UNIT 1

INTRODUCTION TO
SUSTAINABILITY

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CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY:

Sustainability can be defined as the processes and actions

through humankind avoids the
which
depletion of natural resources (which is
influenced by the way societies are organized) to keep an
ecological balance so that society’s quality of life
doesn’t decrease.

In this way, we can say that resources exploitation,

manufacturing operations, the direction of investments,
technological developments, wealth distribution,
institutional changes, among others, are being sustainable
if they don’t hurt the ecosystem services and if they allow
for society’s quality of life not to decrease.

LIFE AS A WHOLE MUST FLOURISH

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CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY:
The definition of sustainability may be taken further and it is
widely accepted that to achieve sustainability we must
balance economic, environmental and social
factors in equal harmony.

Social + Economic Sustainability = Equitable

Social + Environmental Sustainability = Bearable
Economic + Environmental Sustainability = Viable

Only through balancing economic + social +

Three Pillars of Sustainability
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environmental can we achieve true sustainability
and a truly circular economy.
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CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY:

Environmental Sustainability:

▪ Environmental sustainability means that we are living

within the means of our natural resources.
▪ To live in true environmental sustainability, we need to
ensure that we are consuming our natural resources,
such as materials, energy fuels, land, water…etc, at a
sustainable rate. Time must be given to nature to
replenish such resources at a manageable rate.
▪ Some resources are more abundant than others and
therefore we need to consider material scarcity, the
damage to environment from extraction of these
materials and if the resource can be kept within Circular
Economy principles.
▪ We need to aspire to net zero carbon and then move
beyond to ultimately achieve climate positive principles.

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CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY:

Economic Sustainability:

▪ Economic sustainability requires that a

business or country uses its resources
efficiently and responsibly so that it can
operate in a sustainable manner to
consistently produce an operational profit.
▪ Without an operational profit a business
cannot sustain it’s activities.
▪ Without acting responsibly and using its
resources efficiently a company will not be
able to sustain it’s activities in the long term.

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CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY:

Social Sustainability:

▪ Social Sustainability: Social

sustainability is the ability of
society, or any social system, to
persistently achieve a good social
well being.
▪ Achieving social sustainability
ensures that the social well being of
a country, an organisation, or a
community can be maintained in
the long term.

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CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY:

EXAMPLE – NAVIGATING TO FIND THE BEST SOLUTION:

EXAMPLES OF THREE PILLARS OF SUSTAINBILITY:

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CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY:

1. Environment-economy: the economic costs of

environmental
2. Economy-environment: pressure on
environmental resources, environmental
investment
3. Environment - social: human welfare, health
care by maintaining pure environment
4. Social - environment: environmental
responsibility, consumption patterns
5. Economy - social: providing jobs, at good living,
income
The Indissoluble Relationship Exists Within 6. Social - economy: quantity and quality of labor
The Pillars Of Sustainable Development

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CARRYING CAPACITY:
Carrying capacity is the maximum population size
that an ecosystem can sustainably support without
degrading the ecosystem. Deaths and long term damage to an
ecosystem occurs when a population exceeds the carrying
capacity of its ecosystem.

Think of the
carrying
capacity as a
leaking bucket
that can only
hold so much

Disease, competition, predator-prey interaction, resource use

and the number of populations in an ecosystem all affect
carrying capacity.

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CARRYING CAPACITY:

▪ In an ideal environment (one that has no limiting

factors) populations grow at an exponential rate.
▪ The growth curve of these populations is smooth and
becomes increasingly steep over time (left).

▪ However, for all populations, exponential growth is

curtailed by factors such as limitations in food,
competition for other resources, or disease.
▪ As competition increases and resources become
increasingly scarce, populations reach the carrying
capacity (K) of their environment, causing their growth
rate to slow nearly to zero.
▪ This produces an S-shaped curve of population growth
known as the logistic curve (right).

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CARRYING CAPACITY:

Populations may exceed its carry capacity

– leading to an overshoot. This will result
in dying of certain individuals of a
population till some form a stabilization
where it falls below the carrying capacity.

There may be even be an unstable

equilibrium due to various factors.

