Nilanjana Das Chatterjee
@vidyasagar.ac.in
PROFESSOR,DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY
Dr Nilanjana Das Chatterjee is Professor and Head of the Department in the Department of Geography Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West principal area of interest is Bio-Geographical issues, Forest landscape Ecology, Urban Landuse and planning,Social and Cultural Geography , Environment, Folk and indigenous culture and women related issues. She has completed a major project funded by ICSSR on Nature of Human Elephant Conflict and a research programme on GIS Application based analysis of Crime Against women.
Disciplines
Soil ScienceGeographyQuantitative Social Research
Skills and expertise
Environmental Management SystemLandscape EcologyUrban GeographyUrban Ecology
Languages
EnglishHindiBengali; Bangla
Contact information
nilanjana_vu@
EDUCATION
M.A PhD in Geography
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Environmental Science, Urban Studies, Geography, Planning and Development, Ecology
69
Scopus Publications
2182
Scholar Citations
26
Scholar h-index
55
Scholar i10-index
Scopus Publications
- Accuracy and consistency of the machine learning models for predicting carbon stock in different carbon pools using satellite-based predictor variables
Dipankar Bera, Nilanjana Das Chatterjee, Vivek Dhiman, Subrata Ghosh, and Santanu Dinda
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Exploring the variations and potential of carbon stock in the tropical dry deciduous forests of West Bengal, India
Dipankar Bera and Nilanjana Das Chatterjee
Informa UK Limited - Linking ecological vulnerability and ecosystem service value in a fast-growing metropolitan area of eastern India: a scenario-based sustainability approach
Subrata Ghosh, Santanu Dinda, Nilanjana Das Chatterjee, and Dipankar Bera
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Assessment of Carbon Stock and Sequestration Dynamics in Response to Land Use and Land Cover Changes in a Tropical Landscape
Dipankar Bera, Nilanjana Das Chatterjee, Santanu Dinda, Subrata Ghosh, Vivek Dhiman, Bashar Bashir, Beata Calka, and Mohamed Zhran
MDPI AG
Quantitative analysis of LULC changes and their effects on carbon stock and sequestration is important for mitigating climate change. Therefore, this study examines carbon stock and sequestration in relation to LULC changes using the Land Change Modeler (LCM) and Ecosystem Services Modeler (ESM) in tropical dry deciduous forests of West Bengal, India. The LULC for 2006, 2014, and 2021 were classified using Google Earth Engine (GEE), while LULC changes and predictions were analyzed using LCM. Carbon stock and sequestration for present and future scenarios were estimated using ESM. The highest carbon was stored in forest land (124.167 Mg/ha), and storage outside the forest declined to 13.541 Mg/ha for agricultural land and 0–8.123 Mg/ha for other lands. Carbon stock and economic value decreased from 2006 to 2021, and are likely to decrease further in the future. Forest land is likely to contribute to 94% of future carbon loss in the study region, primarily due to its conversion into agricultural land. The implementation of multiple-species plantations, securing tenure rights, proper management practices, and the strengthening of forest-related policies can enhance carbon stock and sequestration. These spatial-temporal insights will aid in management strategies, and the methodology can be applied to broader contexts. - Linkages between gully erosion susceptibility and hydrological connectivity in Tropical sub-humid river basin: Application of Machine learning algorithm and Connectivity Index
Raj Kumar Bhattacharya, Nilanjana Das Chatterjee, and Kousik Das
Elsevier BV - Misery of the dark world: assessing risk of young women trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation in Darjeeling Himalayas using fuzzy TOPSIS
Priyanka Biswas and Nilanjana Das Chatterjee
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Noise vulnerability assessment using an integrated approach of multi-criteria decision-making model and geospatial techniques
S. Pahari, N. Das Chatterjee, and N. K. Barman
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Modelling of soil erosion susceptibility incorporating sediment connectivity and export at landscape scale using integrated machine learning, InVEST-SDR and Fragstats
Raj Kumar Bhattacharya, Nilanjana Das Chatterjee, and Kousik Das
Elsevier BV - Advanced GIS and Crime Analysis: Violence against Women in West Bengal, India
Priyanka Biswas and Nilanjana Das Chatterjee
