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UNIT 6:
Social Issues and The Environment
6.1 FROM UNSUSTAINABLE TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 6.2 URBAN PROBLEMS RELATED TO ENERGY 6.3 WATER CONSERVATION, RAIN WATER HARVESTING, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT 6.3.1 Water conservation 6.3.2 Rain water harvesting 6.3.3 Watershed management 6.4 RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF PEOPLE; ITS PROBLEMS AND CONCERNS. CASE STUDIES 6.5 ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS: ISSUES AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS 6.5.1 Resource consumption patterns and the need for their equitable utilisation 6.5.2 Equity – Disparity in the Northern and Southern countries 6.5.3 Urban – rural equity issues 6.5.4 The need for Gender Equity 6.5.5 Preserving resources for future generations 6.5.6 The rights of animals 6.5.7 The ethical basis of environment education and awareness 6.5.8 The conservation ethic and traditional value systems of India 6.6 CLIMATE CHANGE, GLOBAL WARMING, ACID RAIN, OZONE LAYER DEPLETION, NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS AND NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST. CASE STUDIES 6.6.1 Climate change 6.6.2 Global warming 6.6.3 Acid rain 6.6.4 Ozone layer depletion 6.6.5 Nuclear Accidents and Nuclear Holocaust
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6.7 WASTELAND RECLAMATION 6.8 CONSUMERISM AND WASTE PRODUCTS 6.9 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 6.10 AIR (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT 6.11 WATER (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT 6.12 WILDLIFE PROTECTION ACT 6.13 FOREST CONSERVATION ACT 6.14 ISSUES INVOLVED IN ENFORCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION 6.14.1Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) 6.14.2 Citizens actions and action groups 6.15 PUBLIC AWARENESS 6.15.1 Using an Environmental Calendar of Activities 6.15.2 What can I do?
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Social Issues and The Environment
6.1 FROM UNSUSTAINABLE TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 6.2 URBAN PROBLEMS RELATED TO ENERGY 6.3 WATER CONSERVATION, RAIN WATER HARVESTING, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT 6.3.1 Water conservation 6.3.2 Rain water harvesting 6.3.3 Watershed management 6.4 RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF PEOPLE; ITS PROBLEMS AND CONCERNS. CASE STUDIES 6.5 ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS: ISSUES AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS 6.5.1 Resource consumption patterns and the need for their equitable utilisation 6.5.2 Equity – Disparity in the Northern and Southern countries 6.5.3 Urban – rural equity issues 6.5.4 The need for Gender Equity 6.5.5 Preserving resources for future generations 6.5.6 The rights of animals 6.5.7 The ethical basis of environment education and awareness 6.5.8 The conservation ethic and traditional value systems of India 6.6 CLIMATE CHANGE, GLOBAL WARMING, ACID RAIN, OZONE LAYER DEPLETION, NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS AND NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST. CASE STUDIES 6.6.1 Climate change 6.6.2 Global warming 6.6.3 Acid rain 6.6.4 Ozone layer depletion 6.6.5 Nuclear Accidents and Nuclear Holocaust
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168 168 170 171
172 173 173 175 175 175 176 177 178 181
182 182 183 184 185 186 163
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6.7 WASTELAND RECLAMATION 6.8 CONSUMERISM AND WASTE PRODUCTS 6.9 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 6.10 AIR (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT 6.11 WATER (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT 6.12 WILDLIFE PROTECTION ACT 6.13 FOREST CONSERVATION ACT 6.14 ISSUES INVOLVED IN ENFORCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION 6.14.1Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) 6.14.2 Citizens actions and action groups 6.15 PUBLIC AWARENESS 6.15.1 Using an Environmental Calendar of Activities 6.15.2 What can I do?
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