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Cultural heritages and sites to achieve SDGs in cities: a perspective from Global South Open

Manob Das, Debaprasad Rakshit, Arijit Das · 2025

Cultural heritage and sites play a pivotal role in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in cities of the Global South. Many cities in Global South, with rich in historical and cultural assets, face unique challenges in integratin…

Chemical and Microbial Analysis of Drinking Water in the Villages Under Rural Health Training Center, Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Hyderabad Open

Sri Vishnupriya Ravipati, Manob Das, Neeta Mathur, Biranchi Narayan Das, Nagalla Balakrishna , et al. · 2025

Aim: The primary concern regarding the quality of drinking water in developing countries is microbiological contamination. The rural people of Moinabad Mandal use 20 L bubble top water cans for drinking. The purpose of the study is to chec…

How Do the Dynamics of Urbanization Affect the Thermal Environment? A Case from an Urban Agglomeration in Lower Gangetic Plain (India) Open

Arijit Das, Priyakshi Saha, Rajarshi Dasgupta, Miguel Inácio, Manob Das , et al. · 2024

Urban growth and development has significantly affected urban heat island (UHI) due to urbanization. Particularly in the cities in developing countries, the assessment of UHI has emerged as one of the core research themes as it significant…

Urban dynamics and its impact on habitat and eco-environmental quality along urban-rural gradient in an urban agglomeration (India) Open

Manob Das, Ashis Kumar Mandal, Arijit Das, Miguel Inácio, Paulo Pereira · 2023

The ecological environment in cities has posed a severe threat due to rapid unplanned and haphazard urbanization worldwide. Thus, an ecological assessment environment is essential for policy implications and sustainable management of urban…

Mapping and assessment of ecosystem health in the Vilnius functional zone (Lithuania) Open

Manob Das, Miguel Inácio, Arijit Das, ‪Damià Barceló, Paulo Pereira · 2023

A quantitative review of ecosystem service research in Himalayan Mountainous Region Open

Ashis Kumar Mandal, Arijit Das, Manob Das, Paulo Pereira · 2023

The Himalayan Mountainous Region (HMR) is one of the important biodiversity hotspots in the world and is highly vulnerable due to anthropogenic activities and climate change. A number of studies were carried out in HMR on ES from multiple …

COV-CT-NET - A DEEP LEARNING MODEL FOR COVID-19, COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA DETECTION USING CT IMAGES Open

Abul Hasnat, Manob Das, Santanu Halder, Debotosh Bhattacharjee · 2023

The world has witnessed the deadly impact of the Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19), claiming millions of lives since its outbreak in early December 2019. Early virus detection plays a crucial role in controlling this highly contagious disease.…

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on cultural ecosystem services from urban green spaces: a case from English Bazar Urban Agglomeration, Eastern India Open

Arijit Das, Manob Das, Swarnali Saha, Paulo Pereira · 2023

Mapping and assessment of carbon sequestration potential and its drivers in the Eastern Himalayan Region (India) Open

Manob Das, Ashis Kumar Mandal, Arijit Das, Miguel Inácio, Paulo Pereira · 2023

Eastern Himalayan Region (EHR) is a biodiversity hotspot and an ecologically sensitive area. In the last few years, climate change, land use, and land cover (LULC) have substantially affected forest ecosystems and their capacity to store c…

Urbanization-induced vegetation cover loss and its impact on urban heat island and carbon emission in Kolkata megacity region, India. Open

Manob Das, Arijit Das, Paulo Pereira · 2023

Rapid urbanization has become a significant driver of land use and land cover (LULC) change and significantly affected hydrological, carbon cycle and ecosystem resilience in urban environments. The loss of vegetation cover driven by urbani…

Frameworks for mapping lake ecosystem services. An example from Lithuania Open

Miguel Inácio, Manob Das, ‪Damià Barceló, Paulo Pereira · 2023

Developing an integrated urban ecological efficiency framework for spatial ecological planning: A case on a tropical mega metropolitan area of the global south Open