Routledge - Comparative performance of Sentinel-2 MSI and Landsat-8 OLI data in canopy cover prediction using Random Forest model: Comparing model performance and tuning parameters
Dipankar Bera, Nilanjana Das Chatterjee, Sudip Bera, Subrata Ghosh, and Santanu Dinda
Elsevier BV - Application of land-use regression model with regularization algorithm to assess PM<inf>2.5</inf> and PM<inf>10</inf> concentration and health risk in Kolkata Metropolitan
Kousik Das, Nilanjana Das Chatterjee, Debarati Jana, and Raj Kumar Bhattacharya
Elsevier BV - Preface
- Determining Recent Trends of Forest Loss and Its Associated Drivers for Sustainable Management in the Dry Deciduous Forest of West Bengal, India
Dipankar Bera, Nilanjana Das Chatterjee, Sudip Bera, Akshay Rana, and Bipul Paul
Springer International Publishing - Environmental Management and Sustainability in India: Case Studies from West Bengal
Springer International Publishing - Estimating the Variability of Ground-Level Annual PM2.5 and PM<inf>10</inf> Using Land-Use Regression Model in Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC)
Kousik Das, Nilanjana Das Chatterjee, and Raj Kumar Bhattacharya
Springer International Publishing - Environmental Sustainability:Status,Scopeand Challenges in West Bengal
Abhay Sankar Sahu and Nilanjana Das Chatterjee
Springer International Publishing - Assessing the Impact of Urban Land-Use Dynamics on the Ecological Environment of East Kolkata: A Study for Sustainable Urban Development
Subrata Ghosh, Santanu Dinda, Nilanjana Das Chatterjee, and Shrabanti Dutta
Springer International Publishing - Tears Behind the Closed Doors: A Logistic Analysis of Domestic Violence Against Women in West Bengal, India
Priyanka Biswas and Nilanjana Das Chatterjee
SAGE Publications
In this present study, the focus has been given to excavating the generalities of domestic abuse against women in the Indian state of West Bengal and understanding the possible determinants. The study findings revealed that 69.68% of study respondents throughout Bengal often experienced any form of domestic violence in their lifetime. Mostly the traditional patriarchal structure that governs Bengal’s society endorses vulnerability among the ever-married women in the family environment, yet some other determinants viz. socio-demographic, socio-cultural as well as situational factors are significantly associated with the victimization of domestic abuse among women in Bengal’s society. This study aims to contribute to society and might help policymakers to address this societal issue more efficiently. - A Baseline Study on Silaboti River Shifting, Flood, and Its Impact on Livelihood at Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur District, West Bengal
Sudip Bera, Riya Samanta, and Nilanjana Das Chatterjee
Springer International Publishing - Recent trends of land surface temperature in relation to the influencing factors using Google Earth Engine platform and time series products in megacities of India
Dipankar Bera, Nilanjana Das Chatterjee, Subrata Ghosh, Santanu Dinda, and Sudip Bera
Elsevier BV - Multifunctional resilience of river health to human service demand in an alluvial quarried reach: a comparison amongst fuzzy logic, entropy, and AHP-based MCDM models
Raj Kumar Bhattacharya, Nilanjana Das Chatterjee, and Kousik Das
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Integrated Influencing Mechanism of Potential Drivers on Seasonal Variability of LST in Kolkata Municipal Corporation, India
Dipankar Bera, Nilanjana Das Chatterjee, Faisal Mumtaz, Santanu Dinda, Subrata Ghosh, Na Zhao, Sudip Bera, and Aqil Tariq
MDPI AG
Increasing land surface temperature (LST) is one of the major anthropogenic issues and is significantly threatening the urban areas of the world. Therefore, this study was designed to examine the spatial variations and patterns of LST during the different seasons in relation to influencing factors in Kolkata Municipality Corporation (KMC), a city of India. The spatial distribution of LST was analyzed regarding the different surface types and used 25 influencing factors from 6 categories of variables to explain the variability of LST during the different seasons. All-subset regression and hierarchical partitioning analyses were used to estimate the explanatory potential and independent effects of influencing factors. The results show that high and low LST corresponded to the artificial lands and bodies of water for all seasons. In the individual category regression model, surface properties gave the highest explanatory rate for all seasons. The explanatory rates and the combination of influencing factors with their independent effects on the LST were changed for the different seasons. The explanatory