Course Planner
Environment Management
Second Semester
Faculty Details:
Course Teacher
Office Hours
Phone
E-mail
: Chandrani Sen
: 9 AM to 4:30 PM
: +91 9970 152 680
: write2chandrani@gmail.com
Required Textbook:
Suggested Readings:
1. A text book of environmental by K M Agrawal, P K Sikdar, S C Deb”, published by Macmillan
2. Environment management by N K Uberoi”, published by Excel Books
3. Environment management by Dr. Swapan Deb”, published by Jaico Publishing House.
4. Environmental Management by S K Agrawal”, published by A.P.H. publishing Corporation.
5. Environmental Studies by Rajagopalan- Pub. By Oxford
6. A Hand Book of Environmental Science - S S Negi, Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to measure & interpret the
environmental variables and results, evaluate the environmental topics related to resource use
and management and also propose solutions to environmental problems related to resource use
and management.
Course Assessment
The subject would be assessed for internal marks on the basis of the following parameters
1) Attendance
5 Marks
2) Subject Project/Assignment/Presentation/Subject Seminar
5 Marks
3) Class test
5 Marks
4) Sessionals
5 Marks
Home Assignments (if any) has to be disclosed beforehand
S.No
1.
Home Assignment Topic
Role of individual in
conservation of natural
resources. (Section A)
Date Given
Last date of
submission
Remarks
2.
Concept of Ecosystem and
its types. (Section A)
3.
Nuclear
Pollution
and
Nuclear Accidents. (Section
B)
4.
Social and Ethical issues
related to environment and
their solutions. (Section B)
Project Assignment / Presentation:
S.No
Home Assignment Topic
Date Given
1.
Project Affected Peoples
2.
Industrial Wastes & Effluence
3
Causes and remedies of the
lake water contamination of
Nagpur city.
Last
date
submission
of
Remarks
Teaching Plan
WEEK 1:
Lecture 1:
Unit-I: Introduction to Environment Management: Definition, Scope & importance, Need for
public awareness- institution in environment, People in environment.
Lecture 2:
Fundamentals– Sustainable Development.
Lecture 3:
Unsustainable to Sustainable Development.
WEEK 2:
Lecture 1:
Unit II: Natural Resources: Renewable and non renewable resources, and associated problems,
Role of an individual in conservation of natural resources.
Lecture 2:
Equitable use of resources for sustainable life cycles; Preserving resources for future generation,
the rights of animals.
Lecture 3:
Unit III: Ecosystem: Concept of an Ecosystem, understanding ecosystems, ecosystem
degradation, resource utilization; Structure & functions of an ecosystem-producers, consumers
and decomposers
WEEK 3:
Lecture 1:
Ecological succession; food chains, food webs and ecological pyramids; Ecosystem types –
characteristics features, structure and functions of forest, grassland, desert and aquatic
ecosystems, Industrial Ecology and Recycling Industry.
Lecture 2:
TEST - 01
Lecture 3:
Unit IV: Environment legislation: Environmental (protection) Act, The water (prevention and
control of Pollution); The wild life protection Act; Forest conservation Act;
WEEK 4:
Lecture 1:
Issues involved in enforcement of environmental legislations; Environment Impact Assessment;
Environmental Auditing; Clearance / Permission for establishing Industry.
Lecture 2:
Unit V: Human population & environment: Global population growth, variations among nations.
Population explosion, Family welfare Programmes - methods of sterilization; Urbanization,
Environment & human health-climate and human health, infectious diseases, water related
diseases, risk due to chemicals in food, Cancer and environment.
Lecture 3:
Human rights –Equity, Nutrition and health rights, intellectual property rights (IPRS),
Community biodiversity registers (CBRs); Value education – environmental values, valuing
nature, valuing cultures, social justice, human heritage, equitable use of resources, common
property resources, ecological degradation; HIV/AIDS; Women and children Welfare;
Information technology in environment and human health.
WEEK 5:
Lecture 1:
TEST - 02
Lecture 2:
Unit VI: Air Pollution: Definition Air pollution, causes, effects & control, Green house effect,
pollution: Vehicles, Industry households, Global warming, Ozone layer depletion, effects &
remedies, Role of individual and institution in preventions of Air pollution;
Lecture 3:
Soil Pollution: - Definition soil pollution, causes, effects & control, Surface condition, texture,
contents. Forest, Afforestation, Plantations, pollution due agricultural patterns, chemical
fertilizers & Pesticides; Run-off, grazing desertification; Waste land Management: - causes, effects
and control measures of urban and industrial waste; Role of individual and institution in
preventions of Soil pollution.
WEEK 6:
Lecture 1:
Unit VII: Water and marine Pollution: Definition water pollution, causes, effects & control.
Lecture 2:
Management of water: Hard & Soft water, contaminants, Acid Rains; Pollution by sewerage,
industry runoff degradation due to biological changes; Sea water pollution & degradation of
Marine; Role of individual and institution in preventions of water & marine pollution.
Lecture 3:
Unit VII: Noise, Thermal & Nuclear Pollution: Definition of Noise pollution: Sources or Causes
effects and control. Definition of thermal pollution; Causes, effects & control
WEEK 7:
Lecture 1:
Definition of nuclear pollution; Radiation; Causes, effects & control, Nuclear accidents; Role of
individual and institution in preventions of Noise, thermal and nuclear pollution.
Lecture 2:
TEST - 03
Lecture 3:
Unit IX: Biodiversity: Introduction- biodiversity at genetic, species and ecosystem levels; Biogeographic classification of India; Value of diversity– Consumption use value, Productive use
value, Social, Ethical, Moral, aesthetic and optional value if diversity; India as mega-diversity
nation.
WEEK 8:
Lecture 1:
Hotspots of biodiversity; Threats to bio-diversity–habitat loss, poaching of wildlife, man-wild life
conflicts; Common endangered and endemic plant and animal species of India; Insitu and Exsitu
conservation of Biodiversity.
Lecture 2:
Unit X: Social issues and environment: Construction of dams: problems and concerns of
resettlement, rehabilitation of affected people; Conservation: energy, water, forest, soil, strategies
for conservation.
Lecture 3:
Environmental ethics– issues and possible solutions, resource consumption patterns and need for
equitable utilization; Equity disparity in western and eastern countries; Urban and rural equity
issues; Need for gender equity; Public awareness–Using an environmental calendar of activities,
Self initiation.
WEEK 9:
Lecture 1:
Students will be exposed to at least one local field visit to document on the Ecosystem Structure,
Pollution sites, Decertified areas, Environmental Research Institute such as NEERI etc. The field
notebook maintained by the student would be evaluated as a part of internal assessment at the
end of the session.
Lecture 2:
DOUBT SESSION
Lecture 3:
TEST - 04
WEEK 10:
Lecture 1:
Solving the questions from the Question Bank (Q.B. consisting of the questions from the
university question papers will be provided to the students.)
Lecture 2:
Solving the questions from the Question Bank.
Lecture 3:
Solving the questions from the Question Bank.
Beyond Syllabus Topics Planned:
S.No
1.
2.
Beyond Syllabus Topic
Construction Boom & Depleting Green Cover in
Urban Area
Methods of protecting Natural Habitat of Birds
Remarks
Comments, Suggestions, Additional Information (if any):
Relevant Cases will be discussed wherever required.
Tutorial Plan :
S.No
Topic
1.
2.
3.
Problem areas of Student
Problem areas of Student
Problem areas of Student
Date given
Last day of
submission
Remarks
Suggested Self Readings :
S.No
Reference to suggested article (Book chapter/Web page
(URL)/Research paper etc)
Remarks