This book provides insight into advancing GIS and remote sensing technology in the field of mangrove ecosystem monitoring, offering traditional as well as advanced techniques for mangrove types, biophysical and biochemical parameters, retrieval, species identification, mapping classification, machine learning, physics-based approaches, challenges, and the way forward. This will incorporate the latest technology to derive biophysical and biochemical parameters using SAR data, hyperspectral ...

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of Gandhi's visionary approach to conflict resolution, highlighting the enduring relevance of his ideas in today’s world. Contributions from a diverse group of leading experts from India and abroad provide fresh perspectives on the theoretical and practical frameworks for ethical, non-violent conflict resolution. Gandhi’s multifaceted approach emphasizes ethical action, non-violence (ahimsa), and the profound connection between satyagraha (non-viol...

The Chips and Guac Principle, Sanjeev Kumar’s debut book, uncovers the role money has on our emotions, our happiness, and what we value in life. It explores our true passions and how to center our lives around that passion.Sanjeev realized there was so much more to life than chasing money, yet that green paper had always been the center of his goals in life. He decided to explore and understand how this played a role in how to be happy and make the right decisions toward l...

The Great Himalayas are the barriers between the Indian subcontinent and the Tibetan Plateaus, while the Karakoram range separates Ladakh from Central Asia. Ladakh was the transit point on the ancient Central Asian trade route for traders. Besides traders, this route was also exploited by invaders, travellers, and nomads, Buddhism also reached Tibet through Ladakh. The pure Aryan race is the racial treasure of Ladakh with their beautiful Aryan features. Ladakh is a vast plateau of sand, ro...

कविता में भावों की अभिव्यक्ति का एक माध्यम होता है 'शब्द'। तीसरा सप्तक की भूमिका में श्री अज्ञेय जी ने यह उल्लेख किया था कि'शब्द अपने आप में सम्पूर्ण या आत्यन्तिक नहीं है' 'प्रत्येक शब्द के अपने वाच्यार्थ अलग अलग लक्षणायें एवं व्यंजनायें होती हैµअलग अलग संस्कार और अलग अलग घ्वनियाँ भी। 'किसी शब्द का कोई स्वयंभूत अर्थ नहीं है। अर्थ उसे दिया गया है, वह संकेत है जिसमें अर्थ की प्रतिपत्ति की गयी है।' एकमात्र उपयुक्त शब्द की खोज करते समय हमें शब्दों की तदर्थता नहीं भूलनी होगीऋ वह एकमात्रा इसी अर...

Since the beginning of the world, This has been in force The net of aspirations Surrounds all the moments

मनुष्य एक सामाजिक प्राणी है अतः अपने जीवन के खट्टे-मीठे अनुभवों को अपने आस-पास के पात्रों को संजाकर वह 'दैनीन्दिन' की घटनाओं के आस-पास और ''दाम्पत्य जीवन के हर्ष-विषाद' को प्रस्तुत करके संतुष्ट होता है अर्थात् ये कहानियाँ पारिवारिक सामाजिक जीवन पर केन्द्रित होती है। इसमें सामाजिक समस्याएँ, परम्पराए और सुख दुःख की छोटी-बड़ी सभी अनुभूतियों भी है। इसके अंतर्गत गोड़-गोड़िन के दाम्पत्य जीवन की प्रचलित छत्तीसगढ़ी लोककथा को उदाहरणार्थ रखा जा सकता है।

PREFACEFrom ancient ages, the sole proprietorship was the most popular form of business organisation. The dilating scales and augmenting territories of business brought forth the combination of more than one individual into partnering. Partnership facilitated pooling of resources and efforts and gained prevalence over the sole proprietorship. Law of partnerships emerged at such point of time and has now gained the status of one of the very old mercantile laws....

From ancient ages, the commercial transactions were taking place under the customs regulating the subject and the obligations of parties etc.. These customs culminated into the Law of contracts, when the same was codified. The Law of Contracts in India defines Contract as an agreement enforceable by law, which offers personal rights, and imposes personal obligations, which the law protects and enforces against the parties to the agreement. The general law of contract is based on the concep...

The three-volume set CCIS 2009, 2010 and 2011 constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computer Vision and Image Processing, CVIP 2023, held in Jammu, India, during November 3–5, 2023.The 140 revised full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 461 submissions. The papers focus on various important and emerging topics in image processing, computer vision applications, deep learning, and machi...

This book documents information on adaptive agro-management approaches ensuring environmental sustainability. It covers recent sustainable agro-techniques of farming used in developed, developing and under-developed countries such as carbon neutral farming, organic agriculture, use of slow-release fertilizers, nano-agriculture, crop residue management, biochar, vermicompost, agroforestry, climate-smart agriculture, advanced water used technologies, microbial fertilizers, and ecological far...

This edited book reflects on the development and importance of psychosocial and mental health support in disaster interventions and management in India. Drawing on scientific studies and reports from the Indian context and Asian countries, this collection discusses the importance of psychosocial support for effective recovery, strengthening resiliency, and long-term sustainable development. The chapters examine the role of government’s policies and humanitarian organizations in relation to...