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SYLLABUS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Name of Paper Course Number Total Lectures Unit 1 :

: :

Environmental Studies : _______ 50 (approx)

Introduction & Natural Resources Definition, Scope and importance

Renewable Resources and associated problems 1) 2)

(10 Lectures)

Forest Resources : Use and over-exploitation, Deforestation Water Resources : Use and over-utilisation of surface and ground water; Conflicts over water.

3)

Minerals Resources : Use and exploitation, environmental effects of extraction and using minerals resources

4)

Food Resources : Changes caused by agriculture and effects of modern agriculture

5) 6) Unit 2 : 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Unit 3 : 1) 2) 3) 4)

Energy Resources : Renewable and non-renewable energy sources. Land Resources : Land degradation, soil erosion and desertification Ecosystems Concept of Ecosystem Structure and function of an ecosystem Producers, consumers and decomposers Energy flow in the ecosystem Food chains, food webs and ecological pyramids Biodiversity and its Conservation Definition of Biodiversity Bio-geographical classification of India Biodiversity at national and local levels; Hot-spots of biodiversity in India Threats to biodiversity : Habitat loss, poaching of wild life, man-wildlife conflicts; Endangered and endemic species of India (10 Lectures) (10 Lectures)

5)

Conservation of biodiversity : in-situ and ex-situ conservation of biodiversity

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Unit 4 : 1)

Environmental Pollution

(10 Lectures)

Definition, Causes, Effects and Control measures of :a) Air Pollution b) Water Pollution c) Soil Pollution

2)

Solid Waste Management : Causes, effects and control measures of urban and industrial wastes

3) Unit 5 : 1) 2) 3)

Disaster Management : Floods, Earthquakes, Cyclones and Landslides Social Issues, Development and the Environment (10 Lectures)

Sustainable development, Carrying capacity of the environment (concept only) Water conservation; Rain water harvesting, Watershed management Environmental Movements, Resettlement and rehabilitation of people; its problems and concerns

4) 5)

Shifting Cultivation and its impact, Wasteland reclamation Population growth; Population explosion RECOMMENDED BOOKS FOR ENVIROMENTAL STUDIES

1.

Erach Bharucha (2005). Textbook of Environmental Studies for Under Graduate Courses, University Press (India) Pvt. Ltd. Hyderabad

2.

S.S Dara (1997). A Textbook of Environmental Studies & Pollution Control, S.Chand & Co Ltd., New Delhi

3.

S.C Santra (2004), Environmental Science, New Central Book Agency (P) Ltd., Kolkata

OTHER REFERENCE BOOKS 1. 2. 3. Agarwal, K.C Environmental Biology, Nidi Pub. Ltd., Bikaner Bharucha, Erach, The Biodiversity of India, Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd. Ahmedabad Cunningham, W.P Cooper, T.H Gorhani, E & Hepworth, M.T (2001). Environmental Encyclopedia, Jacio Pub. House, Mumbai 4. 5. De, A.K., Environmental Chemistry, Wiley Eastern Ltd. Heywood, V.H & Watson, RT (1995). Global Biodiversity Assessment, Cambridge University Press

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6.

Jadhav, H & Bhosale, VM(1995), Environmental Protection and Laws, Himalaya Publishing House, Delhi

7. 8. 9.

Miller, T.G Jr. Environmental Science, Wadsworth Publishing Co. Odum, E.P. (1971). Fundamentals of Ecology, W.B Saunders Co. USA Townsend, C., Harper J, and Michael Begon, Essentials of Ecology, Blackwell Science

10.

Wagner, K.D., 1998, Environmental Management, W.B Saunders Co. Philadelphia, USA

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MIZORAM UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS University Campus : Tanhril Aizawl Post Box No. 190

Dated the 28th Feb. 2011 To, The Director (Acad.), Mizoram University.

Subject :

Syllabus for Environmental Studies

Sir, I am forwarding herewith the Syllabus for Environmental Studies (Under Graduate) prepared by the Committee for your information and necessary action. Thanking you with regards Yours faithfully,

( Prof. T.C NUNGA ) Chairman.

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