Tropical Deltas Fragility, Resiliency, and Sustainability

1. Delta Sustainability in the Context of Fragility and Resilience

Biplab Sarkar, Aznarul Islam, Debajit Datta et al.

 Part I: Land and Geomorphological Issues

2. A Systematic Review of Geomorphological Crises in Deltas across the World

Sohini Neogy

3. Sustainable Coastal Zone Management through Sediment Characterization: End-Member Modeling of Erosion-Accretion Processes for Enhanced Resilience in Eastern Coastal Zone, India

Subhajit Sinha and Sonu Hansda

4. Quantifying the Soil Erosion in the Changing Climate: A Case Study of the Indian Tropical Delta

Swadhina Koley

5. Hydromorphology and Geodiversity Aspects of Select Estuaries along the Eastern Coastline of India

Tiyasha Ghosh, Suraj Gupta, and Priyank Pravin Patel 

6. Mid-Channel Bar Dynamics of Bhagirathi-Hooghly River

Ujan Dey, Ujwal Deep Saha, and Arijit Majumder

7. Latin American and Caribbean River Deltas: Physical Geography and Environmental Challenges

Adolfo Quesada Román

 Part II: Climate Change and Hydrological Issues

8. Storm Surge-Induced Seawater Intrusion: A Comprehensive Systematic Review

Richik Kundu, Satiprashad Sahoo, Satabdi Biswas et al.

9. Addressing Water Stress in Tropical Deltas in the Era of Climate Change with Special Reference to the Sundarbans: A Bibliometric Analysis

Arindam Roy, Saleha Khatun, Soumitra Mandal, and Nasrin Banu

10. An Enquiry into the Groundwater Landscape in Deltaic Tract and Its Fringe Areas within West Bengal: Present Scenario and Future Direction

Mainul Islam and Arijit Majumder

11. Unraveling the Vulnerability and Fragility of the Sundarbans (West Bengal, India): Impacts of Changing Climate, Sea-Level Rise and Salinity on the Coastal Mangrove Ecosystem

Soumya Kundu and Sandipan Ghosh

Part III: Environmental and Ecological Issues

12. Threats and Risks in Tropical and Subtropical Deltaic Ecosystems: Implications for Sustainability

Souvik Shil, Abhra Chanda, and Tuhin Ghosh

13. A Comprehensive Analysis of Eutrophication and Its Ecological Consequences in the Ganga–Brahmaputra Delta (GBD)

Soumita Banerjee and Debajit Datta

14. Assessment of Landscape Ecological Sensitivity in the Lower Subarnarekha Delta Plain: A Three Decadal Spatiotemporal Perspective

Argha Pratim Pal, Soumik Mahapatra, Souvik Shil et al.

15. Human-Induced Challenges of Riverine Morphology and Ecology in the SW Deltaic Region of Bangladesh

M. Shahidul Islam and Afrin Sharabony

16. Monitoring the Dynamics of Coastal Vegetation of Sindhudurg District, Maharashtra (India): A Geo-Spatial Approach

Paban Sardar, Arnab Kundu, Sayanti Poddar et al.

17. Wouri River Estuary and Coastal Mangrove Forests near Douala: Coastal Diversity under Threat

Lucas Kevin Bengono Nkodo, Aurélia Hubert-Ferrari, Sarah Robinet et al.

Part IV: Societal Crisis

18. Unraveling Social and Political Ecologies of Coastal Brackish Water Aquaculture in the Medinipur Coastal Plain, India  

Mrinmoyee Naskar and Debasree Chatterjee

19. The Fading Homeland: Belonging and Displacement in a Crisis-Torn Indian Sundarbans

Abhik Dasgupta and Sanat Kumar Guchhait

20. Predictive Modeling of Aman Rice Yields during Monsoon Extremes Integrating Multi-Sensor Datasets and Machine Learning Techniques

Piyasa Gayen, Shilpi Bhuiya, Adesh Kumar Mondal et al.

21. Resilience at the Edge: Community-Centric Coping Approaches and Their Role in Shaping Vulnerability in the Indian Sundarbans

Suman Paul, Shyamal Santra, Bhaskar Samanta et al.

 22. Collaborative Initiatives for Restoring Delta Habitats: Integrating Scientific Research and Community Participation

Proshanta Kumar Ghosh

Biography

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.