JNTUk B.Tech Environmental Studies R13 Syllabus for Engineering it gives you detail information about Environmental Studies syllabus.
Course Learning Objectives
The objectives of the course is to impart
- Overall understanding of the natural resources.
- Basic understanding of the ecosystem and its diversity.
- Acquaintance on various environmental challenges induced due to unplanned anthropogenic activities.
- An understanding of the environmental impact of developmental activities.
- Awareness on the social issues, environmental legislation and global treaties.
Course Outcomes
The student should have knowledge on
- The natural resources and their importance for the sustenance of the life and recognise the need to conserve the natural resources.
- The concepts of the ecosystem and its function in the environment. The need for protecting the producers and consumers in various ecosystems and their role in the food web.
- The biodiversity of India and the threats to biodiversity, and conservation practices to protect the biodiversity.
- Various attributes of the pollution and their impacts and measures to reduce or control the pollution along with waste management practices.
- Social issues both rural and urban environment and the possible means to combat the challenges.
- The environmental legislations of India and the first global initiative towards sustainable development.
- About environmental assessment and the stages involved in EIA and the environmental audit.
UNIT – I
Multidisciplinary nature of Environmental Studies: Definition, Scope and Importance –Sustainability: Stockholm and Rio Summit–Global Environmental Challenges: Global warming and climate change, acid rains, ozone layer depletion, population growth and explosion, effects. Role of information Technology in Environment and human health.
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 Forest ecosystem, Grassland ecosystem, Desert ecosystem, Aquatic ecosystems.
UNIT – II
Natural Resources: Natural resources and associated problems Forest resources – Use and over – exploitation, deforestation – 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.
Food resources: World food problems, changes caused by non-agriculture activities-effects of modern agriculture, fertilizer-pesticide problems, water logging, salinity. Energy resources: Growing energy needs, renewable and non-renewable energy sources use of alternate energy sources. Land resources: Land as a resource, land degradation, Wasteland reclamation, 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
Biodiversity and its conservation: Definition: genetic, species and ecosystem diversity- classification – Value of biodiversity: consumptive use, productive use, social-Biodiversity at national and local levels. India as a mega-diversity nation – Hot-sports of biodiversity – Threats to
biodiversity: habitat loss, man-wildlife conflicts. – Endangered and endemic species of India – Conservation of biodiversity: conservation of biodiversity.
UNIT – IV
Environmental Pollution: Definition, Cause, effects and control measures of Air pollution, Water pollution, Soil pollution, Noise pollution, Nuclear hazards. Role of an individual in prevention of pollution. – Pollution case studies.
Solid Waste Management: Sources, classification, effects and control measures of urban and industrial solid wastes. Consumerism and waste products.
UNIT – V
Social Issues and the Environment: Urban problems related to energy – Water conservation, rain water harvesting-Resettlement and rehabilitation of people; its problems and concerns. Environmental ethics: Issues and possible solutions. Environmental 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 – VI
Environmental Management: Impact Assessment and its significance various stages of EIA, preparation of EMP and EIS, Environmental audit. Ecotourism The student should submit a report individually on any issues related to Environmental Studies course and make a power point presentation.
Text Books
- Environmental Studies by R. Rajagopalan, 2nd Edition, 2011, Oxford University Press.
- A Textbook of Environmental Studies by Shaashi Chawla, TMH, New Delhi.
- Environmental Studies by P.N. Palanisamy, P. Manikandan, A. Geetha, and K. Manjula Rani; Pearson Education, Chennai.
- Reference
- Text Book of Environmental Studies by Deeshita Dave & P. UdayaBhaskar, Cengage Learning.
- Environmental Studies by K.V.S.G. Murali Krishna, VGS Publishers, Vijayawada.
- Environmental Studies by Benny Joseph, Tata McGraw Hill Co, New Delhi.
- Environmental Studies by Piyush Malaviya, Pratibha Singh, Anoop singh: Acme Learning, New Delhi.
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