CARRYING CAPACITY ASSESSMENT FOR RELIGIOUS CROWD MANAGEMENT - AN APPLICATION TO SABARIMALA MASS GATHERING PILGRIMAGE, INDIA

Carrying Capacity Assessment for Religious Crowd Management - An Application to Sabarimala Mass Gathering Pilgrimage, India

Crowd Management is always a challenging task when people gather in large numbers.Crowd disasters in India, including recurring incidents at religious venues, demands a crowd management system developed on the characteristics of the place, event, and participants.Assessment of carrying capacity is the prime process to design crowd management protoc

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Cliffs support lichen communities unique from nearby forests

Cliffs support rare, endemic, and glacial relict vegetation that may differ from vegetation in surrounding forests.Yet, cliffs are difficult to sample, and rock-dwelling lichens can be challenging to Patch Sensors identify; therefore, cliff lichens are often excluded from biodiversity studies.This omission creates fundamental gaps in our understand

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