Environmental Pollution: Select Proceedings of ICWEES-2016

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 Socioeconomic Environment Assessment for Sustainable Development  (Atul Kumar Rahul, Shaktibala, Bhartesh, Renu Powels)....Pages 3-14
 Research Need on Environmental Gains in Conservation-Induced Relocation  (Surendra Singh Rajpoot, M. S. Chauhan)....Pages 15-25
 Environmental Issues Due to Fire in Coal Mines: Its Impact and Suggestions for Implementing Precautionary and Control Measures  (R. V. K. Singh, D. D. Tripathi, N. K. Mohalik, A. Khalkho, J. Pandey, R. K. Mishra)....Pages 27-35
 Redevelopment of Urban Slum Dwellings: Issues and Challenges  (Dhrupad S. Rupwate, Rajnit D. Bhanarkar, Vishakha V. Sakhare, Rahul V. Ralegaonkar)....Pages 37-52
 Importance of Indoor Environmental Quality in Green Buildings  (Alisha Patnaik, Vikash Kumar, Purnachandra Saha)....Pages 53-64
 Meteorological Factors Influencing Dispersion of Vehicular Pollution in a Typical Highway Condition  (Rajni Dhyani, Niraj Sharma)....Pages 65-75
 Study of Air and Noise Pollution in Mega Cities of India  (Amrit Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, Rajeev Kumar Mishra, Ankita Shukla)....Pages 77-84
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 A Critical Review on Air Quality Index  (Shweta Kumari, Manish Kumar Jain)....Pages 87-102
 Aquatic Insects as Pollution Indicator—A Study in Cachar, Assam, Northeast India  (Arpita Dalal, Susmita Gupta)....Pages 103-124
 Monitoring of Air Pollution in Different Regions Along Road Network, Jharia Coalfield, Dhanbad, India  (Shiv Kumar Yadav, Manish Kumar Jain, Dinesh Kumar Patel)....Pages 125-134
 Spatial Distribution and Baseline Concentration of Heavy Metals in Swell–Shrink Soils of Madhya Pradesh, India  (S. Rajendiran, T. Basanta Singh, J. K. Saha, M. Vassanda Coumar, M. L. Dotaniya, S. Kundu et al.)....Pages 135-145
 Associative Study of Aerosol Pollution, Precipitation and Vegetation in Indian Region (2000–2013)  (Manu Mehta, Shivali Dubey, Prabhishini, Vineet)....Pages 147-152
 Fuzzy Logic Based Performance Evaluation of EIA Reports for Hydroelectric Projects  (Purbashree Sarmah, Arvind K. Nema)....Pages 153-165
 Assessment and Prediction of Environmental Noise Generated by Road Traffic in Nagpur City, India  (Sameer S. Pathak, Satish K. Lokhande, P. A. Kokate, Ghanshyam L. Bodhe)....Pages 167-180
 Time-Dependent Study of Electromagnetic Field and Indoor Meteorological Parameters in Individual Working Environment  (A. K. Mishra, P. A. Kokate, S. K. Lokhande, A. Middey, G. L. Bodhe)....Pages 181-191
 Fish Biodiversity and Its Periodic Reduction: A Case Study of River Narmada in Central India  (Muslim Ahmad Shah, Vipin Vyas, Shalini Yadav)....Pages 193-206
 Effects of Anthropogenic Activities on the Fresh Water Ecosystem—A Case Study of Kappithodu in Kerala  (Sherly P Anand, D Meera)....Pages 207-215
 Degradation of Heptachlor by High-Carbon Iron Filings (HCIF)  (Yangdup Lama, Alok Sinha)....Pages 217-222
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 Biomedical Waste Generation and Management in Public Sector Hospital in Shimla City  (Prachi Vasistha, Rajiv Ganguly, Ashok Kumar Gupta)....Pages 225-232
 Fuel Loss and Related Emissions Due to Idling of Motorized Vehicles at a Major Intersection in Delhi  (Niraj Sharma, P. V. Pradeep Kumar, Anil Singh, Rajni Dhyani)....Pages 233-241
 Emission Inventorisation and Modelling of Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds from Petrol Distribution Centres in an Urban Area  (Sunil Gulia, Richa Sehgal, Sumit Sharma, Mukesh Khare)....Pages 243-252
 Comprehensive Physicochemical Characterization of Coal Combustion Residues from a Thermal Power Station of India  (Ritesh Kumar)....Pages 253-280
