Impact of linear transport infrastructure on fluvial connectivity across the catchments of West Bengal, India

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Suvendu Roy
2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A. M. Kaphegyi ◽  
Matthias Dees ◽  
Diana Zlatanova ◽  
Christoph Ueffing ◽  
Aleksandar Dutsov ◽  
...  

The smallest district of West Bengal with great potential of growth, is highly influenced by its location on the of Kolkata, Howrah Municipal Corporation area faces the western bank of river Hooghly, just opposite to Kolkata, is the Howrah city. This city is growing since its inception and became an important part of the Kolkata conurbation. Transport infrastructure and services provide the basic framework for its regional development than other factors of development. From the last two centuries, the on-going transformation of the land use pattern of this district has been highly influenced by the transport development. The establishment of Howrah Railway Terminus (Government of West Bengal, 1967) was the main push factor of the then industrial sector in 1854. But the growing urbanization of the city nowadays pressurizes the man-land ratio which directly affects infrastructural sectors like transport. The existing road transportation system, railway networks, ferry system become unable to handle the pressure mainly during office hours on weekdays. Being a neighbour zone problem related to the transport and road pressure in rush hours. The metro service in Howrah Maidan is already started (2016), which is connected with Kolkata metro networks to reduce the surface transport pressure of the Howrah Municipal area. But still it is just at the foundation stage and only one connected node is not sufficient for the entire Howrah Municipal Corporation area. In this paper, we are going to propose for management of vehicles, probable new transport routes and auxiliary transport system to be a solution to overcome this problem on the basis of people's perception through our study.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob Ament ◽  
Sandeep Kumar Tiwari ◽  
Melissa Butynski ◽  
Becky Shu Chen ◽  
Norris Dodd ◽  
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Asian elephants are endangered across their remaining home ranges in South and Southeast Asia. According to recent estimates, fewer than 52,000 individuals remain in the wild across 13 range states. Ongoing loss and fragmentation of habitat, increasingly caused by the development and operation of linear transport infrastructure (LTI) - such as roads, railways, and highways - is now exacerbating these threats. The Asian Elephant Transport Working Group (AsETWG) began collaboration in early 2019 to focus its efforts on developing solutions for conserving core habitats and decreasing mortality and barriers to Asian elephant movement. This publication marks a first milestone in AsETWG's work. It highlights the impacts that LTI has on Asian elephants and their habitats, addresses existing frameworks for reducing elephant-transport conflicts, provides seven case studies and a focus on emerging technologies, and makes general recommendations for inspiring urgent and practical actions.


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