Environment Studies
PERSPECTIVES IN
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
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A Great Philosopher, Educationist and Humanist
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An Embodiment of Love and Dedication
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(ix) CORE MODULE SYLLABUS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES FOR UNDERGRADUATE COURSES OF ALL BRANCHES OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Unit 1 : The Multidisciplinary Nature of Environmental Studies Definition, scope and importance (2 Lectures) Need for public awareness. Unit : 2 : Natural Resources Renewable and non-renewable resources : Natural resources and associated problems. (a) Forest resources : Use and over-exploitation, deforestation, case studies. Timber extraction, mining, dams and their effects on forests and tribal people. (b) Water resources : Use and over-utilization of surface and ground water, floods, drought, conflicts over water, damsbenefits and problems. (c) Mineral resources : Use and exploitation, environmental effects of extracting and using mineral resources, case studies. (d) Food resources : World food problems, changes caused by agriculture and over-grazing, effects of modern agriculture, fertilizer-pesticide problems, water logging, salinity, case studies. (e) Energy resources : Growing energy needs,
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
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ISBN (13) : 978-81-224-2345-7
PUBLISHING FOR ONE WORLD
NEW AGE INTERNATIONAL (P) LIMITED, PUBLISHERS 4835/24, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi - 110002 Visit us at www.newagepublishers.com
Dedicated with Reverence to Memories of Our
FATHER, LATE PROF. A.K. SINHA
A Great Philosopher, Educationist and Humanist
& MOTHER, LATE SMT. ASHA RANI KAUSHIK
An Embodiment of Love and Dedication
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(ix) CORE MODULE SYLLABUS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES FOR UNDERGRADUATE COURSES OF ALL BRANCHES OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Unit 1 : The Multidisciplinary Nature of Environmental Studies Definition, scope and importance (2 Lectures) Need for public awareness. Unit : 2 : Natural Resources Renewable and non-renewable resources : Natural resources and associated problems. (a) Forest resources : Use and over-exploitation, deforestation, case studies. Timber extraction, mining, dams and their effects on forests and tribal people. (b) Water resources : Use and over-utilization of surface and ground water, floods, drought, conflicts over water, damsbenefits and problems. (c) Mineral resources : Use and exploitation, environmental effects of extracting and using mineral resources, case studies. (d) Food resources : World food problems, changes caused by agriculture and over-grazing, effects of modern agriculture, fertilizer-pesticide problems, water logging, salinity, case studies. (e) Energy resources : Growing energy needs,