Urbanization in Asia

Sridhar, Kala Seetharam; Wan, Guanghua

doi:10.1007/978-81-322-1638-4

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“…Cropland res are high in states like Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh. These regions are cultivating six major crops produced in India 65 . The states that accounted for the high cropland emission are the states with high population density and hold the most fertile land for agriculture 66 .…”

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An Inventory on Black Carbon and Organic Carbon Emission by the Different Vegetative Ecosystem Over India

Venkatraman¹,

Bhaskar²,

Kesarkar³

2020

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Fires provoke land degradation, deforestation, imbalance in the ecosystem, and promote changes in land use. To add more vein aerosols such as Black Carbon (BC) and Organic Carbon (OC) were emitted during the combustion event which plays a major role in climate change, pollution, and health. Hence this study aims to estimate the emission, residence, dry deposition flux, and sequestering ability of deposited BC and OC from different vegetative fires across India using MODIS satellite data from 2013 to 2019. It was observed that the mean OC and BC emission were about 5.08 × 107 tonnes 4.48 × 106 tonnes during the fire season across India. On a national scale, cropland fires contributed the largest portion (80%) of total carbonaceous aerosol emissions from open fires. In co-emission of species, forest shares a maximum relationship (> 92 percent) among carbonaceous aerosols. Estimation of deposition flux of emitted species showed cropland has higher deposition rates with a residence period ranging between 7hours to 23days. From the observed results, it is evident that higher aerosol emission combined with negligible deposition will be a potential threat to the environment. Waste utilization promoting strategies has to be adopted in India since agriculture contributes to major aerosols emission.

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Section: A Regional Analysis Of Emissions a Geospatial Analysismentioning

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An Inventory on Black Carbon and Organic Carbon Emission by the Different Vegetative Ecosystem Over India

Venkatraman¹,

Bhaskar²,

Kesarkar³

2020

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“…Urban population has been increasing at an unprecedented rate accommodating more than half of the world's population in cities (United Nations, 2014). Although countries with good infrastructure manage the pace of urban growth in a good manner, developing countriesmainly in Asia-face various social, economic, and environmental challenges associated with rapid urbanization (Sridhar and Wan, 2014). Among the difficulties faced by the fastest growing developing countries are a range of environmental problems, which are manifested in terms of pollution, traffic congestion, and other public health issues (Cohen, 2006).…”

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Sustainable Cities: A Proposed Environmental Integrity Index (EII) for Decision Making

Shathy

Reza

2016

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Urban population has been increasing at an unprecedented rate accommodating more than half of the world population in cities. Massive human intervention in the tropical region contributes to loss of environmental integrity amplifying challenges like air pollution, deforestation, water scarcity, local extinction, and destruction of natural landscapes. To shape the international community's attitude toward economic, social, and environmental development regarding environmental integrity different methods-Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+), Clean Development Mechanism (CMD)-are introduced. However, these methods have some limitations along with opportunities. This paper reviewed and analyzed existing methods in order to promote environmental integrity in the rapidly growing urban settings. Based on the drawbacks of current methods a new Environmental Integrity Index (EII) is proposed where indicators are selected while considering social, economic, and environmental aspects. The index aims to combine data from field surveys, GIS and remote sensing, and economic and social analysis. We anticipate that this proposed index can support planning for sustainable cities by promoting environmental integrity and balancing biological and ecological components in a highly intricate urban system.

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