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VALUE ADDED COURSES (VAC)

ENVS204VAC01: Environmental Science


(Common Course offered to all students of PU)

Credits - 3: (Theory- 03)

Theory: Credit : 3

Introduction to environmental studies

 Multidisciplinary nature of environmental studies;


 Scope and Importance; Concept of sustainability and sustainable development.

Ecosystems
 What is an ecosystem? Structure and function of ecosystem; Energy flow in an ecosystem: food chains,
food webs and ecological succession. Case studies of the following ecosystem, :
a) Forest ecosystem
b) Grassland ecosystem
c) Desert ecosystem
d) Aquatic ecosystems (ponds, streams, lakes, rivers, oceans, estuaries)

Biodiversity and Conservation


 Levels of biological diversity: genetic, species and ecosystem diversity; Biogeographic zones of
India; Biodiversity patterns and global biodiversity hot spots
 India as a mega biodiversity nation; Endangered and endemic species of India
 Threats to biodiversity: Habitat loss, poaching of wildlife, man-wildlife conflicts, biological
invasions; Conservation of biodiversity : in-situ and Ex-situ conservation of biodiversity.
 Ecosystem and biodiversity services: Ecological, economic, social, ethical, aesthetic and
Informational value.

Environmental Pollution

 Environmental pollution: types, causes, effects and controls; Air, water, soil and noise
pollution
Nuclear hazards and human health risks
 Solid waste management : Control measures of urban and industrial waste.
 Pollution case studies.

Environmental Policies & Practices

 Climate change, global warming, ozone layer depletion, acid rain and impacts on human
communities and agriculture
 Environment Laws: Environment Protection Act; Air (Prevention & Control of
Pollution) Act; Water (Prevention and control of Pollution) Act; Wildlife
Protection Act; Forest Conservation Act. International agreements: Montreal
and Kyoto protocols and Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

Human Communities and the Environment


 Human population growth: Impacts on environment, human health and welfare.
 Environmental movements: Chipko, Silent valley, Bishnois of Rajasthan.

Suggested Readings:
1. Carson, R. 2002. Silent Spring. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
2. Gadgil, M., & Guha, R. 1993. This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India, Univ. of California Press.
3. Gleeson, B. and Low, N. (eds.) 1999. Global Ethics and Environment, London, Routledge.
4. Gleick, P. H. 1993. Water in Crisis. Pacific Institute for Studies in Dev.,
Environment & Security. Stockholm Env, Institute, Oxford Univ, Press.
5. Groom, Martha J., Gary K. Meffe, and Carl Ronald Carroll. Principles of
Conservation Biology. Sunderland: Sinauer /3,gociates, 2006.
6. Grumbine, R. Edward, and Pandit, M.K. 2013. Threats from India's Himalaya dams. Science, 339: 36-37
7. McCully, P. 1996. Rivers no more: the environmental effects of dams (pp. 29-64). Zed Books.
8. McNeill, John R. 2000. Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the
Twentieth Century.
9. Odum, E.P., Odum, H.T. & Andrews, J. 1971. Fundamentals of Ecology. Philadelphia:
Saunders. to. Pepper, I.L., Gerba, C.P. & Brusseau, M.L. 2011. Environmental and Pollution
Science. Academic Press.
h. Rao, M,N. & Datta, A.K. 1987. Waste Water Treatment. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.
12. Raven, P.H,, Hassenzahl, D.M. & Berg, L.R. 2012. Environment. 8th edition. John Wiley & Sons.
13. Rosencranz, A., Divan, S., & Noble, M. L. 2001. Environmental law and policy in India. Tripathi 1992,
14. Sengupta, R. 2003. Ecology and economics: An approach to sustainable development. OUP.
15. Singh, Singh, S.P. and Gupta, S.R. 2014. Ecology, Environmental Science and Conservation.
S. Chand Publishing, New Delhi.
16. Sodhi, N.S., Gibson, L. & Raven, P.H. (eds). 2013. Conservation Biology: Voices from the
Tropics. John Wiley & Sons.
17. Thapar, V. 1998. Land of the Tiger: A Natural History of the Indian Subcontinent.
18. Warren, C. E. 1971, Biology and Water Pollution Control. WB Saunders.
19. Wilson, E. 0. 2006. The Creation: An appeal to save life on earth. New York: Norton.
20. World Commission on Environment and Development. 1987. Our Common Future. Oxford
University Press.

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