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Energy (Light) as an Environmental Component CE1201-M-1:Lec2/Slide-04/31
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Energy (Light) as an Environmental Component CE1201-M-1:Lec2/Slide-05/31
Minimum survival Light Intensity – Balance between food formation (photosynthesis) and
Food breaking (respiration, energy released)
Wien’s Displacement Rule: The wave length at which the spectrum reaches its maximum
point is given by
Deforestation:
• Cultivation, Urbanization, Industrialization
• Impacts environment
Impacts climate change, atmospheric CO2
level
Hydrologic cycle, soil water
Soil erosion, landslide
Impacts biodiversity
Agricultural activity:
• Food production, population growth
• Impacts on environment
Chemical fertilizers
Pesticides
Agricultural run-off with silt, nutrients,
oxygen depleting materials
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Fossil Fuels:
Petroleum
Coal
Natural gas
Wood
Others
Result of Burning of Fossil Fuels:
• Release CO2 in atmosphere
• Particulate matters (PM2.5, PM10)
• Un-burnt hydrocarbon
• PAHs
• SOx, NOx
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Human – Environment Interaction CE1201-M-1:Lec2/Slide-10/31
Industrial Activities
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Human – Environment Interaction: CO2 in atmosphere CE1201-M-1:Lec2/Slide-12/31
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Human – Environment Interaction CE1201-M-1:Lec2/Slide-13/31
Municipal Waste
Municipal Wastewater:
TSS
BOD
COD
TOC (as C)
Ammonia
TKN (as N2)
Total Phosphorous (as P)
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Man-Made Disaster CE1201-M-1:Lec2/Slide-15/31
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Bhopal Gas Tragedy CE1201-M-1:Lec2/Slide-17/31
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Human – Environment Interaction: Example of Disaster CE1201-M-1:Lec2/Slide-18/31
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Evolution of the Concept – Sustainable Development CE1201-M-1:Lec2/Slide-19/31
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Sustainability & its Components CE1201-M-1:Lec2/Slide-20/31
4. Transportation
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UNESCO Sustainable Development Goal CE1201-M-1:Lec2/Slide-24/31
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Interpretation of Sustainable Development Goals CE1201-M-1:Lec2/Slide-25/31
Ref: Cornet Y., Gudmundsson H., Building a metaframework for sustainable transport indicators, Transportaion Research Record
Journal, 2531: 103-112,Jan 2015, IIEST_CE1201_PkC_02.01.2021
Economic Development & The Environment CE1201-M-1:Lec2/Slide-26/31
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Concept of Green - Economy
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Some Examples of Sustainable Development CE1201-M-1:Lec2/Slide-28/31
• Built on the river Yangtze, downstream of the place known as “Three Gorges”
• Stretch nearly 1.5 Km across and 200m height
• Largest hydroelectric dam – estimated capacity 18,200 MW, meeting about 10% of
total China’s energy demand
• Construction started in 1994, estimated cost – 24 bn US$
• Remarkable feat of engineering
• In 2010 reservoir water level reached 175m , adequate to generate full power
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