TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pandya, Goral (PA200316)
AU  - Maheshwari, Deepa (Guide)
TI  - Ecological revitalization of Alang-Sosiya ship breaking yard area (Also available on CD)
U1  - LA TH-0302 
PY  - 2018///
N1  - CONTENTS
Abstract     i 
Acknowledgements     iii 
Contents     v 
List of tables    vii 
List of figures    ix 
List of abbreviations    xi 
1 Introduction    1 
1.1 Ship breaking    1 
1.2 The environmental aspect of ship breaking    2 
1.3 Aim    3 
1.4 Objectives    3 
1.5 Methodology    3 
1.6 Scope and Limitations     4 
2 Study area - Alang area development authority    5 
2.1 Background    5 
2.1.1 Site study area and selection criteria    6 
2.2 Advantage of location    7 
2.3 Climate     9 
2.4 Shift of occupation - Agricultural to Industrial    9 
3 Understanding of Natural Layers    11 
3.1 Elevation    11 
3.1.1 Backwaters    12 
3.2 Geomorphology    13 
3.3 Soil    14 
3.4 Land Use    16 
3.5 Vegetation    18 
3.5.1 Mangroves   19 
3.5.2 Flora and Fauna at ASSBY    19 
3.6 Villages in the study area   20 
4 Analysis of study area    21 
4.1 Activities in the Study area   21 
4.2 Global importance of the study area.    22 
4.3 Growth of the Study area.    24 
4.3.1 Decadal Growth and Population density  25 
4.4 Processes at ASSBY    26 
5 Impact of ASSBY on the quality of environment   27 
5.1 Sea water Analysis    27 
5.2 Sediment Analysis   28 
5.3 Quality of Air    30 
5.4 Macro benthos fauna    30 
5.5 Types of waste and their impacts    31 
6 Impact of ASSBY on natural resources   35 
6.1 Impact on Surface hydrology    35 
6.2 Impact on Vegetation    36 
6.3 Impact matrix  38 
6.4 Cumulative impacts    39 
6.5 Probable areas for future expansion    41 
7 Environmental assets and Vulnerability   43 
7.1 Environmental assets    43 
7.2 Vulneriblity    43 
7.3 Landscape evaluation and Vision statement    45 
7.3.1 Landscape evaluation for very high and high vulnerability zones.   45 
7.3.2 Landscape evaluation for moderate to low vulnerability zones   47 
7.3.3 Vision statement    47 
8 Case study - Money point revitalization plan    49 
9 Proposal   53 
9.1 Master plan   53 
9.2 Clean up strategies    55 
9.2.1 Phase I - MSW and Industrial waste management   57 
9.2.2 Phase II - Stream cleanup and revival of riparian zone   58 
9.2.3 Phase III- Soil cleanup and Eradication of congress grass   59 
9.3 Proposal for sustainable industrial practice   60 
9.4 Industrial landscape and liminality   61 
9.5 Mangrove regeneration   62 
10 Conclusion   63 
References  65 


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