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Our Environment
Paper Code:
FES 300
Credits:
2
Contact Hours:
30.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
- To provide students a clear understanding of environmental concerns and to follow sustainable development practices
- 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
- Textbook of Environmental Studies for Undergraduate Courses https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/modelcurriculum/env.pdf
- Introduction and Concepts related to Environmental Studieshttps://teresas.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CHAPTER-1-7-MULTIDISCIPLINARY-NATURE-OF-ENVIRONMENTAL-STUDIES.pdf
- Introduction to Solid Waste Managementhttps://ec.europa.eu/echo/files/evaluation/watsan2005/annex_files/WEDC/es/ES07CD.pdf
JOURNALS
- Journal of Environmental Sciences
- Journal of Environmental Management
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research
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