rates of integration of all influencing factors were 89.4%, 81.4%, and 88.7% in the summer, transition, and winter season, respectively. With the decreasing of LST (summer to transition, then to winter) more influencing factors were required to explain the LST. In the integrated regression model, surface properties were the most important factor in summer and winter, and landscape configuration was the most important factor in the transition season. LST is not the result of single categories of influencing factors. Along with the effects of surface properties, socio-economic parameters, landscape compositions and configurations, topographic parameters and pollutant parameters mostly explained the variability of LST in the transition (11.22%) and summer season (15.22%), respectively. These findings can help to take management strategies to reduce urban LST based on local planning. - Assessment of forest cover loss and impacts on ecosystem services: Coupling of remote sensing data and people's perception in the dry deciduous forest of West Bengal, India
Dipankar Bera, Nilanjana Das Chatterjee, Subrata Ghosh, Santanu Dinda, Sudip Bera, and Mrinmay Mandal
Elsevier BV - Spatial-explicit carbon emission-sequestration balance estimation and evaluation of emission susceptible zones in an Eastern Himalayan city using Pressure-Sensitivity-Resilience framework: An approach towards achieving low carbon cities
Subrata Ghosh, Santanu Dinda, Nilanjana Das Chatterjee, Shrabanti Dutta, and Dipankar Bera
Elsevier BV - Channel instability and hydrogeomorphic adjustment in alluvial reach of Kangsabati River, India using Digital Shoreline Analysis System and Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
Raj Kumar Bhattacharya, Nilanjana Das Chatterjee, and Kousik Das
Informa UK Limited
Abstract Despite the stable stratigraphic setup in plateau basin, several anthropogenic interventions triggered geomorphic sensitivity by hydrodynamic metamorphosis. Present research focussed to evaluate the hydrogeomorphic evolution for anthropogenic interventions in Kangsabati River as measured by channel migration rate (CMR), bankline shifting, and erosion-accretion of last thirty years (1990–2020) in 454 mouza using Digital shoreline analysis system (DSAS). Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) was used to directly estimate bank scouring or erosion measuring of hydraulic variables during bankfull discharge across the DSAS transects. DSAS denoted that decaying CMR (64–46 km) decreased accretion area (4.08–1.44 km2) but increased erosion area (2.12–2.44 km2). ADCP revealed that sand mining induced super-critical flow, bridge and embankment generated maximum boundary shear, and mining bed slope increased hydraulic action for channel widening and bank erosion especially middle and lower segments. This study has provided information about channel instability, and bank erosion hazard planning and management.
RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
- Exploring the variations and potential of carbon stock in the tropical dry deciduous forests of West Bengal, India
D Bera, N Das Chatterjee
Journal of Forest Research, 1-11 2025 - Seasonal Weather Change and Livelihood Vulnerability of Women in Coastal Villages of Purba Medinipur District, West Bengal
DCNM Rimpa
Indian science Cruiser 39 (03) 2025 - Seasonal Weather Change and Livelihood Vulnerability of Women in Coastal Villages of Purba Medinipur District, West Bengal
DCNM Rimpa
Indian science Cruiser 39 (03) 2025 - Statistical Tools for the Spatial Pattern Analysis of Crime Using GIS: An Integrated Approach
P Biswas, N Das Chatterjee
Crime Prediction Using GIS and Statistical Modelling: A Study on Crime 2025 - Predicting Future Crime Hotspots Using Statistical Techniques and GIS
P Biswas, N Das Chatterjee
Crime Prediction Using GIS and Statistical Modelling: A Study on Crime 2025 - Geovisualization and Prediction of Crime Against Women in West Bengal Using Statistical Modeling
P Biswas, N Das Chatterjee
Crime Prediction Using GIS and Statistical Modelling: A Study on Crime 2025 - Brief Elaboration of District-Wise Socioeconomic Settings in West Bengal
P Biswas, N Das Chatterjee
Crime Prediction Using GIS and Statistical Modelling: A Study on Crime 2025 - Accuracy and consistency of the machine learning models for predicting carbon stock in different carbon pools using satellite-based predictor variables
DCN Dipankar Bera
Earth Science Informatics 18 2025 - Assessment of Carbon Stock and Sequestration Dynamics in Response to Land Use and Land Cover Changes in a Tropical Landscape
D Bera, ND Chatterjee, S Dinda, S Ghosh, V Dhiman, B Bashir, B Calka, ...
