozzi S.(2004).@The use of fluvial functioning index for river management.@Anthropogenic Influence on Wetlands Biodiversity and Sustainable Management of Wetlands, 107-115.@Yes$Negri P., Siligardi S., Francescon M., Figanti A., Monauni C. and Pozzi S.(2004).@The flivial functioning index: An ecological assessment applied for river restoration.@Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on River Restoration, “River Restoration 2004” Zagreb, Croatia, 223-227.@Yes$Salerno F., Guyennon N., Thakuri S., Viviano G., Romano E., Vuillermoz E., Cristofanelli P., Stocchi P., Agrillo G., Ma Y. and Tartari G.(2015).@Weak precipitation, warm winters and springs impact glaciers of south slopes of Mt Everest (central Himalaya) in the last 2 decades (1994–2013).@Cryosphere, 9, 1229-1247, doi:10.5194/tc-9-1229-2015.@Yes$CBS(2014).@National Population and Housing Census (2011).@5, Part I & II, Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kathmandu, Nepal.@No$Panday P. K., Williams C. A., Frey K. E. and Brown M. E.(2014).@Application and evaluation of a snowmelt runoff model in the Tamor River basin, Eastern Himalaya using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) data assimilation approach.@Hydrol. Process., 28 (21), 5337-5353.@Yes$FLA-Fondazione Lombardia Ambiente(2002).@LTndice di Fun-zionalita Fluviale (IFF): il caso distudio del Ticino e le altre esperienze italiane.@Conference, Milano, Italy, 7th November 2002.@No$ThakuriSudeep (2015).@Coupling Glacio-Hydrological Response to Climate Variability in Mt. Everest Region (Central Himalaya).@Doctorate Thesis, UniversitàDegliStudi di Milano, Italy. 1-181.@No$Norris R.H. and Thoms M.C.(1999).@What is river health?.@Freshwater Biol., 41, 197-209.@Yes$Bilby R. E. (1988).@Interactions between Aquatic and Terrestrial Systems.@Raedeke K. J. (Eds.). Streamside Management: Riparian Wildlife and Forestry Interactions. 13-29, University of Washington. College of Forest Resources, Contribution Number 59.@Yes$Norris R.H. and Hawkins C. P. (2000).@Monitoring river health.@Hydrobiologia, 35, 5-17.@Yes$Harper D., Smith C., Barham P. and Howell R. (1995).@The Ecological Basis of the Management of the Natural River Environment.@D. M Harper and A.J.D. Ferguson (Eds.), The Ecological Basis for River Management. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 219-238.@Yes
<#LINE#>Long term Effect of Municipal Solid Waste Disposal on Soil Heavy Metal Contamination<#LINE#>G. Siva @Praveena*, Rao@P.V.V. Prasada <#LINE#>59-64<#LINE#>9.ISCA-IRJEvS-2016-108.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Environmental Sciences, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India@Department of Environmental Sciences, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India<#LINE#>7/7/2016<#LINE#>10/8/2016<#LINE#>A meticulous perceptive of soil heavy metals is very much desired in the developing countries like India due to the mounting pressure on the soil environment. Growing population and altering life styles is adding up waste materials of complex nature into the environment contaminating the soil fertility by increase of heavy metal concentration. The present swot is carried out to gauge the extent of soil heavy metal  concentration of  Fe, Co, Cu, Mn, Cd, Cr, Pb in an active dumpsite which can cause a significant damage to the environment and human health when surpass their tolerable levels.<#LINE#>Alloway B.J. and Ayres D.C. (1997).@Chemical Principles of Environmental Pollution.@Second Edition, Blackie Academic and Professional, Chapman and Hall, London, 190-242.@Yes$Sengupta A.K. (2002).@Principles of Heavy Metals Separation, Environmental Separation of Heavy Metals:Engineering Processes.@Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL , ISBN 1566768845.@Yes$Domy C Adriano. (2001).@Cadmium.@Trace Elements in Terrestrial Environments, U.S.A, Springer, 263-314.@Yes$Romaguera F., Boluda R., Fornes F and Abad M. (2008).@Comparison of three sequential extraction procedures for trace element partitioning in three contaminated Mediterranean soils.@Environ. Geochem. Health, 30, 171-175.@Yes$Eldin Bahaa EAR., Yusoff I Rahim., Abdul S Zuhairi., Wan WY. and Ghani Abdul MR. (2008).@Heavy Metal Contamiantion of Soil Beneath a Waste Disposal Site at Denkil, Selangor, Malaysia.@Soil and Sediment Contamination, 17(5), 449-466.@Yes$Rodríguez Martín J., López Arias M. and Grau Corbí J. (2006).@Heavy metals contents in agricultural topsoils in the Ebro basin (Spain). Application of the multivariate geoestatistical methods to study spatial variations.@Environ. Pollut., 144, 1001-1012.@Yes$Gil C., Ramos Miras J., Roca Perez L. and Boluda R. (2010).@Determination and assessment of mercury content in calcareous soils.@Chemosphere, 78, 409-415.@Yes$Sandroni V. and Smith. CM. (2002).@Microwave digestion of sludge, soil and sediment samples for metal analysis by inductively coupled plasma–atomic emission spectrometry.@Anal. Chim. Acta., 468(2), 335-344.@Yes$Cobelo Garcia A., Prego R. and Labanderia A. (2003).@Water Research,@38, 1753.