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PrefaceI Urbanization and Ecological Sustainability1. Sustainable Urban Ecosystems: Problems and Perspectives2. Construction in Nature vs. Nature of Construction3. The Use of Vegetation and the Expression of Urban Memory in Jean Nouvel's Recent Architecture4. Soil Leaching Behavior of Different Urban Landscapes5. Environmental Sustainability: Stabilized Mud Blocks as an Alternative to Burnt Brick6. A Study of Urbanization and Ecosystem Services of Guwahati City from an Ecological (Forest Ecosystem) Footprint Perspective7. User Preferences and Traffic Impact Evaluation of the Bus Rapid Transit System for a Medium Sized City8. Green Road Approach in Indian Road Construction for Sustainable Development9. Site Specific Impact Assessment of Coal Mine Fire on the Road Network in Jharia Town, Using the Electrical Resistivity Imaging TechniqueII Climate Change Issues in the Urban Sector10. Climate Change Consideration in Planning and Development of Semi Urban Areas11. Effect of Climate Change over Kashmir Valley12. Assessment of the Urban Heat Island Effect in Guwahati: A Remote Sensing Based Study13. Climate Change and Its Effect on Hydrology and Threat to Biodiversity: A Study on Manas River (Upper Part) and the Manas National Park, Assam, India14. Increasing Extreme Temperature Events in Guwahati City During 1971 - 201015. Trends in Sunshine Duration in the Humid Climate of Northeast India: A Case StudyIII Water Quality Concerns in the Urban Environment16. Factors Affecting the Quality of Roof-Harvested Rainwater17. Effect of Effluents from Cachar Papermill, Panchgram, BarakValley and Assam on Water Quality Around Dumping Sites18. Heavy Metal Pollution in Adyar Waters: Analysis and Bioremediation19. Assessment of Water Quality Using Multivariate Statistical Analysis in the Gharaso River of Northern Iran20. Stability Analysis of River Banks Using Ground Penetrating RadarIV Urban Waste: Concerns and Remediation21. Elimination of Chromium (VI) from Waste Water Using Various Bio Sorbents22. Biodegradation Kinetics of Toluene, Ethylbenzene and Xyleneina Mixture of VOCs23. Aerobic Degradation of Complex Organic Compounds and Cyanides in Coke Oven Waste Water in the Presence of Glucose24. Benzene Biodegradation by Aerococus sp. Isolated from Petroleum Oil Sludge25. Simultaneous Removal of High Nitrate and Phosphate from Synthetic Waste Water by Prolonged Anaerobic Cycle in a Batch Reactor26. Effects of Heavy Metals on the Environment by Utilization of Urban Waste Compost for Land Application27. Amine Grafted Meso Porous Silica Materials for CO2 Capture under Flue Gas Conditions28. Lignocellulosic Biomass as a Sustainable Source for Bioethanol ProductionV Ground Water Contamination29. Saline Water Intrusion in the Coastal Aquifers of the Periyar River Basin, Central Kerala, India30. A Geo-Environmental Study on Groundwater Recharge Zones and Groundwater Management in the Guwahatie Municipal Area31. Scope and Challenges of Sustainable Drinking Water Management in Assam32. Series Removal of Heavy Metal and Aromatic Compound from Contaminated Groundwater, Using Zerovalentiron (ZVI)33. Spatial Decision Support Systems for Groundwater Quality Management Using Geomatics