The Ganga river, a symbol of faith for hundreds of millions of Indians, provides all essentials for the development of human beings such as ample amount of freshwater for domestic-agriculture-industrial purposes, productive ...

This study aimed to investigate the influence of hydrological model calibration/validation on discharge projections for three large river basins (the Rhine, Upper Mississippi and Upper Yellow). Three hydrological models ...

Shear strength of reinforced concrete (RC) beam-column joint depends on several parameters including the strut width, which in turn is a function of the compression depth in associated beams and columns framing into the ...

Intensive agriculture and irrigation play a crucial role in the food security of India. However, irrigation has considerably impacted regional climate and groundwater sustainability. Notwithstanding the profound implications ...

The evaluation of the damage and impact after disastrous events offers a unique learning opportunity to improve existing earthquake risk reduction measures or implement new strategies. Damage observations and building ...

India has witnessed some of the most devastating extreme precipitation events, which have affected urban transportation, agriculture, and infrastructure. Despite the profound implications and damage due to extreme precipitation ...

An increase in short duration precipitation extremes poses challenges for storm water design in rapidly urbanizing India. The recent Paris Agreement aims to limit the global mean temperature (GMT) below 1.5 °C (and possibly ...

Millions of people in Indian sub-continent are affected by floods, which have increased during the past decades and likely to increase further in response to warming climate. However, changes in the frequency of floods and ...