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 - rain water 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 sciences 1 Book 1, Chapter 1
 2 Natural Resources: Renewable and non-renewable resources. 1 Book 5, Chapter 14
Water resources: use and over-utilization of surface and
groundwater
3 Mineral resources: use, exploitation and their environmental 1 Book 1, Chapter 7
effects
4 Land resources: land degradation and restoration 1 Book 1, Chapter 6

5 Water Pollution: Sources, agents, effects and control of water 2 Book 1, Chapter 10
pollution; Waste water 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: rain water 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, sea 2 Book 7, Chapter 12
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 20 th
century

Department of Forestry and Natural Resources (9)

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

agriculture
19 Forest resources: use and over exploitation, deforestation and 1 Book 8
its effects on environment
20 Ecosystem: concepts, types, structures and functions, energy 2 Book 1, Chapters 2 & 3
flow in ecosystem Book 9, Chapter 3
21 Biodiversity at global, national and local levels, hot spots of 2 Book 3, Chapter 14
biodiversity and threats to biodiversity
22 Social issues and environment: unsustainable to sustainable 1 Book 1, Chapter 18
development
23 Environmental protection acts: air, water, wildlife protection, 1 Book 1, Chapter 17
forest conservation
24 Field tour: visit to local area to document environment assets- 1
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. Text Book 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