Land 13 (10), 1689 2024 - Linkages between gully erosion susceptibility and hydrological connectivity in Tropical sub-humid river basin: Application of Machine learning algorithm and Connectivity Index
RK Bhattacharya, ND Chatterjee, K Das
Catena 243, 108186 2024 - Positive impact of using α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles as dietary supplements on some hematological parameters of an economically important minor carp Labeo bata (Hamilton, 1822)
S Mondal, N Chatterjee, B Bhattacharjee
The Scientific Temper 15 (03), 2416-2420 2024 - Advanced GIS and Crime Analysis: Violence Against Women in West Bengal, India
P Biswas, ND Chatterjee
Taylor & Francis 2024 - Misery of the dark world: assessing risk of young women trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation in Darjeeling Himalayas using fuzzy TOPSIS
P Biswas, N Das Chatterjee
SN Social Sciences 4 (4), 82 2024 - Noise vulnerability assessment using an integrated approach of multi-criteria decision-making model and geospatial techniques
S Pahari, N Das Chatterjee, NK Barman
International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 21 (6), 5421-5436 2024 - Modelling of soil erosion susceptibility incorporating sediment connectivity and export at landscape scale using integrated machine learning, InVEST-SDR and Fragstats
RK Bhattacharya, ND Chatterjee, K Das
Journal of Environmental Management 353, 120164 2024 - Species Specific Corridor Demarcation: Case of Asian Elephant
M Mandal, N Das Chatterjee
Geo-Spatial Analysis of Forest Landscape for Wildlife Management, 85-101 2023 - Habitat Quality Assessment Through Landscape Pattern, Plant Species Composition and Landscape Connectivity: Case Study from Bankura District
M Mandal, N Das Chatterjee
Geo-Spatial Analysis of Forest Landscape for Wildlife Management, 57-84 2023 - Effective Management Methods for Wildlife Conservation in General and Elephants in Specific
M Mandal, N Das Chatterjee
Geo-Spatial Analysis of Forest Landscape for Wildlife Management, 153-167 2023 - Operational Landscape Alteration Techniques to Improve Ecological Quality of Forest Habitat: Case Studies in the Fragmented Habitats
M Mandal, N Das Chatterjee
Geo-Spatial Analysis of Forest Landscape for Wildlife Management, 135-151 2023 - Relationship Between Forest Habitat Composition and Wildlife from South West Bengal
M Mandal, N Das Chatterjee
Geo-Spatial Analysis of Forest Landscape for Wildlife Management, 43-56 2023
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
- Urban ecological security assessment and forecasting using integrated DEMATEL-ANP and CA-Markov models: A case study on Kolkata Metropolitan Area, India
S Ghosh, ND Chatterjee, S Dinda
Sustainable Cities and Society 68, 102773 2021
Citations: 194 - An integrated simulation approach to the assessment of urban growth pattern and loss in urban green space in Kolkata, India: A GIS-based analysis
S Dinda, ND Chatterjee, S Ghosh
Ecological Indicators 121, 107178 2021
Citations: 128 - Sub-basin prioritization for assessment of soil erosion susceptibility in Kangsabati, a plateau basin: a comparison between MCDM and SWAT models
RK Bhattacharya, ND Chatterjee, K Das
Science of the Total Environment 734, 139474 2020
Citations: 124 - Relation between urban biophysical composition and dynamics of land surface temperature in the Kolkata metropolitan area: a GIS and statistical based analysis for sustainable
S Ghosh, ND Chatterjee, S Dinda
Modeling Earth Systems and Environment 5, 307-329 2019
Citations: 88 - Spatial-explicit carbon emission-sequestration balance estimation and evaluation of emission susceptible zones in an Eastern Himalayan city using Pressure-Sensitivity
