Case Study

1. Bichanakandi, Sylhet has turned into a popular tourist destination in the past 5 years. In
these years the place has already lost its initial beauty and habitat due to unfettered
tourism. Unlike Saint Martin this place is accessible for tourist 12 months a year, so it can
be assumed that huge amount of waste along with rampant human intervention has
affected the place badly. The place cannot return to its initial natural habitat. Set a
sustainable long-term plan of generating fund and maintain Bichanakandi in a way that
the place in not further affected due to tourism, assuming that no separate funding will be
given for this purpose.(max 200 words) 10 marks

2. Suppose Environmental Studies will be incorporated in primary schools from next year as
a separate subject. State a plan of setting such incentives so that parents do not oppose
against increasing additional subject for their children.(max 200 words) 10 marks

3. Suppose UGC has decided to make all university campuses plastic-free to support the
theme of World Environment Day 2018. Propose a plan to make your campus free of
plastic. (max 200 words) 10 marks

4. Dhanmondi Lake is comparatively less polluted than Gulshan Lake. Moreover, Gulshan
Lake has been announced as an Ecological Critical Area (ECA) recently. Set a plan so
that Gulshan lake can recover as Dhanmondi lake did.(max 200 words) 10 marks

5. The supply chain management of the products found in Cox’s Bazar needs a change in
such a way that no plastic and polythene containing products reach Cox’s Bazar. Tell us
how?(max 200 words) 10 marks

6. City ‘A’ is a semi-urbanized (peri-urban) area with a population of 2500 people and an
agriculture based society. The livelihoods of these people greatly depend on water supply
for agricultural purposes. River ‘B’, located near city A has been the only water source
for the people for a long time. After 2000's the areas near the city started becoming
industrialized and over the years the industrial wastes were discharged into the river. Due
to the rapid growth of industries, the river water became polluted to an extent that the
water showed signs of eutrophication and zero dissolved oxygen. People were not able to
use the river water for agriculture and household so they had to shift to ground water.
Naturally the ground water had a good depth and recharge was sufficient. . But for two
consecutive years there was insufficient rainfall in the area, which led insufficient
recharge of the ground water. Thus, the ground water level reached such depth where

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 Arsenic exists naturally. As a result people got exposed to Arsenic contaminated water,
and faced health problems. Also their livelihoods got affected greatly. Thus, both surface
and ground water contamination created water scarcity problem in that area, which
affected the economic growth, social stability and environmental aspects in that area at a
great extent. On the other hand, the intensity of hourly rainfall has also increased for the
last two seasons. But because of the unplanned paved areas, roads and buildings, it
created water logging for certain period of time. In addition to that, ground water wasn’t
recharging properly and surface water pollution hasn't diluted properly because of
irregularly discharge of industrial effluents by surrounding industries. Now what can be
the solution in these circumstances to improve the water situation of the people of City
‘A’ in 2018? (Max 400 Words) (25 Points)

7. Sonali Bag is expensive than regular polythene bag. Give a marketing plan to make it
popular than regular polythene bags among mass people so that they use it even if it costs
more than the polythene bags. Also give a short slogan (within five words) to promote
Sonali bag. Preferable language for the slogan is Bengali.(max 200 words) 10 marks

8. Almost a million rohingyas are now residing in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazaar. The area of the
refugee camps has started entering the Teknaf game reserve. According to UNDP
assessment, almost 60,000 hectors of forest land have already been influenced by the
influx. It was also said that the place was popular for elephant movement. Now suppose
all the people are moved out of the refugee camp and sent back to their homeland. We
know that the place will not get back to its natural habitat, but still make a sustainable
plan which helps the forest and the whole area be normal for the ecosystem. (max 250
words) 15 marks

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