PROJECT TOPIC : ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY

20th October 2021

CHANAKYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY

This rough draft is submitted in partial fulfilment of

project in Sociology.

Submitted to :

Faculty of Sociology
INTRODUCTION
Environment as the term itself indicates is anything that
surrounds us. Environment in this sense is made of all those
things which though distinct from us affect our life or activity
in some way. It consists of all surroundings and influences
that are present whenever an event occurs.
It refers to those forces, situations, or stimuli that affect the
environment from outside. Environment is thus not a simple
but a complex phenomenon and consists of various forms
such as physical environment, biological environment, social
environment and supra-social environment.
The physical environment consists of the geographical, the
climatic and the controlled geographical environment. The
biological environment includes the plant and animals found
all round man. The social environment consists of three kinds
of environments—economic, cultural and psycho-social
environments.
The social environment consists of three kinds of
environment, economic cultural and psycho-social
environments. The economic environment consists of all the
economic goods, houses and roads, lands and gardens,
domestic animals, machines, stores of manufactured articles;
in short, all the comforts and conveniences which man has
made to deliver him out of the ‘state of nature.’ Economic
order is, in other words, an order of everyday life which man
has built up for the satisfying of his needs through production,
exchange, distribution and consumption of wealth.
The social significance of the economic order is that it is
based upon the principle of ‘division of labour’ that is on the
specialisation of functions of the groups and the areas. This
leads to the inter-dependence of not only of individuals but
also of groups and of nations.
Since environment is crucial to human wellbeing and human
survival, we have a duty towards the environment i.e. a duty
which is derived from human interest. This involves a duty to
assure that the earth remains environmentally hospitable for
supporting human life. For this there is a need to strike a
balance between resource use and availability.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE OF THE RESEARCH

1. To analyse the social relationship with the environment
as they have changed over time and as they vary from
place to place.
2. A critical study on major environmental problems and
risks.
3. To show how environmental problems are also social
problems.

HYPOTHESIS
There are many urgent environmental problems that demand
our attention. To address these crises effectively we need a
sociological framework for understanding why they occur and
how they might be prevented or resoled.
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

The researcher has limited time for the project. The researcher
has a restricted access to the various books and forms of
relevant literature.

TENTATIVE CHAPTERIZATION
INTRODUCTION : Environment and Society
1. Ecosystem : Environment and Function
2. Factors responsible for changing human-nature
relationship
3. Cultural Ecology : man-environment relationship
4. Human activities and extent of environmental
degradation
5. Depletion of resources and its impact on local
communities
6. Environmental movement in India
Conclusion
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books
1. A.S. Chauhan, Society and Environment (24th ed.)
Website
1. https://www.sociologydiscussion.com/environment/relati
on-betwen-society-and-environment/2208
2. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2019.0
0029/full
3. https://www.sciencedaily.com/news/earth_climate/enviro
nment_issues/