Myriad Challenges of the Coasts of India
Monitoring from space, aerial and in situ platforms in coastal regions will help develop models for interactions between ecological and anthropogenic processes, helping sustainable management of coast...
Our Fragile Coasts: Scientific Approaches and Solutions
The Indian coasts hold diverse geomorphological features—mudflats, rocky shores, cliffs, sandy beaches and deltaic reaches that shelter unique ecosystems. However, significant sections of the coastlin...
Need of Flood Warning System for Coastal Metropolis
Integrated Flood Warning System (IFLOWS) is an integrated GIS-based decision support system developed for Chennai and Mumbai that provides flood inundation scenarios and helps state governments to put...
IMPACT ARTICLES
Where is the gender in climate change?
Climate change is quite obviously something that affects everyone. However the effects of these changes and the policies meant to deal with climate change can be gendered. It is true that the interfac...
A Rice Gene to Tackle Floods and Feed Families
The village of Dekheta in Orissa, was selected as a field research base by Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI), Cuttack, in 2008 just before the monsoons. The results were so encouraging that today...
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Where is the gender in climate change?
Climate change is quite obviously something that affects everyone. However the effects of these changes and the policies meant to deal with climate change can be gendered. It is true that the interface between gender and climate change is still being conceptually understood. But it is clear that women, landless farmers and others who lack access to markets especially in the developing world will b...
A Rice Gene to Tackle Floods and Feed Families
The village of Dekheta in Orissa, was selected as a field research base by Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI), Cuttack, in 2008 just before the monsoons. The results were so encouraging that today the women here have organised themselves to create a flood-resistant paddy seed bank with technical help being offered by CRRI.