Environmental Management in Mines detailed Syllabus for Mining Engineering (Mining), R18 regulation has been taken from the JNTUH official website and presented for the students affiliated to JNTUH course structure. For Course Code, Subject Names, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Credits, and other information do visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the universities official website.
For all the other Mining 3rd Year 1st Sem Syllabus for B.Tech R18 Regulation JNTUH, visit Mining Engineering 3rd Year 1st Sem R18 Scheme.
For all the (Professional Elective-I) subjects refer to Professional Elective-I Scheme. The detail syllabus for environmental management in mines is as follows.
Pre-requisite:
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Course Objectives:
- Understanding the importance of ecological balance for sustainable development.
- Understanding the impacts of developmental activities and mitigation measures
- Understanding the environmental policies and regulations
Course Outcomes:
Based on this course, the Engineering graduate will understand /evaluate / develop technologies on the basis of ecological principles and environmental regulations which inturn helps in sustainable development
Unit I
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Unit II
Natural Resources: Classification of Resources: Living and Non-Living resources, water resources: use and over utilization of surface and ground water, floods and droughts, Dams: benefits and problems. Mineral resources: use and exploitation, environmental effects of extracting and using mineral resources, Land resources: Forest resources, Energy resources: growing energy needs, renewable and non-renewable energy sources, use of alternate energy source, case studies.
Unit III
Biodiversity and Biotic Resources: Introduction, Definition, genetic, species and ecosystem diversity. Value of biodiversity; consumptive use, productive use, social, ethical, aesthetic and optional values. India as a mega diversity nation, Hot spots of biodiversity. Field visit. Threats to biodiversity: habitat loss, poaching of wildlife, man-wildlife conflicts; conservation of biodiversity: In-Situ and Ex-situ conservation. National Biodiversity act.
Unit IV
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Unit V
Environmental Policy, Legislation and EIA: Environmental Protection act, Legal aspects Air Act- 1981, Water Act, Forest Act, Wild life Act, Municipal solid waste management and handling rules, biomedical waste management and handling rules, hazardous waste management and handling rules. EIA: EIA structure, methods of baseline data acquisition. Overview on Impacts of air, water, biological and Socio economical aspects. Strategies for risk assessment, Concepts of Environmental Management Plan (EMP) Towards Sustainable Future: Concept of Sustainable Development, Population and its explosion, Crazy Consumerism, Environmental Education, Urban Sprawl, Human health, Environmental Ethics, Concept of Green Building, Ecological Foot Print, Life Cycle assessment (LCA), Low carbon life style. Procedure of obtaining environmental clearances for mining Projects.
Text Books:
- Textbook of Environmental Studies for Undergraduate Courses by Erach Bharucha for University Grants Commission.
- Environmental Studies by R. Rajagopalan, Oxford University Press.
Reference Book:
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