The carrying capacity is dynamic and may

reduce (eg. Resource destruction) and it
may even increase (eg – advance in
technology such as rain water harvesting
or increasing food production)

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CARRYING CAPACITY:
Dimensions and factors affecting the carrying capacity of an area:

1) Population: this relates to the number of plants or animal species

occupying a place. If the number exceeds the space be affected.

2) Natural resources; food availability and water supplies are vital

to the survival of any population. Resources from the environment are
needed for sustenance of industries to enhance quality of life. If the
resources are exceeded the carrying capacity may be affected.

3) Waste they generate and subsequently dispose of by means of

natural sewage systems (soil, sea, atmosphere); if waste generation far
exceeds beyond the limit the environment can cope with or assimilate,
the carrying capacity may be altered.

4) Technologies (tools and systems) they apply to exploit the

habitat.

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CARRYING CAPACITY:

However, if the carrying capacity of a population’s species is

exceeded, the following repercussions may occur:

1. The species or the organisms may become locally extinct;

2. The environment may be permanently altered or

destroyed;

3. In case of too many animals, overgrazing may occur, loss of

vegetation cover, irreversible changes to soil quality and
productivity, which in turn leads to a reduced carrying
capacity for the livestock of the area concerned.

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CARRYING CAPACITY:
Why understanding Carrying Capacity is vital for Planning

Economic Planning: Through careful analysis of resource

availability and requirements of economy appropriate strategies
can be developed for optimal use of resources while minimizing
adverse ecological impacts.

Population Control: based on the carrying capacity of a region.

For example, fertile Gangetic plains can support a higher
population but the same population growth is unsustainable in
the Himalayan region. Thus population policy has to be tweaked
accordingly.

Biodiversity Conservation: National Parks and Wildlife

sanctuaries need a balance between animal population and
prey base/ resources available. Animal population beyond the
carrying capacity of forests leads to man-animal conflicts.

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CARRYING CAPACITY:
Why understanding Carrying Capacity is vital for Planning

Agriculture Management: agriculture practices must reflect the

carrying capacity of the soil water-scarce regions growing water-
intensive crops is a recipe for ecological disaster.

Urban Planning: Every urban area must provide some basic urban
amenities. Growth of population beyond carrying capacity of Urban
services leads to development of slums, pollution, inadequate
waste and sewage disposal, etc. It diminishes the living standards in
urban areas and has long term health impacts on inhabitants.

Food security: Today we have more population that our food

resources human feed adequately. We have already passed our
carrying capacity, but if it continues further, we are in danger of
widespread food shortage.

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CARRYING CAPACITY: Human’s Carrying Capacity
Human population, now 7.8 billion, cannot
continue to grow indefinitely. There are limits to
the life-sustaining resources earth can provide us.
In other words, there is a carrying capacity for
human life on our planet.

Every species has a carrying capacity, even

humans. However, it is very difficult for ecologists
to calculate human carrying capacity. Humans are
a complex species. We do not reproduce, consume
resources, and interact with our living environment
uniformly. Carrying capacity estimates involve
making predictions about future trends in
demography, resource availability, technological
advances and economic development.

Advances in technology has probably increased our

carrying capacity but how long till we reach our
MANY SCIENTISTS HAVE ESTIMATED 9 – 10 BILLION TO BE OUR CARRY CAPACITY
limit?

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BRUNTLAND REPORT AND SUSTAINABILE DEVELOPMENT:

Sustainable development has been defined in many ways, but the

most frequently quoted definition is from Our Common Future,
also known as the Brundtland Report:

"Sustainable development is development

that meets the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their own
needs."
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BRUNTLAND REPORT AND SUSTAINABILE DEVELOPMENT:

Our Common Future, also known as the Brundtland Report in

recognition of former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem
Brundtland's role as Chair of the World Commission on
Environment and Development (WCED), was published in 1987 by
the United Nations.

▪ Multilateralism and interdependence of nations in the search for

a sustainable development path.
▪ Our Common Future placed environmental issues firmly on the
political agenda; it aimed to discuss the environment and
development as one single issue.

The document was the culmination of a “900-day” international-

exercise which catalogued, analyzed, and synthesized: written
submissions and expert testimony from experts of various fields held
at public hearings throughout the world.

