Ecology & Natural Environment

Water and Climate

Macro Climate

Many of today’s most pressing environmental problems—water and air pollution, biodiversity loss, invasive species spread, climate change— impact ecological systems at local to global scales. Understanding and addressing these problems thus requires perspectives that consider interactions between physical and biological processes at multiple spatial and temporal scales.

Our team research in this area focuses on effects of human activities on ecosystem processes, native and exotic species distributions; maintaining habitat requirements and landscape connectivity for native species in human-dominated landscapes; influence of terrestrial ecosystems on water quality; and effects of multiple environmental stressors (e.g., air pollution, climate change, fragmentation) on ecosystem function.

Our research in the areas of ecosystem and landscape ecology integrates approaches and tools would include field sampling, the use of GIS, relevant online sources, articles, agency reports and precedent projects. A primary objective of our research and investigation is to enhance the management of and provisioning of ecosystem services within a landscape & community based context.

Water System

India scale - Bangalore scale River basin of India

Ponnaiyer River Basin

Bangalore

Cauvery River Basin

Subcatchment Hebbal

Watershed Catchment of Bangalore Urban

Hebbal Valley

Water issues in valley scale

Vrishabhavathy Valley

Kormangala-Challaghatta Valley

Flood affected areas with impervious surfaces

Flood affected areas with streams

Flood zone - red indicates more flooding

Flood affected areas with slopes

Water and Climate

Water System

Water system and water condition in site scale

1- Water points for water samples

2- Drainage system and flow direction

3- Topography with 2 meters interval upstream ---> downstream

Water system

Water movement: water sources / water usage / sewage water Control Group