This study presents a spatio-temporal assessment of soil nutrient dynamics across five representative ecosites of Ashtamudi Lake, a tropical Ramsar-designated estuarine wetland on the southwest coast of India. Seasonal soil sampling was conducted during pre-monsoon, monsoon, and...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i21023
Rapid urbanisation is a major driver of land use and land cover (LULC) transformation in urban lake catchments, often threatening the long-term sustainability of lake ecosystems. This study aimed to quantify and analyse long-term spatio-temporal LULC dynamics within the Shahpura...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i21022
Wetlands are amongst the most productive ecosystems on the Earth that provides many important services to human society. They are biologically beneficial habitats that act as a transition zone between land and water. However, they are also ecologically sensitive and adaptive syst...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i21021
The rapid growth of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area (GMA), Jalisco, Mexico, has caused the urban heat island effect to increase its average annual temperature year after year, with record maximum temperatures recently recorded during the spring, specially in 2023 and 2024. This...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i21019
Turbidity flow plays a critical role in sediment transport, water quality degradation, and ecosystem functioning in lacustrine and estuarine environments, particularly in urbanized coastal regions. Lake Pontchartrain, one of the largest estuaries along the Gulf Coast of the Unite...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i21020
Potential evapotranspiration (PET) is a crucial parameter for effective water resource management, particularly in semi-arid regions like Aurangabad district. PET was estimated for nine stations in this region using the Thornthwaite method, which is a widely-used approach for det...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i21018
Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) is an important warm-season vegetable crop whose growth, phenology, yield, and fruit quality are strongly influenced by prevailing weather conditions. This review synthesizes existing research on the effects of major weather parameters temperature,...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i21016
Energy is the key catalyst in the overall economic growth of any nation. Energy in many forms drives the nation. In the current scenario, India's energy utilization ranks fourth globally in total energy consumption, with the majority of it derived from non-renewable sources. The...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i21017
Ponds are shallow, water filled depressions inhabited by aquatic plants and animals. They are an important natural resource and provide habitat for native species. These ponds remain neglected with no proper attempt of nurturing the potential ecosystem services and are under eval...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i21014
The Lower Dhansiri River catchment in Assam, India, is one of the highly sensitive hydroclimatic zones in northeastern India, where rainfall patterns critically influence river discharge, agriculture and socio-economic systems. This study investigates long-term rainfall variabili...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i21015
Vegetation dynamics are fundamental indicators of environmental health, yet evaluating them in complex, mixed-use landscapes remains methodologically challenging. Traditional statistics are not the real representative of the pixel-level distribution of greenness in a particular a...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i21012
Quantifying erosion vulnerability at the watershed scale is imperative for understanding sediment dynamics and formulating effective soil conservation strategies. In this study, the erosion vulnerability of the Kiile watershed was evaluated using the Universal Soil Loss Equation...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i21013
Global literature has consistently emphasised the complex challenges and opportunities associated with periodic market systems and spatial organisations. Despite this board attention, empirical evidence at the regional level is limited, particularly in African contexts where peri...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i21011
Spectral indices derived from multispectral satellite data provide a useful means to assess the temporal dynamics of land surface features. The study on spectral indices is important to detect the Land use change and the trend of urbanization and vegetation pattern of the watersh...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i21010
Remote sensing (RS) and geographic information system (GIS) based terrain analysis is essential for characterizing watershed dynamics and aids in sustainable land and water resource management, particularly in hard rock terrain where primary porosity is minimal, and topography an...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i11009