@No$Amalendu Bagchi. (2004).@Design of Landfills and Integrated Solid Waste Management.@Canada, John Wiley and Sons, Inc, 3, 6, 45, 64, 90.@Yes$Mull E.J. (2005).@Approaches toward sustainable urban solid waste management: Sahakaranagar Layout.@Unpublished M.Sc. thesis, Int. Environ. Sci., Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 37.@Yes$Adewole A. T. (2009).@Waste management towards sustainable development in Nigeria: A case study of Lagos State.@Int. NGO J., 4(4), 173-179.@Yes$Akubugwo E.I., Obasi A., Chinyere G.C., Eze E., Nwokeoji O. and Ugbogu E.A. (2012).@Phytoaccumulation effects of Amaranthus hybridus L grown on Buwaya refuse dumpsites in Chikun, Nigeria on heavy metals.@J. Bio &. Env. Scie, 2(5), 10-17.@Yes$Eddy N.O., Odoemelam S.A. and Mbaba A. (2006).@Elemental composition of soil in some dumpsites.@Pub. by Fac. of Sciences, University of Ourenes, Spain, J. Envr. Agric & Food Chem., 5(3), 1349-1363.@Yes$Perez Espinosa R., Moral J., Moreno Caselles A., Cortes M.D., Perez Murcia. and Gomez I. (2005).@Co phytoavailability for tomato in amended calcareous soils.@Bioresource Technology, 96, 649-655.@Yes$Mahmood and Malik R.N.  (2014).@Human health risk assessment of heavy metals via consumption of contaminated vegetables collected from different irrigation sources in Lahore, Pakistan.@Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 7, 91-99.@Yes
<#LINE#>Development Opportunities on Reclaimed Open Cast Mining Land: Dhanbad, Jharkhand<#LINE#> Kumar@Sanjeev,Suman @Sourav <#LINE#>65-71<#LINE#>10.ISCA-IRJEvS-2016-069.pdf<#LINE#>Urban Planner, Society for Integrated Development of Habitat – Bhopal, India@Urban Planner, Steaslit Systems Limited – Kolkata, India<#LINE#>10/5/2016<#LINE#>24/7/2016<#LINE#>Coal mining reclamation is a worldwide concern. As a result of the land reclamation development for opencast coal mine in India, the restoration and reclamation monitoring in Dhanbad has been noticed. Due to high urbanization rate in Dhanbad, per capita land availability is declining. There is a need to develop wasteland to cater the urban development demand of housing, agriculture, forestry, industries, transportation, recreational area etc. This paper presents a study where the land use aspects of reclamation are considered. The goal of the study is to transform the reclamation procedures into a physical process by integrating the use of land after reclamation and developing beneficial post operations. Study also proposes prospective development approach by assessing the current state of development of the reclaimed land in Jharia, Dhanbad coalfield region and to evaluate role of stakeholders for the proposed vision. In order to achieve this goal, a pilot survey was conducted to observe existing land use, and interviewed knowledgeable people and stakeholders in the case area. The study will able to: identify problems with the current state of urban development in Dhanbad, compare and contrast the needs and wants for redevelopment of the area and determine the perspective development vision that how the land could be redeveloped to appease as many of the interest group as possible.<#LINE#>Singh R.B. (1992).@7 Land use change, Diversification of agriculture and agroforestry in Northwest India.@Department of Geography, University of Delhi, Delhi.@Yes$Peck P. (2005).@Mining for Closure; Policies and Guidelines for Sustainable Mining Practice and Closure of Mines.@The Environment Security (ENVSEC).@Yes$Remy Felix and Mac Mahon G. (2002).@Large mines and local communities: Forging partnerships, building sustainability.@Mining Department, Washington, DC.@Yes$Dalupan CG (2001).@Mining and Sustainable Development: Insights from international law.@Claredon.@Yes$Smith B. (2007).@Sustainable Mine Practices, Rehabilitation and Integrated Mine Closure Planning; Mining for Closure.@Thesis, Australia.@No$Singh N.P., Gupta V.K. and Singh A.K. (2010).@Geospatial Technology for Land Reclamation Monitoring of Opencast Coal Mines in India.@Central Mine Planning & Desgn Institute, Ranchi, India.@Yes$CMPDI (2008).@Land Restoration / Reclamation Monitoring of Open Cast Coal Mines of South Eastern Coalfields Limited Based on Satellite Data for the Year.@Ranchi.@No$National Information Centre (2012).@Welcome to coal capilat of India, Dhanbad.@N. I. Centre, Producer & Department of Infromation Technology, Retrieved January 7, 2012, from Dhanbad District of Jharkhand: http://dhanbad.nic.in/links/dhanbad.html.@No$Singh P.G. (2006).@Environmental Problem of Mining Areas.@Newsletter of the ENVIS, Indian School of Mines, Centre of Mining Environment, Dhanbad.@No$Schori A., Scrymgeour A.H. and Munshi P.L. (1997).@Environmental Management Plan for The Jharia Coalfield - India.@Bharat Coking Coal Ltd., Dhanbad.@Yes$GOI-UNDP. (2009).@Draft 1.0 - City Disaster Management Plan Dhanbad.@GOI-UNDP Urban Eartquake Vulnerability Project, Dhanbad.@No$IL & FS. (2007).@City Development Plan for Dhanbad.@JNNURM Project Report, Dhanbad Municipal Corporation, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, Dhanbad.@No