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EVS11113 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE L T P C

Version 1.0 Contact Hours - 30 2 0 0 2


Pre-requisites/Exposure Basic Physics, Chemistry and Biology

Course Syllabus:

Unit I: Fundamentals of Environmental studies


Multidisciplinary nature of environmental studies; scope and importance; need for public
awareness, Concept of sustainability and sustainable development

Unit II : Natural Resources


Renewable and non-renewable resources.
Forest resources: Use and over-exploitation, deforestation, case studies. Timber extraction,
mining, dams and their effects on forest and tribal people.
Water resources: Use and over-utilization of surface and ground water, floods, drought,
conflicts over water, dams-benefits and problems.
Mineral resources: Use and exploitation, environmental effects of extracting and using
mineral resources, case studies.
Land resources: Land as a resource, land degradation, soil erosion and desertification.
Energy Resources: renewable and nonrenewable energy resources.
Fossil fuel types and their environmental impact.
Solar, wind, hydropower, biomass energy and geothermal energy.

Unit III: Ecosystems& Biodiversity


Concept of an ecosystem: Structure of an ecosystem, Producers, consumers and decomposers.
Function of an ecosystem, Producers, consumers and decomposers.
Food chains, food webs, Ecological pyramids, Energy Flow.
Levels of Biodiversity: genetic, species and ecosystem diversity.
Values of biodiversity, India as a mega-diversity nation, Biodiversity hotspots Threats to
Biodiversity, In-situ and Ex-situ conservation of Biodiversity.

Unit – IV:Environmental Pollution


Environmental pollution: types, causes, effects and controls; Air, water and noise pollution,
Pollution case studies

Unit – V: Global Issues and Environmental Policies


Climate change, global warming, acid rain, ozone layer depletion.
Environment Laws: Environment Protection Act; Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution)
Act; Water (Prevention and control of Pollution) Act; Wildlife Protection Act; Forest
Conservation Act.
International agreements: Montreal protocol, Kyoto protocol, Convention on Biological
Diversity.
Unit –VI: Human Population and the Environment
Role of Indian and other religions and cultures in environmental conservation: Environmental
movements in India, Bishnoi.
Sustainable development and Conservation: case studies, Swachh Bharat Mission.
Water conservation, rain water harvesting, watershed management; its problems and
concerns.
Human population growth: Impacts on environment, human health and welfare.

Text Books:
1. Principles of Environmental Science, 4 th edition by Cunningham, W.P. and Cunningham,
M.A. (2002), Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New Delhi
2. Basic Environmental Engineering & Elementary Biology by Monidranath Patra and Rahul
Kumar Singha, Aryan Publishing house
3. Environmental Sciences: The Environment and Human Impact by Jackson, A.R.W. and
Jackson, J.M., , Longman Publishers
Reference Books:
1 Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Reuse, 4 th Edition, Metcalf and Eddy, Inc.
McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, 2002
2 Environmental Engineering”, Howard S. Peavy, Donald R. Rowe and George
Tchobanoglous, McGraw-Hill Education (India) Private Limited, New Delhi
3 Introduction to Environmental Engineering, 2nd Ed. by Davis, M. L. and Cornwell D. A.
McGraw Hill, Singapore.
4 Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science, by Masters, G.M., Prentice Hall
of India, Second Indian Reprint.

Modes of Examination: Assignment/Quiz/Project/Presentation/Written Exam


Examination Scheme:
Components Internal Mid Term End Term
Weightage (%) 30 20 50

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