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BRUNTLAND REPORT AND SUSTAINABILE DEVELOPMENT:
The Brundtland Commission's mandate was to:
1. Re-examine the critical issues of environment and development and to formulate
innovative, concrete, and realistic action proposals to deal with them
2. Strengthen international cooperation on environment and development and to assess and
propose new forms of cooperation that can break out of existing patterns and influence
policies and events in the direction of needed change
3. Raise the level of understanding and commitment to action on the part of individuals,
voluntary organizations, businesses, institutes, and governments”

▪ “The Commission focused its attention in the areas of population, food security, the loss of
species and genetic resources, energy, industry, and human settlements - realizing that all
of these are connected and cannot be treated in isolation one from another
▪ The Brundtland Commission Report recognized that human resource development was
crucial to formulating strategies for environmental conservation
▪ Recognized that environmental-limits to economic growth in industrialized and
industrializing societies existed.
▪ The Brundtland Report claimed that poverty reduces sustainability and accelerates
environmental pressures – creating a need for the balancing between economy and ecology.

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BRUNTLAND REPORT AND SUSTAINABILE DEVELOPMENT:
The scope of sustainable development:

Environment
We should conserve and enhance our resource base, by
gradually changing the ways in which we develop and use
technologies. We should have the primary motive of protection
of environment.

Social Equity
Developing nations must be allowed to meet their basic needs
of employment, food, energy water and sanitation. If this is to
be done in a sustainable manner, then there is a definite need
for a sustainable level of population

Economic Growth
Economic growth should be revived and developing nations
should be allowed a growth of equal quality to the developed
nations.

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BRUNTLAND REPORT AND SUSTAINABILE DEVELOPMENT:

Elements/Dimensions of sustainable development:

Economical Economical
▪ Maintaining a sustainable population
▪ Maintaining productivity and profitability of environment
and natural resources

Ecological
▪ Adopting environmental management weapons in policy and Ecological
decision making
▪ Protecting the environment and conserving natural resources

Technological
▪ Promoting proper management of wastes and residuals Technological
▪ Adopting environment-friendly technologies

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BRUNTLAND REPORT AND SUSTAINABILE DEVELOPMENT:

Elements/Dimensions of sustainable development:

Political
Political
▪ Empowering people
▪ Maintain Peace and order

Socio-Cultural
▪ Promoting resource access and upholding property rights
▪ Promoting environmental awareness, inculcating Socio-Cultural
environment ethics and supporting environment
management system

Institutional
▪ Improving institutional capacity/capability to manage
sustainable development Institutional

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BRUNTLAND REPORT AND SUSTAINABILE DEVELOPMENT:
Brundtland Commission Chapter wise key points
Chapter 2: Towards Sustainable Development
VISION OF SUSTAINABILITY
The chapter starts off with underlying the concepts
involved in sustainability. It highlights importance of
Chapter 1: A Threatened Future
equity and common interest – persuade individuals to
The document highlights the symptoms and causes of
act through education, institutional development and
environmental stress due to growing demand of scarce
law enforcement.
resources . It came to the conclusion that pollution is
caused due to raising living standards but also that
Critical Objectives for environment and development:
poverty itself pollutes in a different way. Poverty can
1. reviving growth;
destroy the immediate environment to find resources
2. changing the quality of growth;
needed to survive. An economic crisis can erupt with
3. meeting essential needs for jobs, food, energy, water,
unsustainable practices. The chapter speaks of new
and sanitation;
approaches to environment and development.
4. ensuring a sustainable level of population;
5. conserving and enhancing the resource base;
6. reorienting technology and managing risk; and
7. merging environment and economics in decision
making

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VISION OF SUSTAINABILITY
Chapter 3: The Role of the International Economy
The chapter ties in the international economy, the
environment and development. To enable sustainable
development it was highlighted that there must be
enhances flow of resources to developing countries. The
chapter pointed out there must be increase in flow of
finance for sustainable development and there must
exist a sustainable world economy. A link needs to be
made between linking trade, environment and
development. It also provides strategies dealing with
pollution-intensive goods.
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Chapter 4: Population and Human Resources
The chapter focuses on the key factors in managing
population growth, managing distribution of resources
and mobility of people. The chapter emphasis that it
could be dangerous if humans exceed the carrying
capacity, hence, it is necessary to turn the present
population numbers from a liability to an asset by
improving health, broadening education and
empowering vulnerable groups.
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VISION OF SUSTAINABILITY

