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2007-08
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
HYDERABAD
II Year B.Tech. AME II Semester T P C
4+1* 0 4
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
UNIT - I
Multidisciplinary nature of Environmental Studies: Definition, Scope and Importance – Need for
Public Awareness.
UNIT - II
Natural Resources : Renewable and non-renewable resources – Natural resources and associated
problems – Forest resources – Use and over – exploitation, deforestation, case studies – Timber extraction
– Mining, dams and other 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. - Food resources: World food problems, changes caused by agriculture and overgrazing,
effects of modern agriculture, fertilizer-pesticide problems, water logging, salinity, case studies. - Energy
resources: Growing energy needs, renewable and non-renewable energy sources use of alternate energy
sources. Case studies. Land resources: Land as a resource, land degradation, man induced landslides, soil
erosion and desertification. Role of an individual in conservation of natural resources. Equitable use of
resources for sustainable lifestyles.
UNIT - III
Ecosystems : Concept of an ecosystem. - Structure and function of an ecosystem. - Producers,
consumers and decomposers. - Energy flow in the ecosystem - Ecological succession. - Food chains, food
webs and ecological pyramids. - Introduction, types, characteristic features, structure and function of the
following ecosystem:
a. Forest ecosystem
b. Grassland ecosystem
c. Desert ecosystem
d. Aquatic ecosystems (ponds, streams, lakes, rivers, oceans, estuaries)
UNIT - IV
Biodiversity and its conservation : Introduction - Definition: genetic, species and ecosystem diversity.
- Bio-geographical classification of India - Value of biodiversity: consumptive use, productive use, social,
ethical, aesthetic and option values - . Biodiversity at global, National and local levels. - . India as a megadiversity
nation - Hot-sports of biodiversity - Threats to biodiversity: habitat loss, poaching of wildlife, manwildlife
conflicts. - Endangered and endemic species of India - Conservation of biodiversity: In-situ and Exsitu
conservation of biodiversity.
UNIT - V
Environmental Pollution : Definition, Cause, effects and control measures of :
a. Air pollution
b. Water pollution
c. Soil pollution
d. Marine pollution
e. Noise pollution
f. Thermal pollution
g. Nuclear hazards
Solid waste Management : Causes, effects and control measures of urban and industrial wastes. - Role
of an individual in prevention of pollution. - Pollution case studies. - Disaster management: floods,
earthquake, cyclone and landslides.
UNIT - VI
Social Issues and the Environment : From Unsustainable to Sustainable development -Urban problems
related to energy -Water conservation, rain water harvesting, watershed management -Resettlement and
rehabilitation of people; its problems and concerns. Case Studies -Environmental ethics: Issues and
possible solutions. -Climate change, global warming, acid rain, ozone layer depletion, nuclear accidents
and holocaust. Case Studies. -Wasteland reclamation. -Consumerism and waste products. -Environment
Protection Act. -Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act. -Water (Prevention and control of Pollution)
Act -Wildlife Protection Act -Forest Conservation Act -Issues involved in enforcement of environmental
legislation. -Public awareness.
UNIT - VII
Human Population and the Environment : Population growth, variation among nations. Population
explosion - Family Welfare Programme. -Environment and human health. -Human Rights. -Value Education.
-HIV/AIDS. -Women and Child Welfare. -Role of information Technology in Environment and human
health. -Case Studies.
UNIT - VIII
Field work : Visit to a local area to document environmental assets River /forest grassland/hill/mountain
-Visit to a local polluted site-Urban/Rural/industrial/ Agricultural Study of common plants, insects, birds. -
Study of simple ecosystems-pond, river, hill slopes, etc.
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