Anthropogenic stresses on the world's big rivers

J Best - Nature Geoscience, 2019 - nature.com
The world's big rivers and their floodplains were central to development of civilization and
are now home to c. 2.7 billion people. They are economically vital whilst also constituting …

Remote sensing of river corridors: A review of current trends and future directions

C Tomsett, J Leyland - River Research and Applications, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
River corridors play a crucial environmental, economic, and societal role yet also represent
one of the world's most dangerous natural hazards, making monitoring imperative to …

[HTML][HTML] Spatio-temporal analysis of riverbank changes using remote sensing and geographic information system

SMS Kumar, M Pandey, AK Shukla - Physics and Chemistry of the Earth …, 2024 - Elsevier
Fluvial hazards cause severe damage to human lives and properties. The increased
intrusion of anthropogenic activities into natural hydrological cycles has increased hazard …

Evaluation of the surface water quality using global water quality index (WQI) models: perspective of river water pollution

MHRB Khan, A Ahsan, M Imteaz, M Shafiquzzaman… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Rapid industrialization, urbanization, global warming, and climate change are compromising
surface water quality across the globe. Consequently, water conservation is essential for …

Climate change, natural disasters and socioeconomic livelihood vulnerabilities: migration decision among the char land people in Bangladesh

MR Islam - Social Indicators Research, 2018 - Springer
The main research objective was to explore the causes and nature of the char peoples'
migration decisions due to their livelihood vulnerabilities related to climate change and …

High spatiotemporal resolution of river planform dynamics from Landsat: The RivMAP toolbox and results from the Ucayali River

J Schwenk, A Khandelwal, M Fratkin… - Earth and Space …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying planform changes of large and actively migrating rivers such as those in the
tropical Amazon at multidecadal time scales, over large spatial domains, and with high …

[HTML][HTML] Estimation of annual rate and spatial distribution of soil erosion in the Jamuna basin using RUSLE model: A geospatial approach

M Saha, SS Sauda, HRK Real, M Mahmud - Environmental Challenges, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil erosion poses a serious threat to the western Jamuna sub-basin area in Bangladesh,
comprising of 8 districts and 202 unions. The Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation …

Predicting spatiotemporal changes of channel morphology in the reach of Teesta River, Bangladesh using GIS and ARIMA modeling

S Akhter, KU Eibek, S Islam, ARMT Islam, R Chu… - Quaternary …, 2019 - Elsevier
The Teesta is one of the most dynamic river systems in Bangladesh, supporting the local
livelihood patterns of millions of riparian people over a long time. However, there is an …

Decoding chambal river shoreline transformations: a comprehensive analysis using remote sensing, GIS, and DSAS

S Singh, G Meraj, P Kumar, SK Singh, S Kanga… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Illegal sand mining has been identified as a significant cause of harm to riverbanks, as it
leads to excessive removal of sand from rivers and negatively impacts river shorelines. This …

A morphology independent methodology for quantifying planview river change and characteristics from remotely sensed imagery

JC Rowland, E Shelef, PA Pope, J Muss… - Remote Sensing of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Remotely sensed imagery of rivers has long served as a means for characterizing channel
properties and detection of planview change. In the last decade the dramatic increase in the …