Projects

At present, the metropolitan cities are monotonously facing Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect all over the world. UHI effect is kind of heat accretion phenomenon that leads to so many problems in urban areas. The impact of UHI effect is even getting worse due to improper urbanization, inappropriate planning and designing of towns. Not only metropolitan cities are encountering high UHI effect, the developing suburbs are also expected to experience the destructive impact on health and well beings, so suburban area are also under the threat of global warming and UHI effect. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the various divergent mitigation strategies using urban microclimate simulation model for a part of the surveyed region.
Index Terms - Urban heat islands, urban microclimate, simulation, mitigation measures

Watersheds provide a multitude of ecosystem services for upstream and downstream people in Manipur. Forests and water are important natural resources for rural livelihoods and increasingly important for the recreation demand of a rapidly urbanizing society in Manipur.

The work mainly concentrates on the identification of Breakages in different types of barriers seen in Bannerghatta National Park.

This is a collaborate project with the Karnataka Forest Department of Bennerghatta National Park.

Mr. Ajith is being guided to study the impact of unregulated urban expansion on heritage sites in Kodungallur, Kochi, Kerala, using remotely-sensing imagery.