Our Environment

Paper Code: 
VES 200
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
2.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objective:

  1. To provide students a clear understanding of environmental concerns and to follow sustainable development practices
  2. To analyze concepts and methods from ecological and physical sciences and their application in environmental problem solving

 

5.00
Unit I: 
Definition, Scope and Importance of Environment
  • Scope of Environmental Studies and its applications
  • Relationship of Environmental Studies with other subjects (Multidisciplinary nature of Environment)
  • Environmentally important dates and abbreviations

 

6.00
Unit II: 
Ecosystem: Structure and Function
  • Concept of Ecosystem
  • Biotic and abiotic components of ecosystem
  • Food Chain and Food Web
  • Ecological Pyramids
  • Energy Flow

 

7.00
Unit III: 
Environmental Pollution
  • Water Pollution: Definition, sources and effects
  • Air Pollution-Definition, sources and effects
  • Noise Pollution-Definition, sources and effects

 

7.00
Unit IV: 
Energy and Environment
  • Solar Energy
  • Wind Energy
  • Tidal Energy
  • Hydro Power
5.00
Unit V: 
Solid Waste Management
  • Types of Solid waste and their sources (municipal, industrial, biomedical, hazardous, E-waste and agricultural waste)
  • Concepts of 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle)
  • Brief about composting, vermi-composting and landfilling
  • Environmental problems and health risks caused by solid wastes

 

Essential Readings: 

ESSENTIAL READINGS

  • Agarwal, K. C. (2001). Environmental Biology. Bikaner: Nidhi Publication Ltd.
  • Barucha, E. (2004). The Biodiversity of India. Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd.
  • Begon, C. a. (2006). Essentials of Ecology. Blackwell.
  • Bhatia, A. L., & Kohli, K. S. (2015). Ecology and Environmental Biology. RBD publishing house.
  • Santra, S. (2011). Environmental Science. New Central Book Agency Pvt. Ltd.
  • Sharma, P. D. (2008). Ecology and Environment. Rastogi Publications.

SUGGESTED READINGS

  • De, A. K. (2003). Environmental Chemistry (5th Ed.). New Age Intl. (p) Ltd.
  • Miller, G. T. (2013). Environmental Science. Cengage Larning.
  • Odum, E. (1971). Fundamentals of Ecology. W.B. Saunders Co. USA.
  • Prabu, P. (2009). Ecology and environmental Science. Avinash Paperbacks.
  • Rajagopalan, R. (2005). Environmetnal Studies. Oxford University Press
  • Singh, S. (1991). Environmental Geography. Prayag Pustak Bhawan.
  • Srivastava, K. (2002). An Introduction to Environmental Studies. Kalyani Publishers.

 

References: 

e-RESOURCES

JOURNALS

  • Journal of Environmental Sciences
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research

 

Academic Year: 
2022-2023
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