Collaborative Research: Effects of Check Dams on Landscape and Society - A Catalyzing Visit to the Eco-Sensitive Shiwalik Foot Hills of India

合作研究：淤地坝对景观和社会的影响——对印度生态敏感的希瓦利克山麓的催化访问

• 批准号: 1338776
• 负责人: Elizabeth Chacko
• 金额: $ 1.37万
• 依托单位: George Washington University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-12-01 至 2015-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1338776&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Effects; Check; Dams

This CNIC award supports the U.S.-India Collaborative Research: Effects of Check Dams on Landscape and Society-a Catalyzing Visit to the Eco-Sensitive Shiwalik Foothills of India. PI Ranbir Kang, Western Illinois University and collaborator Elizabeth Chacko, George Washington University will initiate an international collaboration with Drs. Dhian Kaur and K.P. Singh from the Departments of Geography and Geology at Panjab University to study the geophysical and socio-economic impacts of check dams in the Punjab. The research team will gather data on the effects of check dams on channel morphology, surrounding land cover, ground water levels, and local populations. They will use official government and NGO data on agriculture, demographics, hydrology, vegetation, as well as, focus groups and local inhabitants to understand the effects of check dams on socio-economic progress and ecological change. The proposed research is novel in that it will analyze not only the human-environment impacts of check dams in a sub-tropical developing area, but also the feed-back mechanisms between humans and the environment in such a locale. Two US graduate students will participate in the field research in India. Findings from this study will be used to refine research questions and hypotheses for a fully developed research proposal to be submitted to NSF's Geography and Spatial Systems(GSS)Program.

该CNIC奖支持美国印度的合作研究：支票大坝对景观和社会的影响 - 对印度对生态敏感的什瓦利克山麓的催化访问。西伊利诺伊大学的皮兰比尔·康（Pi Ranbir Kang）和乔治·华盛顿大学（George Washington University）的合作者伊丽莎白·查克（Elizabeth Chacko）将与博士进行国际合作。 Dhian Kaur和K.P.潘贾布大学地理和地质学系的辛格研究旁遮普邦止水坝的地球物理和社会经济影响。研究小组将收集有关校验大坝对渠道形态，周围土地覆盖，地下水位和当地人口的影响的数据。他们将使用有关农业，人口统计学，水文学，植被以及焦点小组和地方居民的官方政府和非政府组织数据来了解支票大坝对社会经济进步和生态变化的影响。拟议的研究是新颖的，因为它不仅将分析亚热带发展领域的止水坝的人类环境影响，还可以分析这种语言环境中人类与环境之间的喂养机制。两名美国研究生将参加印度的现场研究。这项研究的发现将用于完善研究问题和假设，以提交全国NSF的地理和空间系统（GSS）计划。