Chapter 5: Food Security: Sustaining the Potential
Government should intervene to produce a seamless
food cycles. Environmentally unsound farm practices
should be discouraged and farmers should maintain and
improve their soils, forests and waters. A global
perspective in trade of agricultural perspectives should
be kept in mind. Land-use must be used to assess the
resource base and what it can be developed for. Need to
improve water management to raise productivity and
reduce land and water degradation. Alternatives to
chemicals should be found. Sound forest policies must be
in place as forests protect watersheds, reduce soil
erosion, offer habitats and play key role in climatic
systems.
Chapter 6: Species and ecosystems: Resource for
Development
Conservation of living natural resources is crucial for
development – plants, animals and micro-organisms.
Economic and ecological values are at stake. The
document speaks of what to anticipate and prevent
disasters arising. It calls in for a well designed eco-
system. International action must be taken for national
species.

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Chapter 7: Energy Choices for environment and
development
It ties in energy, environment and economy. A huge
dilemma faces the world in terms of fossil fuels and there
is a serious need to manage climate change. We have to
reduce urban-industrial pollution which can cause long
range problems such as acid rains. Nuclear energy is not
the solution as it has unsolved problems e.g. –
radioactive waste and risk. It highlights that wood is a
vanishing fuel and care must be taken to replenish.
Renewable energy is the key and untapped potential that
can propel clean energy production. Energy efficiency is
in all systems can propel energy reduction forward.
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Chapter 8: Industry: Producing More with Less
It calls for a sustainable industrial development in the
global context and importance of industrialization in
third world countries with increase in population (cannot
all work in agriculture). Industries must be responsible
and limit the use of energy and raw material e.g. –
recycle used products. Industries must establish
environmental goals, use effective economic
instruments, encourage action by industry and increase
capacity to deal with industrial hazards.
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Chapter 9: The urban challenge
Growth of cities has a series impact on the environment
– most developing nations struggle to meet the demands
of the rapidly growing populations e.g. clean water,
schools, transports etc. Industrial world cities account for
must to the worlds resource use, energy consumption
and environmental pollution. There is a need to develop
national urban strategies, strengthen local authorities an
bring in self-reliance and citizen involvement. There is an
urgent need to provide for housing and services for the
poor. It pushed for cooperation among developing
countries and bring international support.
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Chapter 10: Managing the Commons
The chapter highlights the importance and guiding
factors for ocean and fisheries management. It strives to
make countries cooperate on regional seas. It calls for
action and measures to control ocean disposal of waste.
Space is a major area where cooperation is needs to help
humans learn and build a bigger knowledge database
e.g. – remote sensing, satellites. It also takes into account
the pollution of orbital space. It seeks global cooperation
towards Antartica.
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VISION OF SUSTAINABILITY

Chapter 11: Peace, Security Development and the Chapter 12: Proposals for intuitional and legal change
environment The six priority areas are:
The chapter points our that environmental stress can be
source of conflict. Conflicts may further arise out of 1. Getting at the sources
unsustainable development. It proclaims that nuclear 2. Dealing with the effects
war a threat to civilization and how the cost of “Arms 3. Assessing the global risks
Culture’ is unnecessary and creates a dent in economic 4. Making informed choices
development. To work towards security and sustainability 5. Providing the legal means
the following should be kept in mind: 6. Investing in out future

