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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Paper Code:
ENV 123
Credits:
5
Contact Hours:
75.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
To make students aware of the deteriorating conditions of the environment due to anthropogenic interference.
20.00
Unit I:
Air Pollution
- Atmospheric composition and stratification
- Air quality standards
- History and episodes of air pollution
- Sources of pollution (Line and area source)
- Classification of air pollutants
- Meteorological parameters influencing air pollution
- Atmospheric stability and Inversion
- Plume behavior
- Photochemical reactions in the atmosphere (Reactions of NOx, SO2,CO,and CO2 )
- Causes and effects of acid rain, global warming, and ozone depletion.
14.00
Unit II:
Water Pollution
- Water quality standards.
- Sources of water pollution
- Effects of water pollution
- Marine Pollution: causes and impacts
- Ganga Action Plan
12.00
Unit III:
Soil Pollution
- composition of soil with special reference to Rajasthan
- Types and sources of soil pollution
- Methods of Soil pollution control
- Land degradation with special reference to soil erosion
14.00
Unit IV:
Noise Pollution
- Basic concept and definition
- Sources of noise pollution
- Noise exposure levels and standards
- Impacts of noise on human health
15.00
Unit V:
Radioactive and Thermal Pollution
- Sources, types and effects of radiation(Ionizing and non ionizing)
- Radioactive Pollution
- Management and disposal of radioactive waste
- Control of radioactive pollution
- Thermal Pollution: sources and effects on ecosystem
Essential Readings:
- Clark R.S., Marine Pollution, Clanderson Press Oxford (TB)
- Cunningham, W.P. Cooper, T.H. Gorhani, E & Hepworth, M.T. 2001, Environmental Encyclopedia, Jaico Publ. House, Mumabai, 1196p
- Gleick, H.P. 1993. Water in Crisis, Pacific Institute for Studies in Dev., Environment & Security. Stockholm Env. Institute Oxford Univ. Press.
- Survey of the Environment, The Hindu (M)
- Trivedi R. K. and P.K. Goel, Introduction to air pollution, Jaipur:Techno-Science Publication
- Agarwal, S.K.: Pollution Management: Volume I-V, Delhi: A.P. H. Publishing Corporation
- Rowe, P.V., Introduction to Environmental Pollution.
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