ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Table of Conents
Part I: Objective Questions
Chapter 1: Environmental Studies: Scope and Importance
Chapter 2: Natural Resources
Chapter 3: Ecosystem
Chapter 4: Biodiversity and its Conservation
Chapter 5: Environmental Pollution
Chapter 6: Social Issues and the Environment
Chapter 7: Human Population and the Environment
Practice Exercises-I
Practice Exercises-II
Part II: Glossary

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Table of Contents
Syllabus and Guidelines
Syllabus & Model Test Papers for Paper
1. Introduction
2. Environmental Chemistry
3. Ecology and Environment
4. Environmental Geosciences
5. Sources of Energy
6. Sources of Pollution
7. Environmental Impact Analysis
8. Solid Wastes Managements
9. Statistical Analysis in Environmental Studies
10. Environmental Education and Awareness
Study Material for Paper III
Model Papers for Paper-III
Previous Years Papers

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Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Vision

Members of Syllabus for Environmental Studies for Undergraduate Courses of all

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UNIT 1: THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY NATURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Definition, scope and importance; Need for Public Awareness

UNIT 2: NATURAL RESOURCES

Introduction

Renewable and non-renewable resources

Role of an individual in conversion of natural resources

Equitable use of resources for sustainable lifestyles

UNIT 3: ECOSYSTEMS

Concepts of an ecosystem

Structure and function of an ecosystem

Producers, consumers and decompress

Energy flow in the ecosystem

Ecological succession

Food chains, food webs and ecological pyramids

Introduction, types, characteristics features, structure and functions

UNIT 4: BIODIVERSITY

Introduction

Biogeographic Classification of India

Value of biodiversity

Biodiversity at global, national and local levels

India as a mega-diversity nation

Hotspots of biodiversity

Threats to biodiversity: Habitat loss, poaching of wildlife, man-wildlife conflicts

Endangered and endemic species of India

Conversion of biodiversity: Insitu and Exsitu

UNIT 5: POLLUTION

Definition

Causes, effects and control measures of pollution

Solid Waste Management: Causes, effects and control measures of urban and industrial
waste

Role of an individual in the preventation of pollution

Pollution Case Studies

Disaster management: Floods, Earthquakes, cyclones, landslides

UNIT 6: SOCIAL ISSUES THE ENVIRONMENT

Form unsustainable to sustainable development

Urban problems related to energy

Water Conservation, rainwater harvesting, watershed management

Resettlement and rehabilitation of people: Its problems and concerns

Environmental ethics: Issues and possible solution

Climate change, global warning, acid rain, ozone layer depletion, nuclear accidents and
holocaust

Wasteland reclamation

Consumerism and waste products

The Environment (Protection) Act

The Air (Prevention and control of pollution) Act

The water (Prevention and control of pollution) Act

The Wildlife Protection Act

Forests Conversation Act

Issues involved in enforcement of environmental legislation

Public awareness

UNIT 7: HUMAN POLLUTION AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Population growth, variation among nations

Population explosion: Family Welfare Program

Environment and human health

Human rights

Value education

HIV/AIDS

Woman and child welfare

Role of information technology in environment and human health

UNIT 8: FIELD WORK

Visit to a local area to document environmental assets:

River

Forest

Grasslands

Hill

Mountain

Visit to a local polluted site

Study of common plants, insects, birds

Study of simple ecosystem

Future Reading

Appendix

Index

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Table of Contents
Unit I Population and Conservation of Ecology
1 Population Dynamics
2 Population Growth and Regulation
3 Human Populations
4 Human Population Control
5 Threats to Ecosystem
6 Conservation
Unit II Planning for Environmental Conservation and Protection
7 Ecosystem Analysis
8 Human-Environment Interaction
9 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Unit III Technology and Environment
10 Technology: Evolution and Models
11 Renewable Energy
12 Environmental Health
13 Biotechnology: Potential and its Limitations

Unit IV Environmental Pollution

14 Human Interventions and Pollution
15 Pollution Control Approaches
16 Water and Soil Pollution
Unit V Action on the Atmosphere
17 Control of Atmospheric Pollution
18 Development and Pollution
19 Satellite Imagery for Monitoring Environment
20 International Actions on the Depletion of Ozone Layer
Unit VI Legal Regimes for Sustainable Development
21 National Legislative Framework for Environment
22 Trade and International Environment
23 International Initiatives
24 International Organizations

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Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition
Module 1: The Global Environmental Crisis
Chapter 1. The Global Environmental Crisis
Module 2: Ecosystems
Chapter 2. Ecosystems: Basic Concepts
Chapter 3. Forest, Grassland and Desert Ecosystems
Chapter 4. Aquatic Ecosystems

Module 3: Biodiversity
Chapter 5. Introduction to Biodiversity
Chapter 6. Biodiversity Conservation
Module 4: Renewable and Non-Renewable Natural Resources

Chapter 7. Water Resources

Chapter 8. Energy Resources
Chapter 9. Forest Resources
Chapter 10. Land, Food and Mineral Resources
Module 5: Environmental Pollution
Chapter 11. Air and Noise Pollution
Chapter 12. Water, Soil and Marine Pollution
Chapter 13. Solid Waste Management
Chapter 14. Disaster Management
Module 6: Human Population and The Environment
Chapter 15. Population Growth
Chapter 16. Environment and Human Health
Chapter 17. Women and Child Welfare
Module 7: Social Issues and The Environment
Chapter 18. Sustainable Development
Chapter 19. Global Warming, Acid Rain and 299 Ozone Depletion
Chapter 20. Environmental Laws and Regulations
Module 8: Field Work
Chapter 21. Project Work
Chapter 22. Conclusion: Another World is 338 Possible
Glossary
Appendix: Units of Measure