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Environment and Sustainability
Paper Code:
NSS 402
Credits:
3
Contact Hours:
3.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
7.00
Unit I:
Definition, Scope and Importance of Environment
- Scope of Environmental Studies and its applications
- Importance with respect to the Society
- Relationship of Environmental Studies with other subjects (Multidisciplinary nature of Environment)
Concept of sustainability and sustainable development
9.00
Unit II:
Environmental Pollution
- Water Pollution: Definition, sources and effects
- Air Pollution: Definition, sources and effects (Acid Rain, Ozone Depletion, Global warming, Smog)
- Noise Pollution: Definition, sources and effects
- Land Pollution: Definition, sources and effects
Solid waste management: Control measures of urban and industrial waste
9.00
Unit III:
Natural Resources conservation and management
- Forest Resources- Use and over-exploitation, deforestation, afforestation and waste land development
- Water Resources- Use and over-utilization of surface and ground water, rain water harvesting
- Land Resources- Land degradation; Soil erosion and desertification
Energy Resources-Conventional and Non-conventional Energy resources
9.00
Unit IV:
Introduction to Disaster Management
- Introduction to Disasters: Concepts, and definitions (Disaster, prevention, preparedness, mitigation, rehabilitation, resilience, risk, vulnerability, hazard)
- Disaster Management Cycle
- Impact of Disasters
Types of Disasters (Natural and Anthropogenic)
8.00
Unit V:
Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters
- Causes, Impacts and management of:
- Natural disasters-Earthquakes, Tsunami, Floods, Cyclones, Landslides, Drought and famines
Anthropogenic disasters-Road Accidents, Fire, Industrial disaster (Bhopal Gas Tragedy)
References:
- Textbook of Environmental Studies for Undergraduate Courses by Erach Bharucha Second edition,2013 Publisher: Universities Press (India) Private Ltd, Hyderabad.
- Basics of Environmental Studies by Prof Dr N S Varandani,2013 Publisher: LAP -Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany
- Environmental Studies by Anindita Basak ,2009 Publisher: Drling Kindersley(India)Pvt. Ltd Pearson
- Textbook of Environmental Studies by Deeksha Dave & S S Kateva , Cengage Publishers
- Environmental Sciences by Daniel B Botkin & Edward A Keller Publisher: John Wiley & Sons.
- Environmental Studies by R. Rajagopalan, Oxford University Press
- Environmental Studies by Benny Joseph, TMH publishers
- Environmental Studies by Dr. Suresh K Dhameja, 2007 Published by : S K Kataria & Sons New Delhi
- Basics of Environmental Studies by U K Khare, 2011 Published by Tata McGraw Hill
- Goel,S.L. Disaster Administration and Management. Deep And Deep Publications Pvt. Ltd
- R.B. Singh. Disaster Management. Rawat Publications
- Arvind Kumar. Disaster Management - Recent Approaches .Anmol Publications
- Disaster Management - Shailendera, K Singh, Subash. C Kundu and Shobu Singh, Mittal Publications, New Delhi (1998)
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