SECTION-A
Introduction: Definition and scope and importance of multidisciplinary nature of
environment. Need for public awareness. Natural Resources: Natural Resources and
associated problems, use and over exploitation, case studies of forest resources and water
resources. Ecosystems: Concept of Ecosystem, Structure, interrelationship, producers,
consumers and decomposers, ecological pyramids-biodiversity and importance. Hot spots of
biodiversity Environmental Pollution: Definition, Causes, effects and control measures of air
pollution, Water pollution, Soil pollution, Marine pollution, Noise pollution, Thermal
pollution, Nuclear hazards. Solid waste Management: Causes, effects and control measure of
urban and industrial wastes. Role of an individual in prevention of pollution. Pollution case
studies. Disaster Management : Floods, earthquake, cyclone and landslides.
SECTION-B
Social Issues and the Environment From Unsustainable to Sustainable development, Urban
problems related to energy, Water conservation, rain water harvesting, watershed
management. Resettlement and rehabilitation of people; its problems and concerns. Case
studies. Environmental ethics: Issues and possible solutions. Climate change, global
warming, acid rain, ozone layer depletion, nuclear accidents and holocaust. Case studies.
Wasteland reclamation. Consumerism and waste products. Environment Protection Act. Air
(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act. Water (Prevention and control of pollution) Act.
Wildlife Protection Act, Forest Conservation Act, Issues involved in enforcement of
environmental legislation Public awareness. Human Population and the Environment,
Population growth, variation among nations. Population explosion – Family Welfare
Programme. Environment and human health, Human Rights, Value Education, HIV/AIDS.
Women and child Welfare. Role of Information.Technology in Environment and human
health. Case studies