Manob Das, Arijit Das, Paulo Pereira · 2022

Rapid urbanization has emerged as one of the most critical challenges to ecological sustainability in urban areas. In developing countries, the degradation of the ecosystem is more prominent due to the lack of urban planning. Thus, it has …

Exploring the factors affecting urban ecological risk: A case from an Indian mega metropolitan region Open

Manob Das, Arijit Das, Ashis Kumar Mandal · 2022

Assessment of ecological risk (ER) is a key approach to adapting and mitigating ecological deterioration in cities of developing countries. In developing countries, the ecological landscapes such as vegetation cover, water bodies, and wetl…

Mapping the Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Urban Surface Ecological Status (USES): A Case Study of Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA), India Open

Manob Das, Arijit Das, Paulo Pereira, Asish Mandal · 2021

An urban ecosystem’s ecological structure and functions can be assessed through Urban Surface Ecological Status (USES). USES are affected by human activities and environmental processes. The mapping of USESs are crucial for urban environme…

Habitat vulnerability in slum areas of India – What we learnt from COVID-19? Open

Manob Das, Arijit Das, Biplab Giri, Raju Sarkar, Sunil Saha · 2021

Exploring short term spatio-temporal pattern of PM2.5 and PM10 and their relationship with meteorological parameters during COVID-19 in Delhi Open

Manob Das, Arijit Das, Raju Sarkar, Papiya Mandal, Sunil Saha , et al. · 2021

Nexus between Indigenous Ecological Knowledge and Ecosystem Services: A Socio-Ecological Analysis for Sustainable Ecosystem Management Open

Manob Das, Arijit Das, Selim Seikh, Rajiv Pandey · 2021

The well-being of the human society cannot be ensured and sustainable unless the flow of Ecosystem Services (ESs) would be matching with their consistent demand. The consistent flow of ESs required sustainable management of ecological reso…

Exploring the spatio-temporal dynamics of ecosystem health: A study on a rapidly urbanizing metropolitan area of Lower Gangetic Plain, India Open

Manob Das, Arijit Das, Paulo Pereira, Ashis Kumar Mandal · 2021

The assessment of Ecosystem Health (EH) is crucial for effective ecosystem services (ES) management and global environmental change assessment. This study aims to assess the spatio-temporal EH in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA) from 20…

Regional scenario of air pollution in lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from major urban agglomerations of India Open

Manob Das, Arijit Das, Raju Sarkar, Sunil Saha, Papiya Mandal · 2021

Living environment matters: Unravelling the spatial clustering of COVID-19 hotspots in Kolkata megacity, India Open

Arijit Das, Sasanka Ghosh, Kalikinkar Das, Tirthankar Basu, Ipsita Dutta , et al. · 2020

Examining the impact of lockdown (due to COVID-19) on ambient aerosols (PM2.5): A study on Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) Cities, India Open

Manob Das, Arijit Das, Raju Sarkar, Sunil Saha, Ashis Kumar Mandal · 2020

Mapping the effect of climate change on community livelihood vulnerability in the riparian region of Gangatic Plain, India Open

Manob Das, Arijit Das, Sahil Momin, Rajiv Pandey · 2020

Indian Gangatic Plain is food basket of the country and vulnerable to variety of factors. The western region of the Gangatic plain is worst affected due to river bank erosion, frequent floods and climate change. The objective of the presen…

Examining the impact of lockdown (due to COVID-19) on Domestic Violence (DV): An evidences from India Open

Manob Das, Arijit Das, Ashis Kumar Mandal · 2020

Impact of nutritional status and anemia on COVID-19: Is it a public health concern? Evidence from National Family Health Survey-4 (2015–2016), India Open

Aparup Das, Manob Das, Sasanka Ghosh · 2020

Dynamics of Urbanization and its impact on Urban Ecosystem Services (UESs): A study of a medium size town of West Bengal, Eastern India Open

Manob Das, Arijit Das · 2019

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