EVS Syllabus

• UNIT- 1
• Nature of Environmental Studies , Natural Resources, and Associated Problems
1. Definition, scope and importance
2. Need for public awareness
3. Renewable and Non-renewable Resources. Natural resources and associated
problems
4. Forest Resources: Use and over-exploitation, deforestation, timber extraction,
mining, dams and their effects on forest and tribal people
5. Water Resources: Use and over utilisation of surface and ground water. Floods,
droughts, conflicts over water, dams benefits and problems
6. Mineral Resources: Use and exploitation, environmental effects of extracting and
using mineral resources
7. Case Study
8. Energy Resources: Growing energy needs, renewable and non-renewable energy
resources , use of alternate energy sources
9. Case Study
10. Food Resources: World food problems, changes caused by agriculture and
overgrazing, effects of modern agriculture, fertilizer-pesticide problems, water
logging, salinity
11. Case Study
12. Land Resources: Land as a resource, land degradation, man induced landslides,
soil erosion and desertification
13. Role of an individual in conservation of natural resources
14. Visit to a local area to document environmental assets-
river/forest/grassland/hill/mountain

UNIT – 2

15. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

16. Different types of pollution
17. Air pollution- Types of pollutants, source, effects, sink and control of primary
pollutants
18. Different types of pollutants such as CO, NOx, HC, SOx and particulates, their
sources and effect on man & environment
19. Photochemical smog, climate change global warming, acid rain
19. Ozone layer, CO2 sequestration
20. Water pollution- Classification of pollutants, their sources, waste water treatment
(domestic and industrial)
21. Water conservation, rain water harvesting, watershed management
22. Soil pollution – Composition of soil, classification and effects of solid pollutants
and their control
23. Marine pollution – Causes, effects and control of marine pollution, coastal zone
management
24. Noise pollution – Causes, effects and control of noise pollution
25. Thermal pollution – Causes, effects and control
26. Nuclear hazards – causes, effects and control
27. Nuclear accidents and holocaust
28. Solid waste pollution- classification, waste treatment and disposal methods,
composting, sanitary land filling, thermal processes, recycling and reuse methods
29. Role of an individual in prevention of pollution
30. Visit to a local polluted site – urban/rural/industrial/ agricultural and its
documentation
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UNIT – 3
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33. HUMAN POPULATIONS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
34. Population growth variation among nations
35. Population explosion – Family welfare programs
36. Environment and Human health
37. Human Rights
38. Value Education
39. HIV/AIDS
40. Women and Child welfare
41. Role of Information Technology in Environment and Human health
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REFERENCES:
43. Environmental Studies- Benny Joseph- Tata McGrawHill-2005
44. Environmental Chemistry, New Age Int. Publ. (Latest Edn.) A.K. De
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