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Basics of Environmental Science [1]

Paper Code: 
BCS 417
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
9.00
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)

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

9.00
Unit III: 
Natural Resources
  • Definition (Renewable and non renewable)
  • Natural resources and associated problems:

(a)      Forest Resources- Use and over-exploitation, deforestation and its effects

(b)      Water Resources- Use and over-utilization of surface and ground water and its effects

(c)      Land Resources- Land degradation; Soil erosion and desertification.

(d)   Mineral resources : Use and exploitation, environmental effects  of extracting  mineral resources          

9.00
Unit IV: 
Environmental Management

·         Environmental management systems- Benefits, principles and elements of successful environmental management

·         Key aspects of the international standard ISO 14001.

·         Environmental Labeling.

Environmental Protection Act, 1986

9.00
Unit V: 
Environmental Auditing
  • Objectives of Environmental auditing
  • Importance of Environmental auditing
  • Steps of Environmental Auditing (outline)
References: 

1. The Biodiversity of India: Bharucha Erach,  (Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd.,    Ahmedabad)  Environmental Biology, : Agarwal, K.C –(Nidi Publ. Ltd. Bikaner .)

2.  Environmental Studies : Jha Latika and Shailendra,,(CBH publications, Jaipur) 

3.  Environmental Studies: Singh R.B. Thakur, D.K Chauhan, (J.P.S., RBD publications, Jaipur)

4. Essentials of Ecology: Townsend C., Harper J, and Michael Begon,( Blackwell Science )

5.  Fundamentals of Ecology. Odum, E.P. 1971-W.B. Saunders Co. USA .

 

Academic Year: 
2015-2016 [2]

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