Nazimul Islam

University of Birmingham · School of Geography Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES)

Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) are a recurring hazard in the Himalayas, posing significant threat to downstream communities. The North Sikkim district of India, comprising the upper reaches of the Teesta River in the Eastern Himalayas, has experienced past GLOF events. The identification of lakes susceptible to this phenomenon is therefore pa...

Recent developments in tree-ring research offer great potential for reconstructing past climate changes; determining the frequencies of natural hazards; and assessing the availability of freshwater resources over timescales that extend well into the pre-instrumental period. Here, we review the state of dendrochronological research in the Himalaya a...

The European Dendroecological Fieldweek (EDF) is a one-week course that takes place every year at varying locations in Europe according to the principle “Bring tree-ring research to the people”. The EDF welcomes early-career to advanced researchers, but also forest service and other federal agency employees and private people interested in tree-rin...

The earliest sewer networks of the city of Kolkata, or erstwhile Calcutta, covered a modest 19.1 km2 ofthe central district of the city and the fist phase of the network-commenced operation in 1868. Calcutta, then, was the capital of imperial India under British rule and the combined sewer was only second in the empire after London. The conduits of...

Land use land cover of any area is highly dynamic in nature and is highly prone to ongoing socio economic and demographic changes in spatial perspectives. In this context the role of urbanization and consequent urban development in a fast urbanizing country like India is crucial in bringing about rapid changes in rate of conversion of natural lands...