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Environmental Science(Theory)
This course will enable the students to provide a clear understanding of environmental concerns and to follow sustainable development practices and enable them to analyze concepts and methods from ecological and physical sciences and their application in environmental problem solving.
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24ADMK 401 |
Environmental Science |
CO113: Develop a comprehensive understanding of various ecological processes and environmental issues CO114: Develop critical thinking for shaping strategies for environmental protection and conservation of biodiversity, social equity and sustainable development CO115: Evaluate the consequences of human actions on the environment and ways to prevent deterioration of environment CO116: Reflect critically on their roles, responsibilities, and identities as citizens, consumers and environmental actors in a complex, interconnected world. CO117: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Power Point Presentations, Informative videos Learning activities for the students: Self learning assignments, Effective questions, presentations, Field trips |
Quiz, Poster Presentations, Power Point Presentations, Individual and group projects, Open Book Test, Semester End Examination |
Scope of Environmental Studies and its applications
• Relationship of Environmental Studies with other subjects (Multidisciplinary nature of Environment) Concept of sustainability and sustainable development.
• Environmentally important dates and abbreviations
• Types of Ecosystems and their general characteristics
• Producers, consumers and decomposers
• Energy flow in the ecosystem
• Food chains, food webs and ecological pyramids
• Ecological Succession
• Land resources and landuse change; Land degradation, soil erosion and desertification.
• Deforestation: Causes and impacts due to mining, dam building on environment, forests, biodiversity and tribal populations.
• Water: Use and over-exploitation of surface and ground water, floods, droughts
• Energy resources: Renewable and non-renewable energy sources, use of alternate energy sources, growing energy needs, case studies.
• Levels of biological diversity: genetic, species and ecosystem diversity
• India as a mega-biodiversity nation; Biogeographic zones of India
• Biodiversity patterns and global biodiversity hot spots
• Endangered and endemic species of India
• Threats to biodiversity: Habitat loss, poaching of wildlife, man-wildlife conflicts, biological invasions
• Conservation of biodiversity: In-situ and Ex-situ conservation of biodiversity.
• Names of International and National agencies related to biodiversity conservation
• Types, Causes, effects and control measures of: Air pollution; Water pollution; Soil pollution; Noise pollution
• Pollution case studies
• Solid waste management: Control measures of urban and industrial waste.
• Nuclear hazards and human health risks
• Global environmental issues: Climate change, global warming, ozone layer depletion, acid rain and impacts on human communities and agriculture
• Environment Laws: Environment Protection Act,1986; Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981; Water (Prevention and control of Pollution) Act, 1974; Wildlife Protection Act, 1972; Forest Conservation Act, 1980
• International agreements: Montreal protocol, Kyoto protocol and Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD
• Types, Causes, effects and control measures of: Air pollution; Water pollution; Soil pollution; Noise pollution
• Pollution case studies
• Solid waste management: Control measures of urban and industrial waste.
• Nuclear hazards and human health risks
• Global environmental issues: Climate change, global warming, ozone layer depletion, acid rain and impacts on human communities and agriculture
• Environment Laws: Environment Protection Act,1986; Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981; Water (Prevention and control of Pollution) Act, 1974; Wildlife Protection Act, 1972; Forest Conservation Act, 1980
• International agreements: Montreal protocol, Kyoto protocol and Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD
• • Agarwal, K. C. (2001). Environmental Biology. Bikaner: Nidhi Publication Ltd.
• • Barucha, E. (2004). The Biodiversity of India. Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd.
• • Begon, C. a. (2006). Essentials of Ecology. Blackwell.
• • Belsare, D. K. (2007). Introduction to Biodiversity. APH Publishing Corporation.
• • Bhatia, A. L., & Kohli, K. S. (2015). Ecology and Environmental Biology. RBD publishing house.
• • De, A. K. (2003). Environmental Chemistry (5th Ed.). New Age Intl. (p) Ltd.
• • Miller, G. T. (2013). Environmental Science. Cengage Larning.
• • Odum, E. (1971). Fundamentals of Ecology. W.B. Saunders Co. USA.
• • Prabu, P. (2009). Ecology and environmental Science. Avinash Paperbacks.
• • Rajagopalan, R. (2005). Environmetnal Studies. Oxford University Press.
• • Santra, S. (2011). Environmental Science. New Central Book Agency Pvt. Ltd.
• • Sharma, P. D. (2008). Ecology and Environment. Rastogi Publications.
• • Singh, S. (1991). Environmental Geography. Prayag Pustak Bhawan.
• • Srivastava, K. (2002). An Introduction to Environmental Studies. Kalyani Publishers.
1. Bharucha Erach, The Biodiversity of India, Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad –380 013, India, Email:mapin@icenet.net
2. Groom, Martha J., Gary K. Meffe, and Carl Ronald Carroll. Principles of Conservation Biology. Sunderland: Sinauer Associates, 2006.
3. Grumbine, R. Edward, and Pandit, M.K. 2013. Threats from India’s Himalaya dams. Science, 339: 36-37.
4. McCully, P. 1996. Rivers no more: the environmental effects of dams (pp. 29-64). Zed Books.
5. McNeill, John R. 2000. Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth Century.
6. dum, E.P., Odum, H.T. & Andrews, J. 1971. Fundamentals of Ecology. Philadelphia: Saunders
