Susanta Mahato

@jnu.ac.in

Postdoctoral Fellow
Jawaharlal Nehru University

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Geography, Planning and Development, Environmental Engineering, Earth-Surface Processes, Nature and Landscape Conservation
5645

Scholar Citations

23

Scholar h-index

34

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Towards Climate-Resilient Cities: Exploring Meteorological Drivers of Urban Heat Variability with Explainable Machine Learning
    S Mahato
    EGU26 , 2026
    2026
  • Measuring the effect of hydrological insecurity on landscape and ecological condition of floodplain wetland
    S Pal, R Khatun, S Talukdar, S Mahato, TK Saha, S Debanshi, I Mandal
    Environment, Development and Sustainability 28 (3), 6971-7009 , 2026
    2026
  • Geospatial Science for Urban Ecosystems: Insights from India and Beyond
    PK Joshi, S Mahato, A Shkaruba
    Geospatial Science for Urban Ecosystems: Insights from India and Beyond, 3-29 , 2026
    2026
  • Morphological Patterns of Competing Urban Green Spaces in Megacity: A Case of Delhi
    S Nahid, V Singh, A Suman, S Mahato
    Geospatial Science for Urban Ecosystems: Insights from India and Beyond, 339-357 , 2026
    2026
  • Unravelling the Temperature Regime of Rural Landscapes: Insights from a Small-Scale River Basin
    S Mahato, S Pal, PK Joshi
    Routledge , 2026
    2026
  • Ensemble intelligence for urban resilience: flood susceptibility modeling in Mumbai using advanced machine learning
    H Manna, M Das, M Pramanik, S Sarkar, S Mahato, S Talukdar, ...
    Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk 16 (1), 2588718 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3
  • Impact of channel bottlenecking and anthropogeomorphic interventions on flood and wetland conditions in the lower gangetic floodplain
    R Ghosh, S Mukhopadhyay, S Debanshi, S Let, M Let, P Das, S Talukdar, ...
    Environmental Earth Sciences 84 (21), 604 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Early summer warming amplification threats towards sustainable development goals (SDGs) in India
    S Mahato, S Pal, PK Joshi, A Matzarakis, P Tarolli, V Anand
    Ecological Informatics 88, 103156 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3
  • Spatial prediction of forest fires in India: a machine learning approach for improved risk assessment and early warning systems
    U Biswas, S Mahato, PK Joshi
    Environmental Science and Pollution Research 32 (8), 4856-4878 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 7
  • Unveiling Urban Air Quality with Meteorological Drivers and Explainable Machine Learning Insights
    S Mahato, PK Joshi
    AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2024, A34H-01 , 2024
    2024
  • Ensuring sustainable agricultural practices: treated wastewater quality and its impact on groundwater for irrigation in Oman
    M Al-Shali, K Al-Farsi, Y Al-Rashdi, I Abdullahi, S Mahato, A Al-Busaidi, ...
    Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 235 (9), 556 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 5
  • Enhancing resilience: Flood vulnerability assessment in the Uttarakhand Himalaya
    N Rathi, S Sharma, S Mahato
    Water Resource Management in Climate Change Scenario: Innovations in … , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • Wetland degradation and its impacts on livelihoods and sustainable development goals: An overview
    S Kundu, B Kundu, NK Rana, S Mahato
    Sustainable Production and Consumption 48, 419-434 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 72
  • Modelling the Global Air Quality Conditions in Perspective of COVID-19 Stimulated Lockdown Periods Using Remote Sensing Data
    S Talukdar, S Mahato, S Pal, Shahfahad, A Rahman
    Geo-information for Disaster Monitoring and Management, 419-437 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 4
  • Rising Temperatures, Rising Concerns: Early Summer and Sustainable Development in National Capital Regions of India
    S Mahato, PK Joshi
    European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2024 (EGU24), 1207 , 2024
    2024
  • Cultural heritage and urban morphology: land use transformation in ‘Kumbh Mela’of Prayagraj, India
    D Yadav, S Mahato, A Choudhary, PK Joshi
    Frontiers of Urban and Rural Planning 2 (1), 8 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 8
  • Unravelling blue landscape fragmentation effects on ecosystem services in urban agglomerations
    S Kundu, NK Rana, S Mahato
    Sustainable Cities and Society 102, 105192 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 45
  • Early summer temperature anomalies and potential impacts on achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in National Capital Region (NCR) of India
    S Mahato, B Kundu, N Makwana, PK Joshi
    Urban Climate 52, 101705 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 9
  • Analyzing the long-term variability and trend of aridity in India using non-parametric approach
    A Choudhary, S Mahato, PS Roy, DN Pandey, PK Joshi
    Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 37 (10), 3837-3854 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 10
  • Damming effects on hydrological abundance and eco-hydrological alteration in upstream wetlands of Eastern Himalaya
    S Mahato, G Pukhrambam, PK Joshi
    Journal of Cleaner Production 418, 138089 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 14

