Our Environment

Paper Code: 
FES 300
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This programme aims at giving students a clear understanding of environmental concerns and to follow sustainable development practices. This will definitely help students develop an interdisciplinary global understanding of ecological and environmental problems.

 

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

 

7.00
Unit II: 
Ecosystem: Structure and Function
  • Concept of Ecosystem
  • Biotic and Abiotic components of ecosystem
  • Food Chain and Food Web
  • Ecological Pyramids
  • Energy Flow

 

6.00
Unit III: 
Environmental Pollution
  • Water Pollution: Definition, sources and effects
  • Air Pollution-Definition, sources and effects
  • Noise Pollution-Definition, sources and effects

 

6.00
Unit IV: 
Energy and Environment
  • Solar Energy
  • Wind Energy
  • Tidal Energy
  • Hydro Power

 

6.00
Unit V: 
Solid Waste Management
  • Types of Solid waste and their sources (municipal, industrial, biomedical, hazardous, E-waste and agricultural waste)
  • Concept of 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle)
  • Brief about composting, vermi-composting and landfilling
  • Environmental problems and health risks caused by solid wastes

 

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.
  • Belsare, D. K. (2007). Introduction to Biodiversity. APH Publishing Corporation.
  • Bhatia, A. L., & Kohli, K. S. (2015). Ecology and Environmental Biology. RBD publishing house.
  • 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.
  • Santra, S. (2011). Environmental Science. New Central Book Agency Pvt. Ltd.
  • Sharma, P. D. (2008). Ecology and Environment. Rastogi Publications.
  • Singh, S. (1991). Environmental Geography. Prayag Pustak Bhawan
  • Srivastava, K. (2002). An Introduction to Environmental Studies. Kalyani Publishers.
Academic Year: 
2020-2021
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