Climate Change and Adaptation Agri 5th Sem Syllabus for BE 2017 Regulation Anna Univ (Professional Elective I) detail syllabus for Agriculture Engineering (Agri), 2017 regulation is collected from the Anna Univ official website and presented for students of Anna University. The details of the course are: course code (AI8003), Category (PE), Contact Periods/week (3), Teaching hours/week (3), Practical Hours/week (0). The total course credits are given in combined syllabus.
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Course Objective:
- To know the basics, importance of global warming
- To know the concept of mitigation measures against global warming
- To learn about the global warming and climate change.
Unit I
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Unit II
Atmosphere and its Components
Importance of Atmosphere – Physical Chemical Characteristics of Atmosphere – Vertical structure of the atmosphere-Composition of the atmosphere-Atmospheric stability – Temperature profile of the atmosphere-Lapse rates-Temperature inversion-effects of inversion on pollution dispersion.
Unit III
Impacts of Climate Change
Causes of Climate change : Change of Temperature in the environment – Melting of ice Pole-sea level rise-Impacts of Climate Change on various sectors – Agriculture, Forestry and Ecosystem -Water Resources – Human Health – Industry, Settlement and Society – Methods and Scenarios -Projected Impacts for Different Regions – Uncertainties in the Projected Impacts of Climate Change – Risk of Irreversible Changes.
Unit IV
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Unit V
Climate Change and Mitigation Measures
Clean Development Mechanism -Carbon Trading- examples of future Clean Technology -Biodiesel – Natural Compost – Eco- Friendly Plastic – Alternate Energy – Hydrogen – Bio-fuels -Solar Energy – Wind – Hydroelectric Power – Mitigation Efforts in India and Adaptation funding
Key Mitigation Technologies and Practices – Energy Supply – Transport – Buildings – Industry -Agriculture – Forestry – Carbon sequestration – Carbon capture and storage (CCS) – Waste (mSw and Bio waste, Biomedical, Industrial waste – International and Regional cooperation.
Course Outcome:
After successful completion of this course students are expected to be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of how the threats and opportunities of predicted climate change will influence specific sectors at global and regional scale;
- Critically evaluate the relative opportunities and needs for mitigation and adaptation (including vulnerability assessments) in a variety of sectoral contexts;
- Understand and critically evaluate the scientific insights underlying the assessment reports of the IPCC, with a focus on impacts, adaptation and mitigation.
Text Books:
- Dash Sushil Kumar, Climate Change – An Indian Perspective, Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd, 2007.
References:
- Adaptation and mitigation of climate change-Scientific Technical Analysis. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2006.
- Atmospheric Science, J.M. Wallace and P.V. Hobbs, Elsevier / Academic Press 2006.
- Jan C. van Dam, Impacts of Climate Change and Climate Variability on Hydrological Regimes, Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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