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Land-use land-cover classification by machine learning classifiers for satellite observations—A review
    S Talukdar, P Singha, S Mahato, S Pal, YA Liou, A Rahman
    Remote Sensing 12 (7), 1135 , 2020
    2020.0
    Citations: 1427
  • Effect of lockdown amid COVID-19 pandemic on air quality of the megacity Delhi, India
    S Mahato, S Pal, KG Ghosh
    Science of the total environment 730, 139086 , 2020
    2020.0
    Citations: 1340
  • Flood susceptibility modelling using advanced ensemble machine learning models
    ARMT Islam, S Talukdar, S Mahato, S Kundu, KU Eibek, QB Pham, ...
    Geoscience Frontiers 12 (3), 101075 , 2021
    2021.0
    Citations: 588
  • Analyzing trend and forecasting of rainfall changes in India using non-parametrical and machine learning approaches
    B Praveen, S Talukdar, Shahfahad, S Mahato, J Mondal, P Sharma, ...
    Scientific reports 10 (1), 10342 , 2020
    2020.0
    Citations: 445
  • Dynamics of ecosystem services (ESs) in response to land use land cover (LU/LC) changes in the lower Gangetic plain of India
    S Talukdar, P Singha, S Mahato, B Praveen, A Rahman
    Ecological Indicators 112, 106121 , 2020
    2020.0
    Citations: 269
  • Flood susceptibility modeling in Teesta River basin, Bangladesh using novel ensembles of bagging algorithms
    S Talukdar, B Ghose, Shahfahad, R Salam, S Mahato, QB Pham, ...
    Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 34 (12), 2277-2300 , 2020
    2020.0
    Citations: 253
  • Groundwater potential zones for sustainable management plans in a river basin of India and Bangladesh
    S Pal, S Kundu, S Mahato
    Journal of Cleaner Production 257, 120311 , 2020
    2020.0
    Citations: 140
  • Shahfahad; Pal, S.; Liou, Y
    S Talukdar, P Singha, S Mahato
    A , 0
    Citations: 125
  • Field based index of flood vulnerability (IFV): A new validation technique for flood susceptible models
    S Mahato, S Pal, S Talukdar, TK Saha, P Mandal
    Geoscience Frontiers 12 (5), 101175 , 2021
    2021.0
    Citations: 85
  • Machine learning algorithm-based risk assessment of riparian wetlands in Padma River Basin of Northwest Bangladesh
    ARMT Islam, S Talukdar, S Mahato, S Ziaul, KU Eibek, S Akhter, QB Pham, ...
    Environmental Science and Pollution Research 28 (26), 34450-34471 , 2021
    2021.0
    Citations: 84
  • Short-term exposure to ambient air quality of the most polluted Indian cities due to lockdown amid SARS-CoV-2
    S Mahato, KG Ghosh
    Environmental Research 188, 109835 , 2020
    2020.0
    Citations: 84
  • Wetland degradation and its impacts on livelihoods and sustainable development goals: An overview
    S Kundu, B Kundu, NK Rana, S Mahato
    Sustainable Production and Consumption 48, 419-434 , 2024
    2024.0
    Citations: 72
  • Groundwater potential mapping in a rural river basin by union (OR) and intersection (AND) of four multi-criteria decision-making models
    S Mahato, S Pal
    Natural Resources Research 28 (2), 523-545 , 2019
    2019.0
    Citations: 62
  • Changing land surface temperature of a rural Rarh tract river basin of India
    S Mahato, S Pal
    Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment 10, 209-223 , 2018
    2018.0
    Citations: 58
  • Effects of lockdown due to COVID-19 outbreak on air quality and anthropogenic heat in an industrial belt of India
    S Pal, P Das, I Mandal, R Sarda, S Mahato, KA Nguyen, YA Liou, ...
    Journal of Cleaner Production 297, 126674 , 2021
    2021.0
    Citations: 56
  • Damming effects on trophic and habitat state of riparian wetlands and their spatial relationship
    S Talukdar, S Pal, A Chakraborty, S Mahato
    Ecological Indicators 118, 106757 , 2020
    2020.0
    Citations: 49
  • Forest fire susceptibility zonation in Eastern India using statistical and weighted modelling approaches
    J Das, S Mahato, PK Joshi, YA Liou
    Remote Sensing 15 (5), 1340 , 2023
    2023.0
    Citations: 47
  • Unravelling blue landscape fragmentation effects on ecosystem services in urban agglomerations
    S Kundu, NK Rana, S Mahato
    Sustainable Cities and Society 102, 105192 , 2024
    2024.0
    Citations: 45
  • Integrating remote sensing with swarm intelligence and artificial intelligence for modelling wetland habitat vulnerability in pursuance of damming
    R Khatun, S Talukdar, S Pal, TK Saha, S Mahato, S Debanshi, I Mandal
    Ecological Informatics 64, 101349 , 2021
    2021.0
    Citations: 39
  • Revisiting air quality during lockdown persuaded by second surge of COVID-19 of megacity Delhi, India
    S Mahato, S Pal
    Urban climate 41, 101082 , 2022
    2022.0
    Citations: 33