16.5 Conclusion
References
12 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 1Table 1.1 Bibliometric analysis results showing top 20 countries, top 10 res...
2 Chapter 2Table 2.1 Obesity‐induced risk factors and associated comorbidities.
3 Chapter 5Table 5.1 Pollution data on the Adyar and Cooum rivers.Table 5.2 Multiple dimensions of Varanasi.Table 5.3 Inferences from the case studies on the basis of four parameters....
4 Chapter 6Table 6.1 Strength of agreement for Kappa statistics.Table 6.2 Overall land‐use area from 1990 to 2020.Table 6.3 Land‐use percentage change from 1990 to 2020.Table 6.4 Classification accuracy and overall Kappa statistics.
5 Chapter 7Table 7.1 Efficient plants and their metal accumulation potential.
6 Chapter 8Table 8.1 Plants and associated microbes decontaminating VOCs based on scree...
7 Chapter 9Table 9.1 Top five important criteria of tree vandalisation in urban areas....
8 Chapter 10Table 10.1 Weighted land use land cover (LULC).Table 10.2 Weighted NDVI values of green spaces.Table 10.3 Weight for each buffer distance to green spaces.Table 10.4 Random index (RI) values number of pairs (Kaewfak et al. 2021; Sa...Table 10.5 Environmental parameters weightage.Table 10.6 Confusion matrix for accuracy assessment.Table 10.7 Classification of environmental status values.
9 Chapter 11Table 11.1 Methods of propagation of a few jungle flora species.
10 Chapter 12Table 12.1 Some thermotolerant fungi and infections caused by them.Table 12.2 Some viruses and the diseases caused by them.
11 Chapter 13Table 13.1 Literature review.Table 13.2 List of NGOs and individuals contacted.Table 13.3 Data obtained from forest range offices.Table 13.4 Rescue data obtained from various NGOs and forest department.
12 Chapter 14Table 14.1 An example of guiding questions and related indicators of the env...Table 14.2 The views of sustainability self‐assessment's benefits and challe...
13 Chapter 15Table 15.1 Global initiatives set to fight climate change.Table 15.2 Various missions set under the umbrella of National Action Plan o...
14 Chapter 16Table 16.1 Details of the satellite datasets used for the current study.Table 16.2 Statistics of changes in EPR of Ghoramara Island.Table 16.3 Year‐wise difference in perimeter and area of the Ghoramara Islan...
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 1Figure 1.1 Bibliometric analysis results showing (a) year‐wise publication g...Figure 1.2 Thematic evolution of the urban ecology and climate change resear...Figure 1.3 Illustrative representation of the challenges of the urban ecosys...
2 Chapter 2Figure 2.1 An overview of the various factors that are responsible for urban...Figure 2.2 Dysregulation of sugar metabolism leads to cardiometabolic syndro...Figure 2.3 Complex urban planning and its impact on cardiometabolic syndrome...Figure 2.4 Societal stigma those are barriers to treat cardiometabolic syndr...Figure 2.5 Plausible strategies to reduce cardiometabolic syndrome.Figure 2.6 Graphical representations showing how ecology and urbanisation ha...Figure 2.7 Individual suffering from obesity leads to insulin resistance, gl...Figure 2.8 The most prevalent shared risk factors between obesity, cancer, a...
3 Chapter 3Figure 3.1 World population (Total, Urban, and Rural).Figure 3.2 Carbon footprints of Indian urban clusters (2016).Figure 3.3 New Delhi's urban growth (1989–2024).Figure 3.4 Five axes of smart city.
4 Chapter 4Figure 4.1 Global water consumption and wastewater generation in various sec...Figure 4.2 Sector‐wise water consumption in India and the world. (a) World w...
5 Chapter 5Figure 5.1 Conceptual map of the proposal for 58 acres.Figure 5.2 Goals of the Adyar Poonga project.Figure 5.3 Zoning plan for Adyar Poonga.Figure 5.4 The actual BOD and DO (mg l−1) in Indian rivers against the...Figure 5.5 Formation of Varanasi.Figure 5.6 Activity on the Ghats (land–water interface).Figure 5.7 Kunds of Varanasi.
6 Chapter 6Figure 6.1 Chattogram City Corporation area as study site.Figure 6.2 Procedure of satellite image classification.Figure 6.3 Land‐use pattern of Chattogram City Corporation at different time...Figure 6.4 Land‐use distribution pattern at different time periods at 10‐yea...Figure 6.5 Change in land‐use pattern from 1990 to 2020.Figure 6.6 Temporal distribution of land‐use pattern.
7 Chapter 7Figure 7.1 Uptake mechanisms of phytoremediation technology.
8 Chapter 8Figure 8.1 Phytoremediation encompasses several processes: pollutants such a...
9 Chapter 9Figure 9.1 Incidence of urban tree vandalism and tree criteria's for vandali...Figure 9.2 Types of tree vandalism in urban areas and its abundance.
10 Chapter 10Figure 10.1 Location of Bhaktapur district.Figure 10.2 Flow chart of methodology.Figure 10.3 Land use land cover, Bhaktapur district 2019.Figure 10.4 Green spaces in Bhaktapur district, 2019.Figure 10.5 Normalised difference vegetation index (NDVI) in Bhaktapur distr...Figure 10.6 Weighted urban green space index (WUGSI) of Bhaktapur district, ...Figure 10.7 Municipality wise weighted urban green space index in Bhaktapur ...Figure 10.8 Environmental status of green spaces in Bhaktapur district, 2019...Figure 10.9. Histogram of environmental status of forests (a), water bodies ...
11 Chapter 11Figure 11.1 Socio‐scientific importance of adding jungle flora species to ur...
12 Chapter 12Figure 12.1 Flow diagram showing the basic outline of the effect of climate ...
13 Chapter 13Figure 13.1 Google Earth imagery of the study area.Figure 13.2 Overview of data collation process.Figure 13.3 Various taxons rescued in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region during ...Figure 13.4 Percentage distribution of taxon‐based rescue operations – a com...Figure 13.5 Commonly rescued snake species in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region...Figure 13.6 Commonly rescued bird species
