Kunal Chakraborty

University of North Bengal · Department of Geography and Applied Geography

The production of urban solid waste is one of the most dangerous environmental health risks on the planet. By selecting suitable landfill sites, it is possible to resolve the issue of health risks and environmental pollution driven by the unscientific disposal of solid waste. The current research is centered on determining suitable landfill locatio...

The most frequent natural occurrence in low-lying flat land or floodplain regions is flooding, which not only results in a boost to the soil fertility but is also almost invariably accompanied by a major loss of lives, property, and the economy. The major objective of the present study is to identify areas, which are vulnerable to flood in the Mald...

The analysis of groundwater trends, patterns, and its management are crucial for sustainable planning of agricultural activities and water resources development under changing climate. Therefore, this study aims to understand groundwater depth (GWD) fluctuation in the Malda district during 1996-2018. The innovative trend analyses (ITA), non-paramet...

At present, people worldvide are fighting against an unseen enemy. Outbreaks ofCOVID-19 are on the rise in more than 200 countries worldwide. In the world economy, human lijfehas beendramatically affected. The developed developing, and least developed countries of the world have been ajected by the extremities of COVID-19. However, the rate of COVI...

Land use and land cover (LULC) changes may occur due to natural and anthropogenic activities. The present study area is situated in the Himalayan foothill region of north-eastern India and covers around 1507 km². This area comprises Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) and the surrounding five community development blocks. Geopolitical location of...

Bank erosion is the predominant character of River Mahananda in the Sub-Himalayan North Bengal. The present study aims to identify the bank erosion mechanism as well as the impact of river bank erosion on land use and land cover (LULC) dynamics of the study area. Survey of India (SOI) topographical map 78 B/5 (1975) and satellite imageries for the...

The Diara region of West Bengal has experienced frequent channel migration and associated bank erosion of Ganga and a wide range of land use and land cover (LULC) visualised for the food security, shelter alteration, for socio economic benefits and most importantly for in-migration. The present study has explained how geographic information system...

The study of fuvial processes deals with the fuid of natural origin through a channel that carries particulate sediments including solid load either in solution, or in suspension and even rolling over the channel bed. Channel bed forms, crosssectional shapes, channel geometry, etc. have direct interactions among fow, sediment, and the channel bound...

Natural disaster is a sudden and unpredictable situation or event which causes great destruction, material damage and human suffering. Landslides are one of the common disasters that occur mainly in the mountainous region. Tista River is the most important watershed in eastern India which originates from Sikkim Himalaya. The environment of the Tist...

River is not only the vital resource for human activity but also it is the important physical agent to study the morphology of the region as well as. Basically sand-bed rivers are very complicated as they significantly change their bed forms (Jana & Paul, 2016). River Karatoya is one of the most important ancient rivers of North Bengal of that type...

River being a physical agent to study the morphology of floodplain is a long run process in geomorphology. Basically sand bed rivers are highly complicated as they significantly change their bed forms (Jana & Paul, 2016). River Karatoya is one of the most important metamorphosing channels in Jalpaiguri which has passed through the stages of the pro...