Natural Resource Management and Geoinformatics

Natural Resource Base: Types & Classification

  • Natural Resource Base: definition; types — land, water, forest, biodiversity & minerals
  • Resource classification: renewable vs non-renewable; biotic vs abiotic; actual vs potential; ubiquitous vs localized

Resource Depletion, Pollution & Resource Curse

  • Resource depletion: rates, causes; over-exploitation; resource curse phenomenon
  • Resource pollution: land, water & air pollution from resource extraction

Historical Evolution of NRM

  • Historical evolution of NRM: from exploitation to sustainable management; colonial forestry; post-independence policies

Resource Valuation Methods

  • Resource valuation methods: market price, replacement cost, contingent valuation, ecosystem service valuation

Tragedy of the Commons: Hardin’s Concept

  • Tragedy of the Commons (Hardin): concept, examples, critique

Ostrom’s Institutional Design: 8 Principles

  • Ostrom’s institutional design principles: 8 principles for governing common pool resources

Property Regimes: Public, Private, Common & Open Access

  • Property regimes: Public property (state-owned), Private property (individual/firm), Common property (community), Open access (no defined rights)

Watershed Management: Concept & IWMP in India

  • Watershed management: concept; ridge-to-valley treatment approach; watershed committees; IWMP in India

Forest Management: JFM & CAMPA

  • Forest management: JFM (Joint Forest Management) — origin, structure, success & challenges
  • CAMPA (Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management & Planning Authority): objectives, fund use

Wetland Management & Ramsar Convention

  • Wetland management: Ramsar Convention; wetland conservation in India; functions & threats

Grassland Management in India

  • Grassland management: types of grasslands in India; threats; management practices

Ecosystem Services: MEA Framework (4 Types)

  • Ecosystem Services (MEA framework): provisioning (food, water, fibre), regulating (climate, flood, water purification), cultural (recreation, spiritual), supporting (soil formation, nutrient cycling)

World Energy Crises & Renewable Energy Transition

  • World energy crises: 1973 & 1979 oil shocks; energy security; fossil fuel dependency; renewable energy transition

Watershed Delineation Using DEM & GIS

  • Geoinformatics for watershed delineation: DEM-based watershed analysis; flow direction, flow accumulation, stream network extraction

Soil Erosion Estimation: USLE & GIS Application

  • Soil erosion estimation using USLE (Universal Soil Loss Equation): R, K, L, S, C, P factors; GIS application

Forest Fire Monitoring Using MODIS & Sentinel

  • Forest fire monitoring: MODIS active fire data; Sentinel-2 burned area mapping; fire risk mapping

Water Body Monitoring: NDWI & Change Detection

  • Water body monitoring: NDWI, MNDWI; seasonal water body change detection using Landsat/Sentinel

Groundwater Management: GRACE & InSAR

  • Groundwater management using RS: GRACE satellite data; land subsidence (InSAR); groundwater potential zones (GIS-AHP)

Adaptive Crop Planning Using Remote Sensing

  • Adaptive crop planning: crop type mapping; crop calendar analysis; yield prediction using remote sensing

Practical: Watershed Delineation, NDVI, Hotspot Analysis

  • Practical: DEM-based watershed delineation in QGIS; NDVI/NDWI change detection in GEE; hotspot analysis for resource pressure

Supplementary Topics: NRM & Geoinformatics

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