EVS (B-TECH Automobile Engineering 5th)

Unit 1 : The Multidisciplinary nature of environmental studies:

Definition, scope and importance (2 Lectures)

2 : Natural Resources :Renewable and non-renewable resources :

Natural resources and associated problems.

a) Forest resources : Use and over-exploitation, deforestation, case studies. Timber extraction, mining,

dams and their effects on forests and tribal people.

b) Water resources : Use and over-Utilization of surface and ground water, floods, drought, conflicts and

water, dams-benefits and problems.

c) Mineral resources : Use and exploitation, environmental effects of extracting and using mineral

resources, case studies.

d) Food resources : World food problems, changes caused by agriculture and overgrazing, effects of

modern agricultu

• 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.

(7 lectures)

Unit 7 : 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.

Unit 8 : Field work

• Visit to a local area to document environmental and river forest grassland hill mountain.

• Visit to a local polluted site – Urban / Rural / Industrial / Agricultural

• Study of common plants, insects, birds.

• Study of simple ecosystems-pond, river, hill slopes, etc. (Field work Equal to 5 lecture hours)