Jyoti Joshi

Soban Singh Jeena University Almora · Geography

Water is a primary component for the survival of every living being on the earth. Water management is a point of concern, especially in developing countries due to the lack of proper management and conservation of water. GIS is useful to analyze and evaluate the geomorphological features of any watershed. GIS has developed as a tool for data sharin...

Earth is a dynamic evolving system in surface. There are many cyclic processes acting on the surface of the earth. Even earth acts as a system. Fluvial process is one of the most powerful and dynamic agents of geomorphic agents. The fluvial landforms are very apparent compare to other agents such as wind, underground water, glacier and sea. Fluvial...

Kumaun Himalaya is geologically very active and sensitive for tectonics and slope instability that reasons a disasters occurrence as a common problem either natural or man-made. This region is highly prone to landslides, earthquakes, cloudbursts, glacial bursts, flash floods and many more man-made activities causing disasters. Disasters are undesir...

Kumaon Himalaya in Uttarakhand are blessed with varying mountain landscapes. A mélange of geomorphological features can be observed along the Himalayan mountains. The present study is focused upon the higher Himalayan landscapes and landforms within the East Dhauliganga river basin. The river originates from east Panchachuli glacier and forms a tri...

Ragi is the staple food grown in most parts of Almora district; it is a traditional crop of Uttarakhand region. The nutritional value and quite resilient to diverse agro-climatic adaptability have increased its demand not only in mountainous regions but also in other regions. The agricultural system of Uttarakhand hill region is mainly dependent on...

District Almora in the state of Uttarakhand, India boasts of its rich natural heritage. It is a beautiful and scenic hill station situated in the lap of Himalaya. Tourism is an important activity both in the state and district. With the increasing number of tourists in the recent past, a threat to natural environment can be sensed here. However, ec...

The possibility of disasters is increasing in the mountainous areas of Uttarakhand. The main reasons for which are forest exploitation, overgrazing, mining, human activities and climate change etc. Cloudburst disaster (CBD) is a major natural extreme event in the mountainous regions of Uttarakhand. The study area is very sensitive for tectonics whe...

Municipal solid waste is a serious hazard to the whole world but more hazardous to the developing countries like India where urbanization is very fast and industrial development is still gaining speed. Almora municipal area of Uttarakhand where the growth of urbanization is high and population is continuously increasing. As a district headquarter A...

Abstract: Rapid urbanization and socio-economic development has transformed the urban structure completely. This change is affecting urban settlements on the social and environmental levels. Slums are those areas of the city whose settlement is often used for minimum development of low- grade and blind structures. The rate of urbanization in develo...

Roads play a very vital role in the economic and social development of any place. Present days without transport, we cannot imagine our daily life. Present-day life is completely dependent on transportation that helps to move people and things from one place to another. Roads are important not only from a social-economic point of view but also from...

Keywords: Himalayas, municipal solid waste (MSW), solid waste management (SWM), urbanization, Uttarakhand Introduction Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Municipal solid waste is a genius mixture of household, industrial, commercial and biomedical establishmentswhich originates from people whom paper, cloth, metal, glass, organic matter. The waste from se...

The Himalayan mountain regions being among one of the most dynamic systems of the earth surface have their unique vulnerabilities to different hazards that may be area specific and time specific and occasionally turn into disasters. Large proportion of such disasters attributed to the evolutionary history of the terrain that reflects in the geomorp...

In the dynamic and sensitive Himalayan domain, rapid urbanization is changing the geomorphologic processes including surface and channel runoff. Rainwater and the wastewater naturally flow down the slopes, but before joining mainstream, the natural streams disturbed by urbanized activities are causing various degradation processes. Building and roa...

Parvatiya rajya hone ke karan uttarakhand me jansankhya vitaran asamaan hai, falswaroop uttarakhand main pravaas ki bhi asaman pravitiyan dekhane ko miltee hain. Pravas aik vaishvik ghatana hai parantu mukhya roop se pravaas ke shikaar ve kshetra huwe hain janhan par manav jeewan ke liye prakratik, samajik or arthik paristhitiyan anukool nahin hain...

Dairy farming is an economic activity of real important to the rural areas in the world. In India it has been practiced by people from centuries. However, commercial dairy farming in India started only after the successful implementation of white revolution in the form of operation flood. It has helped in the advancement of the economy and developm...

Potato, a staple vegetable grown in most parts of the world has great significance for the valleys of Uttarakhand. The off seasonal potato production growing in the summer season in the study area has much demand in the plains areas because of its unique taste and nutrition value and can provide the farmers some additional income, which is necessar...

Dairy farming is an important part of our agricultural ecosystem and rural economy. It is a significant source of income and vital trail of subsistence to the small and marginal farmers and to the landless laborers also. Commercial dairy farming is playing a vital role in the economic development of the rural peoples throughout the country and more...

Himalayan region is very sensitive for the agricultural and land use activities. Incensement of waste land and degradation are the biggest problem in these Himalayan regions. While on the other hand there is much unemployment and migration of developing hill areas. Natural hazards in Himalayan region also take an important role where the landforms...

India is one of the disaster prone countries among all the countries. India is suffering from effect of disasters just like most of the world. Disasters are of two types: natural and human-made disasters. The Himalayan region of India is most affected by natural disasters. The Himalayan region is notorious for floods, severe rainfall, landslides an...

Introduction: Wood, if consumed continuously, as a source of energy for cooking and heating homes will ultimately put pressure on the forests. As far as the Himalayan region is concerned, for almost a decade, there has been a slow but sure marshalling of concern over developments. e ecological and geographical system of Himalaya is under great str...

Environmental Effects on Urban expansion

Hill towns of the fragile Himalayas are facing a newly emerged problem of mismanaged and unplanned building construction. Anthropogenic and technogenic activities in the recent past have lead to several geomorphic and environmental problems. This problemhas become more dangerous because of material transformation of the hill slope in the fast growi...

An environmental hazard is any condition, process or state adversely affecting the environment; it can cause widespread harm to humans and the physical environment in the fragile system like the Himalaya. An environmentally sensitive area suffering from extreme events such as – landslides, cloudbursts, earthquakes etc from degradation processes, is...

A geodynamically active and geomorphologically sensitive study area (the Khairna river basin) lies between 29 0 23' to 29 0 31' North latitudes and 79 0 25' to 79 0 39' East longitudes in the Kumaun lesser Himalayas and covers an area of about 125 km 2. The Khairna stream follows the NS tending strike dip Garampani fault and joins river Kosi at Kha...

Preliminary investigations were conducted in a pair of the micro watersheds: but one completely forested and the other one was disturbed by anthropogenic activities. From the deforested watershed 70 198.8 m3 water discharge with 1.6 tons suspended and 2.78 tons dissolved load was recorded. On the basis of the data recorded it was observed that wate...