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The document defines environment and discusses its key components including atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and biosphere. It also outlines the objectives, scope and importance of environmental science, including understanding problems, achieving sustainable development and maintaining ecological balance.

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Lecture 1

The document defines environment and discusses its key components including atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and biosphere. It also outlines the objectives, scope and importance of environmental science, including understanding problems, achieving sustainable development and maintaining ecological balance.

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Lecture 1

The environment is defined as 'the sum total of living, non-living components; influences and events,
surrounding an organism. All organisms (from virus to man) are obligatorily dependent on the other
organism and environment for food, energy, water, oxygen, shelter and for other needs. The relationship
and interaction between organism and enmvironment are highly complex. It comprises both living (biotic)
and non-living (abiotic) components. The environment is not static. Both biotic and abiotic factors are in a
flux and keeps changing continuously.

INTRODUCTION
means to "encircle or
The word environment is derived from the French word 'environner' which
surround'.

that surround,
Thus our environment can be defined as "the Social, Cultural and Physical conditions
affect and influence the survival, growth and development of people, animals and plants

environment as well as the cultural


This broad definition includes the natural world and the technological
and social contexts that shape human lives.
or population at any point
It includes all factors (living and nonliving) that affect an individual organism surrounds
occurrence and all the things that
in the life cycle; set of circumstances surrounding a particular
us.

SEGMENTS OF ENVIRONMENT

Environment consists of four segments.

1. Atmosphere- Blanket of gases surrounding the earth.


Various water bodies present on the earth.
2. Hydrosphere-
and rocks on the earth.
3. Lithosphere- Contains various types of soils
and their interactions with the environment.
4. Biosphere-Composed of all living organisms

MULTIDISCIPLINARY NATURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

science because it comprises various branches of


> The Environment studies is a multi-disciplinary
medical science, life science, agriculture, public health, sanitary
studies like chemistry, physics,
engineering etc.

in the environment. It studies about the sources, reactions,


> I t is the science of physical phenomena and the effect of
and biological species in the air, water, soil
transport, effect and fate of physical
from human activity upon these.
environments like natural,
and actually made up of many different
A s the environment is complex
environmental studies is inter disciplinary in
nature
constructed and cultural environments,
Obiectives of Environmental Science
i) Acquire an awareness of the environment as a whole and its related
problems.
ii) Gain a variety of experiences and acquire a basic
understanding
and knowledge about
the environment and its allied
problems.
(iii) Acquire the skills for identifying and solving environmental problems.
(iv) Acquire an attitude of concern for the environment.
(v) Participate in improvement and protection of environment.
(vi) Develop the ability to evaluate measures for the improvement and protection of
environment.

Scope of Environmental Science


i) Conservation and management of natural resources like forest, water, air, mineral, etc.
(ii) Conservation of Biodiversity, Ecological study
ii) Control of environmental pollutions
(iv) Replacement of development (like green revolution, urbanization,) economic growth,
industrialization, etc. with sustainable development
(v) Control of human population.

Importance of Environmental Science


1) Helps to understand the current environmental problems.

2) It provides skills to obtain solutions for environmental problems

3) Helps to maintain ecological balance through basic operating knowledge


of environmental systems.
4) It helps to achieve sustainable development.

5) It applies economic methods, concepts of environmental policy analysis


and environmental management.
6) It helps in protection of Biodiversity.

7) It helps to educate people regarding their duties towards environmental

protection.

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