S Ghosh, S Dinda, ND Chatterjee, S Dutta, D Bera
Journal of Cleaner Production 336, 130417 2022
Citations: 75 - Land use and land cover change and its resultant erosion susceptible level: An appraisal using RUSLE and Logistic Regression in a tropical plateau basin of West Bengal, India
RK Bhattacharya, N Das Chatterjee, K Das
Environment, Development and Sustainability 23 (2), 1411-1446 2021
Citations: 67 - Spatial modeling of urban sprawl around Greater Bhubaneswar city, India
N Das Chatterjee, S Chatterjee, A Khan
Modeling Earth Systems and Environment 2, 1-21 2016
Citations: 63 - An integrated GIS approach to analyze the impact of land use change and land cover alteration on ground water potential level: A study in Kangsabati Basin, India
RK Bhattacharya, ND Chatterjee, K Das
Groundwater for sustainable development 11, 100399 2020
Citations: 59 - Effect of instream sand mining on hydraulic variables of bedload transport and channel planform: an alluvial stream in South Bengal basin, India
R Bhattacharya, G Dolui, N Das Chatterjee
Environmental Earth Sciences 78, 1-24 2019
Citations: 49 - Analyzing risk factors for shrinkage and transformation of East Kolkata Wetland, India
S Ghosh, S Dinda, ND Chatterjee, K Das
Spatial Information Research 26, 661-677 2018
Citations: 43 - Integration of GIS and statistical approach in mapping of urban sprawl and predicting future growth in Midnapore town, India
S Dinda, K Das, ND Chatterjee, S Ghosh
Modeling Earth Systems and Environment 5, 331-352 2019
Citations: 42 - Geophysical and geochemical alteration of rocks in granitic profiles during intense weathering in southern Purulia district, West Bengal, India
G Dolui, S Chatterjee, N Das Chatterjee
Modeling Earth Systems and Environment 2, 1-22 2016
Citations: 39 - Consequences of sand mining on water quality and instream biota in alluvial stream: a case-specific study in South Bengal River, India
RK Bhattacharya, N Das Chatterjee, G Dolui
Sustainable Water Resources Management 5 (4), 1815-1832 2019
Citations: 38 - Multi-criteria-based sub-basin prioritization and its risk assessment of erosion susceptibility in Kansai–Kumari catchment area, India
RK Bhattacharya, N Das Chatterjee, K Das
Applied Water Science 9 (4), 76 2019
Citations: 38 - Man-Elephant Conflict: A Case Study from Forests in West Bengal, India
ND Chatterjee
Springer International Publishing 2016
Citations: 38 - Mapping and monitoring of land use dynamics with their change hotspot in North 24-Parganas district, India: A geospatial-and statistical-based approach
S Bera, N Das Chatterjee
Modeling Earth Systems and Environment 5 (4), 1529-1551 2019
Citations: 37 - Grain size characterization of instream sand deposition in controlled environment in river Kangsabati, West Bengal
RK Bhattacharya, N Das Chatterjee, G Dolui
Modeling Earth Systems and Environment 2, 1-14 2016
Citations: 37 - Weathering and mineralogical alteration of granitic rocks in Southern Purulia District, West Bengal, India
G Dolui, S Chatterjee, N Das Chatterjee
Int Res J Earth Sci 2 (4), 1-12 2014
Citations: 37 - Descriptive spatial analysis of human-elephant conflict (HEC) distribution and mapping HEC hotspots in Keonjhar forest division, India
BR Tripathy, X Liu, M Songer, L Kumar, S Kaliraj, ND Chatterjee, ...
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9, 640624 2021
Citations: 36 - Evaluation of outcome of corrective ulnar osteotomy with bone grafting and annular ligament reconstruction in neglected Monteggia fracture dislocation in children
T Datta, ND Chatterjee, AK Pal, SK Das
Journal of clinical and diagnostic research: JCDR 8 (6), LC01 2014
Citations: 33