Impact of Coal Mining on Vegetation: a Case Study in Jaintia Hills District of Meghalaya, India
Impact of Coal Mining on Vegetation: A Case Study in Jaintia Hills District of Meghalaya, India Kiranmay Sarma February, 2005 Impact of Coal Mining on Vegetation: A Case Study in Jaintia Hills District of Meghalaya, India by Kiranmay Sarma Thesis submitted to the International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation with specialisation in Natural Hazards Studies Thesis Assessment Board: Thesis Supervisors: Chairman: Prof. F. D. van der Meer (ITC) Dr. S.P.S. Kushwaha, IIRS, Dehradun, India External Examiner: Dr. Y.A. Hussin, ITC, The Netherlands ITC Member: Dr. C.J. van Westen (ITC) IIRS Member: Er. V. Hari Prasad Supervisor: Dr. S.P.S. Kushwaha, IIRS iirs INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR GEO-INFORMATION SCIENCE AND EARTH OBSERVATION ENSCHEDE, THE NETHERLANDS & INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING, NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING AGENCY (NRSA), DEPARTMENT OF SPACE, DEHRADUN, INDIA I certify that although I may have conferred with others in preparing for this assignment, and drawn upon a range of sources cited in this work, the content of this thesis report is my original work. Signed ……………………. Disclaimer This document describes work undertaken as part of a programme of study at the International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation. All views and opinions expressed therein remain the sole responsibility of the author, and do not necessarily represent those of the institute. IMPACT OF COAL MINING ON VEGETATION: A CASE STUDY IN JAINTIA HILLS DISTRICT OF MEGHALAYA, INDIA Acknowledgements I express my profound indebtedness to my revered teachers Dr.
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