Current status of wetlands in Srinagar City: Threats, management strategies, and future perspectives

SA Dar, SU Bhat, I Rashid, SA Dar - Frontiers in Environmental …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Wetlands are the most diverse, highly dynamic, productive, and ecologically sensitive areas
in Earth. In Kashmir Himalaya, Srinagar city is bestowed with a large number of picturesque …

The status of current knowledge, distribution, and conservation challenges of wetland ecosystems in Kashmir Himalaya, India

SA Dar, SU Bhat, I Rashid - Wetlands conservation: current …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Summary In the Kashmir Valley, the wetland ecosystems cover an area of 42 663 ha
comprising nearly 2.67% of the entire geographical area. These wetland ecosystems form …

Massive land system changes impact water quality of the Jhelum River in Kashmir Himalaya

MI Rather, I Rashid, N Shahi, KO Murtaza… - Environmental …, 2016 - Springer
The pristine aquatic ecosystems in the Himalayas are facing an ever increasing threat from
various anthropogenic pressures which necessitate better understanding of the spatial and …

Enhancing the social-ecological resilience of an urban lake for sustainable management

IA Sheergojri, I Rashid, S Aneaus, I Rashid… - Environment …, 2023 - Springer
Lake ecosystems are complex social-ecological systems facing ecological, economic, and
social challenges influenced by natural and social factors. The Dal Lake is an urban lake in …

Economic valuation and characterization of heavy metal contamination in Dal Lake Srinagar, Kashmir, India

SY Parray, S Singh, B Koul, NA Khan, PC Ramamurthy… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Dal Lake, the world-famous tourist attraction has been polluted by allochthonous and
autochthonous sources, as a result the heavy metal (HMs) concentrations within the water …

Nexus of household livelihood dependence and conservation approach to wetlands: a study of North Himalayan wetland in India

SA Shah - Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2023 - Springer
Since antiquity it has been seen that the wetland ecosystem not only contributes a
considerable proportion of welfare to the local people in terms of food, fuel wood, timber …

Livelihood Assessment of Fishers in Dal Lake, Kashmir

SA Mir, SN Ojh, PS Ananthan… - Indian Journal of …, 2023 - acspublisher.com
The study investigates the livelihood conditions, vulnerability, and resilience of the Dal Lake
fishers and their readiness and strength to withstand climate shocks and vulnerabilities. The …

Valuation and effective management of the Dal Lake's diverse ecosystem using choice experiment method

MY Bhat, L Ahmad, AA Sofi, R Kumar - Ecohydrology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study estimates economic values of changes in variegated ecological, social and
economic attributes of dominant environmental resource (viz., Dal Lake), proffers to its key …

First Record of Exotic Alligator Gar, Atractosteus spatula (Actinopterygii: Lepisosteiformes: Lepisosteidae), from Dal Lake, Kashmir, India

AH Magloo, FA Bhat, ST Mushtaq, SI Darve… - Russian Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
A new record of an exotic alligator gar, Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède, 1803), from Dal
Lake is presented in this paper. The unauthorized introduction of alligator gar into Indian …

Impact evaluation of urban sprawl on inland surface waters of Srinagar city in Kashmir valley

R Kumar, M Maryam, M Kumar - Journal of Soil and Water …, 2020 - indianjournals.com
The present paper investigates the reviewed patterns of urban sprawl on inland surface
waters of Srinagar city, which lies in fragile knoll eco-system of Kashmir valley of Jammu and …