1. Principles
2. Cooperative Management
3. Importance of early warning systems
4. Disarmament and Security

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BRUNTLAND REPORT AND SUSTAINABILE DEVELOPMENT:
ETHICS OF SUSTAINABILITY
o Responsibility of contemporary society for the quality
of life of today’s population plus the preservation of
resources, the environment, and other ingredients
needed for future populations to also experience a
good quality of life
o Wealthier, more technologically sophisticated
societies would have to contribute materially and
through a wide range of assistance programs to
increase the wealth of poorer nations, to aid them in
developing the capability to provide the basic needs
of their population
o Ensuring the availability of a wide range of resources:
natural, cultural, mineral, educational, food, clean air
and water, genetic diversity, and numerous others
that support a good quality of life.
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o Everyone on the Earth has a right to having their needs
for food, shelter, and clothing met
o Present people have an obligation to future generations
to provide them an intact and functioning planet in at
least as good state as they received it.
o Try to provide the essential needs of the people without
giving into desires. Do not look at GDP figures alone.
o Social Justice - poverty and deprivation can force people
into over exploitation of natural resources. There is a
link between environmental damage from refugee
populations and warfare to social injustices committed
by repressive states and international corporate
expansions
o Protection of the environment should be based
primarily (if not exclusively) on benefits that humans
derive from utilizing natural resources.
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SUSTAINABILE DEVELOPMENT GOALS - 2030:
HISTORY:
▪ In 1983, the United Nations created the World Commission
on Environment and Development (later known as the
Brundtland Commission)
▪ In 1992, the first United Nations Conference on Environment
and Development (UNCED) or Earth Summit was held in Rio
de Janeiro, where the first agenda for Environment and
Development, also known as Agenda 21, was developed and
adopted.
▪ In 2012, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable
Development (UNCSD), also known as Rio+20, was held as a
20-year follow up to UNCED. Colombia proposed the idea of
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with their 169 targets, the SDGs at a preparation event for Rio+20 held in Indonesia
form the core of the 2030 Agenda. They balance the economic, social in July 2011.
and ecological dimensions of sustainable development, and place the
▪ In 2013, the General Assembly set up a 30-member Open
fight against poverty and sustainable development on the same agenda
for the first time. Working Group to develop a proposal on the SDGs.
▪ 2015 - Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for
The SDGs are to be achieved around the world, and by all UN member Sustainable Development with its 17 SDGs was adopted at
states, by 2030.
the UN Sustainable Development Summit in New York.

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SUSTAINABILE DEVELOPMENT GOALS - 2030:
NO POVERTY: Economic growth must be
inclusive to provide sustainable jobs and
promote equality.
ZERO HUNGER: End hunger, achieve food
security and improved nutrition and
promote sustainable agriculture
GOOD HEALTH & WELL BEING: Ensuring
healthy lives and promoting the well-
being for all at all ages.
QUALITY EDUCATION: Ensure inclusive
and equitable quality education and
promote lifelong learning opportunities
for all.
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GENDER EQUALITY: Necessary
foundation for a peaceful, prosperous
and sustainable world. Empower
women.
CLEAN WATER & SANITATION: Clean,
accessible water for all and hygienic
conditions.
AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY:
Access to affordable, reliable,
sustainable, clean and modern energy
for all
DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC
GROWTH: Promote sustained, inclusive
and sustainable economic growth, full
and productive employment and decent
work for all
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SUSTAINABILE DEVELOPMENT GOALS - 2030:
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION & INFRASTRUCTURE:
Build resilient infrastructure, promote
inclusive and sustainable industrialization and
foster innovation
REDUCED INEQUILITY: policies should be
universal in principle, paying attention to the
needs of disadvantaged and marginalized
populations.
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES:
cities must be inclusive, safe, resilient and
sustainable with access to basic services,
energy, housing, transportation and more.
RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND
PRODUCTION: Countries, industries and
individuals have sustainable consumption and
production patterns
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CLIMATE ACTION: Take urgent action to
combat climate change and its impacts
LIFE BELOW WATER: Conserve and
sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine
resources for sustainable development
LIFE ON LAND: Protect, restore and promote
sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems,
sustainably manage forests, combat
desertification, and halt and reverse land
degradation and halt biodiversity loss
PEACE AND JUSTIC STRONG INSTITUTIONS:
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for
sustainable development, provide access to
justice and build effective, accountable and
inclusive institutions at all levels
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SUSTAINABILE DEVELOPMENT GOALS - 2030:

PARTNERSHIP FOR THE

GOALS: Strengthen the
means of implementation
and revitalize the global
partnership for sustainable
development

“The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint

to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all.
They address the global challenges we face, including
those related to poverty, inequality, climate change,
environmental degradation, peace and justice. The 17
Goals are all interconnected, and in order to leave no
one behind, it is important that we achieve them all by
2030”
AR 6015 PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE PRESENTATION BY: PRASHANTHINI RAJAGOPAL
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
B.ARCH 5ND YEAR – SEM IX