 Influence of Semi-arid Climate on Characterization of Domestic Wastewater  (Vinod Kumar Tripathi, Pratibha Warwade)....Pages 281-292
 Anomalous Features of Black Carbon and Particulate Matter Observed Over Rural Station During Diwali Festival of 2015  (P. C. S. Devara, M. P. Alam, U. C. Dumka, S. Tiwari, A. K. Srivastava)....Pages 293-308
 Decolorization of Reactive Yellow 17 Dye Using Aspergillus tamarii  (Anuradha Singh, Arpita Ghosh, Manisha Ghosh Dastidar)....Pages 309-316
 Discovery of the Helium Rare Gas in Saugor Division, Southern Ganga Basin, Bundelkhand Region, MP, India  (Arun K. Shandilya)....Pages 317-327
 How Soil Texture Affects the Organic Carbon Load in the Mangrove Ecosystem? A Case Study from Bhitarkanika, Odisha  (Kakoli Banerjee, Gobinda Bal, Abhijit Mitra)....Pages 329-341
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 Recent Developments in Defluoridation of Drinking Water in India  (Swati Dubey, Madhu Agarwal, A. B. Gupta)....Pages 345-356
 Water Quality Assessment and Correlation Study of Physico-Chemical Parameters of Sukinda Chromite Mining Area, Odisha, India  (R. K. Tiwary, Binu Kumari, D. B. Singh)....Pages 357-370
 Water Quality Assessment of a Lentic Water Body Using Remote Sensing: A Case Study  (B. K. Purandara, B. S. Jamadar, T. Chandramohan, M. K. Jose, B. Venkatesh)....Pages 371-380
 Assessment of Water Quality Trends of Khadakwasla Reservoir Using CCME-WQI  (Savitri K. Hansda, K. K. Swain, S. P. Vaidya, R. S. Jagtap)....Pages 381-401
 Assessment of Agricultural Water Quality of Shallow Groundwater Between Budhni and Chaursakhedi, North of River Narmada, District Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India  (Sunil Kumar Sharma, Shalini Yadav, V. K. Parashar, Pramod Dubey)....Pages 403-418
 Active Water Quality Management in Rural Small Watersheds  (Koichi Unami, Goden Mabaya, Abul Hasan Md Badiul Alam, Masayuki Fujihara)....Pages 419-428
 Evaluation of the Surface Water Quality Index of Jharia Coal Mining Region and Its Management of Surface Water Resources  (Prasoon Kumar Singh, Binay Prakash Panigrahy, Poornima Verma, Bijendra Kumar)....Pages 429-437
 Studies on the Production of Salt-Tolerant Alkaline Protease Isolated from Proteus mirabilis and Its Degradation of Hyper-Saline Soak Liquor  (P. Maharaja, E. Nanthini, S. Swarnalatha, G. Sekaran)....Pages 439-457
 Relative Contribution of Phosphorus from Various Sources to the Upper Lake, Bhopal  (Mounissamy Vassanda Coumar, S. Kundu, J. K. Saha, S. Rajendiran, M. L. Dotaniya, Vasudev Meena et al.)....Pages 459-467
 Assessment of Fluoride in Rainfed and Irrigated Agricultural Soil of Tonalite–Trondjhemite Series in Central India  (Bijendra Kumar, Anshumali)....Pages 469-476
 Biomonitoring of Paravur Lake in Kerala Using Macro-Invertebrates  (J. Sreeja)....Pages 477-485
 Change Detection of Sodic Land in Raebareli District Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques  (Arif Ahmad, R. K. Upadhyay, B. Lal, Dhananjay Singh)....Pages 487-498
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 Process Modelling of Gas–Liquid Stirred Tank with Neural Networks  (Neha Phukon, Mrigakshee Sarmah, Bimlesh Kumar)....Pages 501-511
 Identification and Planning of Water Quality Monitoring Network in Context of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM)  (Surjeet Singh, Gopal Krishan, N. C. Ghosh, R. K. Jaiswal, T. Thomas, T. R. Nayak)....Pages 513-524
 An Updated Review on Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Water Pollution in West Flowing Tapi River of Gujarat, India  (Shreya Gaur)....Pages 525-547
 Ensemble MCDM Approach to Determine Priorities of Parameters for WQI  (Ritabrata Roy, Mrinmoy Majumder, Rabindra Nath Barman)....Pages 549-566
 Aerosol Optical Depth Variation During a Recent Dust Event in North India  (Manu Mehta, Vaishali Sharma, Gaurav Jyoti Doley)....Pages 567-571