Water, Land, and Forest Susceptibility and Sustainability

Dr. Uday Chatterjee is an Assistant Professor at Bhatter College in Dantan, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India, and an Applied Geographer with a Post-Graduate in Applied Geography from Utkal University and a Doctorate in Applied Geography from Ravenshaw University in Cuttack, Odisha. He has contributed to a number of research papers that have been published in reputable national and international publications, as well as edited book volumes. He has also organized (as the convener) a Faculty Development Program on "Modern ways of teaching and advanced research methods," which was funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). Urban Planning, Social and Human Geography, Applied Geomorphology, Hazards & Disasters, Environmental Issues, Land Use and Rural Development are some of his research interests. The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) of the Government of West Bengal, India, financed his research. He has worked as a reviewer for a number of international publications. Dr. Uday Chatterjee is currently the lead editor of the Springer Special Issue (S.I) on Urbanism, Smart Cities, and Modelling. Biswajeet Pradhan is a distinguished professor at UTS School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is an international expert in data-driven modelling and a pioneer in combining spatial modelling with statistical and machine learning models for natural hazard predictions including landslides. He has a track record of outstanding research outputs, with over 600 journal articles. He is a highly interdisciplinary researcher with publications across 12 areas, listed as having 'Excellent' international collaboration status. He has been a Highly Cited Researcher for five consecutive years (2016-2020) and ranks fifth in the field of Geological & Geoenvironmental Engineering. Suresh Kumar Kailasa, FRSC, is an Associate Professor of the Department of Chemistry at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) Surat, Gujrat, India. He obtained Master of Science in Chemistry of Natural Products from Sri Krishnadeveraya University, Andhra Pradesh, India and PhD in Chemistry from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. After completing two Postdoctoral Fellowships at Chonbuk University, South Korea and at National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan, he joined as an Assistant Professor at SVNIT, Surat in 2009. He received Young Scientist Award from Taiwan Mass Spectrometry Society in 2013. He was Visiting Research Professor (June 2022 - July 2022 & May 2019 - July 2019) and Research Professor (January 2018 - September 2018) at Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea. He worked as a Visiting Scientist at Department of Chemistry, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan in 2010. He was selected as a Brain Pool Scientist at the Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, South Korea under Korean Brain Pool Invitation Program of KOFST in 2017 and 2023. He was selected as a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, The Royal Society of Chemistry, UK and Fellow of the Society of Pesticide Science India in 2019. He was also selected as a life member of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), India in 2021. He acted as Guest Editor in the special issues in Applied Sciences (MDPI), Materials Today Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Communications (Elsevier) and Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Springer). He is acting as an Advisory Board Member, Sensors and Diagnostics (RSC Publications) since 2023. He is the author of 240 peer-reviewed papers and is the co-inventor of a Taiwan Patent. He has a h-index of 59 and has accumulated over 11163 citations. Recently, he has been featured in the top 2% scientists that has been compiled by Stanford University in the USA. His research interest in the field of analytical chemistry, MALDI-MS, ESI-MS, microextraction, nanosensors, drug delivery, surface modifications of nanostructure materials, functional nanomate...

Section I: Introduction: Theoretical framework and approach of sustainability
Theoretical framework and approaches of susceptibility and drivers for susceptibility and sustainability
Natural Resource Sustainability and Ecosystem Services- A Paradigm shift

Section II: Water Resource Susceptibility and sustainability
River basin / catchment susceptibility and sustainability
Flood susceptibility and management- Case study
Water pollution susceptibility and remediation
Water scarcity susceptibility, regional disparity and sustainability
Ground Water susceptibility and sustainability
Surface water susceptibility estimation and sustainable measure

Section III: Land Resources susceptibility and sustainability
Soil erosion susceptibility and sustainability
Land degradation susceptibility and sustainability
Waste land susceptibility and sustainability
Wet land susceptibility and sustainability
Urban land-use susceptibility and sustainability- Case study
Land use susceptibility and sustainability
Land slide susceptibility in hilly areas and sustainability
Land degradation susceptibility and sustainability in riverine areas
Land degradation susceptibility and sustainability in coastal areas- Case study
Sustainability of Soil Ecosystem Services

Section IV: Forest Resource Susceptibility and sustainability
Forest degradation susceptibility and sustainability
Forest fire susceptibility and sustainability- Case study
Forest ecology imbalance susceptibility and sustainability
Forest health susceptibility and sustainability in urban area
Forest and livelihood susceptibility and sustainability
Sustainability of Forest and Ecosystem Services

Section V Conclusion
Conclusion