Geomorphology

With growing awareness towards environmental problems the role of the geomorphologists is increasingly recognized as pre-eminently necessary. Geomorphologyis being considered as a science contributing towards the natural resource and environmental management. Problems like stability of coastal structures, desertification, land resource appraisal etc. are emerging as major topics of research being handled orexpected to be handled by the geomorphologists. As a result micro studies are gainingimportance. “Use of remote sensing technique and GIS” appears as a favoured suffix in many titles. The techniques and tools of research gain importance in such attempts and attimes one wonders if the original topic of research is getting camouflaged in the
description of these tools and techniques.

Climatology, Soil Geography and Bio-Geography As these fields of geography thrive on links with disciplines like meteorology, soil science and life sciences, the range of non-geographers’ contributions to the study ofclimate, soil and bioresources is considerable compared to that of the geographers. Although Climatology traditionally occupies an important position in Physical
Geography considering the renewed interest world over on the topic of climate change,
study of climate, finds little proportionate weightage in the hands of Indian geographers.
Apart from a few purely pedological studies, contributions from geographers in the areaof soil geography leave much to be desired. Biogeography continues to be less
emphasized despite its growing importance in the field of environmental studies.