Env.

101: Environmental Studies and Disaster Management (2+0)

Course No. Title Cr. Hrs Semester/Academic year

Env.101 Environmental Studies and Disaster 2+0 I, 2022-23

Management
Teachers Dr G S Dheri, Dr R K Garg, Dr Som Pal
Singh (1st year/IV B. Tech. Food Technology)
Dr. Lovedeep Kaur, Dr. Sapna Thakur, Dr R
K Pal (1st/4-year B. Tech –Biotechnology)

Course content Syllabus

Environmental Definition, scope, and importance of environmental science. Natural Resources -
Studies renewable and non-renewable resources. Forest resources - use and over-
exploitation. Water resources - use and over-utilization of surface and ground water,
floods, drought. Mineral resources - use, exploitation, and their environmental
effects. Food resources - world food problems, challenges of modern agriculture.
Energy resources - renewable and non-renewable. Land resources - land degradation
and restoration. Ecosystems - concepts, types, structures, and functions. Biodiversity
at global, national, and local levels, hot spots of biodiversity, threats to biodiversity.
Environmental Pollution - air, water, soil, marine, noise, thermal pollution, and
nuclear hazards. Solid waste management - causes, effects, and control. Social issues
and the environment - unsustainable to sustainable development. Water conservation
- rainwater harvesting, watershed management. Environmental ethics - issues and
possible solutions, climate change, global warming, acid rain, ozone layer depletion,
nuclear accidents, and holocaust. Environment Protection Acts - air, water, wildlife
protection, forest conservation. Human population and environment. Role of
information technology in environment and human health.

Disaster Natural disasters - nature, types, and their effects. Climatic change - ozone
Management depletion, global warming, sea level rise. Man-made disasters - types and their
effects. Disaster management - concept of disaster management, national disaster
management framework, financial arrangements, role of Government, NGOs, media,
and other organizations in disaster management.

Visits to ecologically important places and management organizations during

weekends as a part of advisory and class tours by the respective departments/class
incharges.

ENV. 101: ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT (2+0)

S.No Topic No. of Recommended Books

Lecture(s)
Department of Soil Science (12)
1 Definitions, scope, and significance of environmental 1 Book 1, Chapter 1
sciences
2 Natural Resources: Renewable and non-renewable 1 Book 5, Chapter 14
resources. Water resources: use and over-utilization of
surface and groundwater
3 Mineral resources: use, exploitation, and their 1 Book 1, Chapter 7
environmental effects
4 Land resources: land degradation and restoration 1 Book 1, Chapter 6

5 Water Pollution: Sources, agents, effects, and control of 2 Book 1, Chapter 10

water pollution; Wastewater treatments Book 5, Chapter 13
6 Soil Pollution: Sources, agents, effects, and measures to 2 Book 1, Chapter 11
control soil pollution; Soil amelioration Book 5, Chapter 13
7 Solid waste management: causes, effects and control 1 Book 1, Chapter 12
8 Water conservation: rainwater harvesting, watershed 1 Book 6, Chapter 8
management
9 Human population and environment, Role of information 1 Book 1, Chapter 15
technology in environment and human health
10 Field tour: visit to local polluted site 1
-urban/rural/industrial/agricultural
Department of Climate Change & Agrometeorology (10)

11 Environmental pollution: air, noise and marine pollution 1 Book 3, Chapter 7

Thermal pollution, nuclear pollution, and management 1 Book 1, Chapter 13
Book 4, Chapter 13
12 Floods and drought 1 Book 7, Chapter 8
Book 2, Chapter 21
13 Climate change - ozone layer depletion, global warming, 2 Book 7, Chapter 12
sea level rise, nuclear hazards, and holocaust
14 Environmental ethics: issues and possible solutions 1 Book 9, Chapter 6
Book 4, Chapter 22
15 Natural disasters: their nature, types, and effects. 1 Book 2, Chapter 21
Manmade disasters: their nature, types and effects
16 Disaster management: concepts of disaster management, 2 Book 4, Chapter 18
national disaster management framework, financial Book 2, Chapter 21
arrangements, role of government, NGOs, media, and
other organizations in disaster management
17 Field tour: visit to disaster management organizations; 1
collections of statistics of national disaster occurred
since 20th century
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources (9)

18 Food resources: world food problems, challenges of 1 Handouts

modern agriculture
19 Forest resources: use and over exploitation, deforestation 1 Book 8
and its effects on environment
20 Ecosystem: concepts, types, structures and functions, 2 Book 1, Chapters 2 &
energy flow in ecosystem 3
Book 9, Chapter 3
21 Biodiversity at global, national and local levels, hot 2 Book 3, Chapter 14
spots of biodiversity and threats to biodiversity
22 Social issues and environment: unsustainable to 1 Book 1, Chapter 18
 sustainable development
23 Environmental protection acts: air, water, wildlife 1 Book 1, Chapter 17
protection, forest conservation
24 Field tour: visit to local area to document environment 1
assets- river/ forest/ grassland/ hills/ mountain
Total No. of Lectures 31

Schedule of examinations:

First Hourly: 20 Marks (Soil Science); Assignment: 5 Marks

Mid Term     : 20 Marks (Climate Change & Agrometeorology)
Second Hourly: 20 Marks (Forestry & NR); End Term: 35 Marks

Recommended Books

1. Dhaliwal G.S and Kukal S.S. 2005. Essentials of Environment Science. Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana
2. Kukal S.S. and Kingra P.K. 2019. Introduction to Environment and Disaster Management. Kalyani
Publishers, Ludhiana
3. Sharma P.D. 2010. Ecology and Environment. Rastogi Publishers, New Delhi
4. Anjaneyulu Y. 2004. Introduction to Environmental Science. BS Publications, Hyderabad
5. Dhaliwal G.S. and Kler D.S. 1995. Principles of Agricultural Ecology. Himalaya Publishing House,
Bombay
6. Arun Kumar Saha. 2006. Textbook of Soil Physics. Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana
7. Mahi G S and P K Kingra. 2018. Fundamentals of Agrometeorology and Climate Change. Kalyani
Publishers, New Delhi.
8. Status of Forest Report 2019 – Forest Survey of India, Dehradun
9. Chauhan, A.S. 2014. Environment Studies. Jain Brothers, Karol Bagh, New Delhi