Environment and Sustainability

Paper Code: 
NSS402
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  • To describe the concept of sustainability and sustainable development
  • To analyze the causes and impact of environmental pollution.

 

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)

7.00
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)

 

Academic Session: 
2019-20
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