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

 

                       

10

 

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

 

Academic Year: 
2015-2016
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