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Concepts of Environmental Science
Paper Code:
LSC 143 E
Credits:
4
Contact Hours:
60.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
12.00
Unit I:
Ecosystem processes
- Gaia hypothesis
- Ecosystem organization and homeostasis- Succession ,stability and diversity
- Energy Flows and Efficiencies
- Interactions amongst populations: intra- and interspecific interactions
- Biogeochemical cycles: Patterns and basic types of cycles
- Role of microbes in biogeochemical regulation.
- Disruption of biogeochemical cycles and its consequences
14.00
Unit II:
Natural Resource Conservation and Management
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- Living Resources: Biodiversity and Wildlife
- Water resources and water stress
- Methods of water conservation with special reference to Rajasthan.
- Land Resources
- Environmental impact of exploitation, processing and smelting of minerals.
- Energy resources and their exploitation
12.00
Unit III:
Environmental Pollution: Monitoring and Control
- Instruments and methods for sampling gaseous pollutants
- Control of gaseous Contaminants
- Water quality criteria; objectives and steps in water quality management
- Waste water treatment
- Soil contamination by different anthropogenic activities
- Thermal pollution
- Radioactive pollution
10.00
Unit IV:
Environmental Education
- Goals, objectives and guiding principles
- Classification of environmental education programmes
- Environmental education in India
- Environment and sustainability
12.00
Unit V:
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Auditing
- Definition of EIA and its purpose
- EIA process and methods
- Environmental Management Plan.
- Environmental Auditing , objectives and process;
- Environmental management system; Auditing of EMS
- Concept of CDM.
- Green marketing
- Eco- labeling
Essential Readings:
- Agrawal,K. C. (2001).Fundamentals of Environmental Biology. Bikaner (India): Nidhi Publishers.
- Odum, E.P. (1971). Fundamentals of Ecology. USA: W.B. Saunders Co.
- Odum E.P. (1996). Fundamentals of Ecology. Dehradun: Natraj Publisher
- Chapman,J. L. and Reiss, M. J. (1995).Ecology: Principles and Applications. Cambridge: University Press
- Cunningham, W.P. Cooper, T.H. Gorhani, E. and Hepworth, M.T. (2001). Environmental Encyclopedia. Mumbai: Jaico Publ. House.
- Kemp: The Environment Dictionary
- Sharma, P. D. (1996).Ecology and Environment. Meerut: Rastogi Publications.
- Kormondy, E. J. (1969). Concepts of Ecology. The University of Michigan: Prentice-Hall
- Townsend, C. Harper, J. and Begon, M. (2006).Essentials of Ecology. Blackwell Science
- Jackson, A. R. W. Jackson, J. M. and Longman (1998).Environmental Science – The natural environment and human impact.
- Santra, S. C. (2001). Environmental Science. New Central Book Agency (P) Ltd.
- Masters,G. M. (2004). Introduction to Environmental Science and Engineering (2ndEd.) Pearson Education Pvt. Ltd.
- Miller, T. G.(1997). Environmental Science (6thed), Wadsworth Pub. Co.
- Dhaliwal, G. S. Sangha, G. S. and Raina,P. K. Fundamentals of Environmental Science.New Delhi: Kalyani Publication
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