Application of habitat modification score and fuvial functioning index in discussion of eco hydrological behavior and food risk zonation of Himalayan foothill rivers, West Bengal, India

• Autorzy: Banerjee Puja , Biswas Mery

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DOI

10.1007/s11600-021-00570-0

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The changes in the river stretch by engineering constructions such as bridges afect its physical attributes and imply an impact on biological functioning. Thus, the ecological behavior of the river devises a scope for the future study correlating the probable food risk areas. The alteration of river habitat and the riparian environment have been investigated in the present study using two methods: Habitat Modification Score and Fluvial Functioning Index. The results have further considered scouting with the risk zonation map that signifes the sensitive afected zone during the high discharge phase. The study displays the impact of human intervention that shows a better river habitat condition and healthy riparian environment. It is distinctly noted along the studied reach that, the bridge construction has modifed the river channel showing poor functioning level and habitat condition. The food risk-zoning map too highlights the areas with human interventions that are likely to get afected by high food occurrences than the least intervened zones. Hence, the study ofers an insight into the bridge constructions’ ascendancy on the river habitat condition and food risk zone.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

flood danger zone; River Habitat Modification; Fluvial Functioning Index

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strefa zagrożenia powodziowego

• Wydawca: Instytut Geofizyki PAN ; Springer
• Czasopismo: Acta Geophysica
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: Vol. 69, no. 3
• Strony: 877--893
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 51 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Banerjee Puja

• Department of Geography, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India

autor

Biswas Mery

• Department of Geography, Presidency University, Kolkata, India

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