Course

Unit I

Overview of the global environment crisis – Biogeochemical cycles – Climate change and related international conventions and treaties and regulations – Ozone hole and related international conventions and treaties and regulations – Overpopulation – energy crisis – Water crisis – ground water hydrogeology – surface water resource development.

Unit II

Ecology, biodiversity loss and related international conventions – treaties and regulations – Deforestation and land degradation – food crisis – water pollution and related International and local conventions – treaties and regulations – Sewage domestic and industrial and effluent treatment – air pollution and related international and local conventions – treaties and regulations – Other pollution (land, thermal, noise).

Unit III

Solid waste management (municipal, medical, e-waste, nuclear, household hazardous wastes) – environmental management – environmental accounting – green business – eco-labelling – environmental impact assessment – Constitutional – legal and regulatory provisions – sustainable development.

Course Objectives

• To study the nature and facts about environment
• To appreciate the importance of environment by assessing its impact on the human world
• To study the integrated themes and biodiversity, pollution control and waste management

Course Outcomes

CO1: Ability to understand aspects of nature and environment.

CO2: Ability to analyze impact of environment on human world.

CO3: Ability to comprehend pollution control and waste management.

CO-PO Mapping

Evaluation Pattern: P/F

Textbook(s)

1. Rajagopalan,“Environmental Studies – From Crisis to Cure”, Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-19- 567393-X.

Reference(s)

G.T.Miller Jr., “Environmental Science”, 11^th Edition, Cenage Learning Pvt. Ltd., 2008.

Benny Joseph, “Environmental Studies”, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing company Limited, 2008.