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Environment and Sustainability [1]

Paper Code: 
NSS 402
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
3.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
7.00
Unit I: 
Definition, Scope and Importance of Environment
  • Scope of Environmental Studies and its applications
  • Importance with respect to the Society
  • Relationship of Environmental Studies with other subjects (Multidisciplinary nature of Environment)

Concept of sustainability and sustainable development 

9.00
Unit II: 
Environmental Pollution
  • Water Pollution: Definition, sources and effects
  • Air Pollution: Definition, sources and effects (Acid Rain, Ozone Depletion, Global warming, Smog)
  • Noise Pollution: Definition, sources and effects
  • Land Pollution: Definition, sources and effects

Solid waste management: Control measures of urban and industrial waste

9.00
Unit III: 
Natural Resources conservation and management
  • Forest Resources- Use and over-exploitation, deforestation, afforestation and waste land      development
  • Water Resources- Use and over-utilization of surface and ground water, rain water harvesting
  • Land Resources- Land degradation; Soil erosion and desertification

Energy Resources-Conventional and  Non-conventional Energy resources

9.00
Unit IV: 
Introduction to Disaster Management
  • Introduction to Disasters: Concepts, and definitions (Disaster, prevention, preparedness, mitigation, rehabilitation, resilience, risk, vulnerability, hazard) 
  • Disaster Management Cycle
  • Impact of Disasters

Types of Disasters (Natural and Anthropogenic)

8.00
Unit V: 
Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters
  • Causes, Impacts and management of:
  • Natural disasters-Earthquakes, Tsunami, Floods, Cyclones, Landslides, Drought and famines

Anthropogenic disasters-Road Accidents, Fire, Industrial disaster (Bhopal Gas Tragedy)

References: 
  • Textbook of Environmental Studies for Undergraduate Courses by Erach Bharucha Second edition,2013 Publisher: Universities Press (India) Private Ltd, Hyderabad.
  • Basics of Environmental Studies by Prof Dr N S Varandani,2013 Publisher: LAP -Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany
  • Environmental Studies by Anindita Basak ,2009 Publisher: Drling Kindersley(India)Pvt. Ltd Pearson
  • Textbook of Environmental Studies by Deeksha Dave & S S Kateva , Cengage Publishers
  • Environmental Sciences by Daniel B Botkin & Edward A Keller Publisher: John Wiley & Sons.
  •  Environmental Studies by R. Rajagopalan, Oxford University Press
  •  Environmental Studies by Benny Joseph, TMH publishers
  •  Environmental Studies by Dr. Suresh K Dhameja, 2007 Published by : S K Kataria & Sons New Delhi
  • Basics of Environmental Studies by U K Khare, 2011 Published by Tata McGraw Hill
  • Goel,S.L. Disaster Administration and Management. Deep And Deep  Publications Pvt. Ltd
  • R.B. Singh. Disaster Management. Rawat Publications
  • Arvind Kumar. Disaster Management - Recent Approaches .Anmol Publications
  • Disaster Management - Shailendera, K Singh, Subash. C Kundu and Shobu Singh, Mittal Publications, New Delhi (1998)
Academic Session: 
2020-21 [2]

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