Environmental Geography

Paper Code: 
GEO 402
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This paper benefits the student in the field of Environment.

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Environment and its concepts, Scope and concept of Ecology, Perspective on man environment Relationship, the effect of environment on man: biophysical, perceptional and behavioural ideology, The effect of man on environment: direct and indirect

9.00

Population ecology, community ecology, structure, general process of succession: Hydrosere, Xerosere, Mesosere

9.00

Ecosystem: biotic and abiotic, concepts of food chain, food web, trophic structure and ecological pyramids, ecological energetic, production consumption and decomposition in an ecosystem; Concept of Biomes of the world (Desert and Grassland).

9.00

Environment and Challenge: Environmental pollution-Air, Water, Noise, Soil pollutions with reference to India, Global environmental issues: Global Warming, Global Cooling, climate change.

9.00

Environmental Management: Conservation of natural resources, Renewable (forest, wildlife), non renewable (soil and energy), Concept of Environment impact assessment, sustainability.

Essential Readings: 
  1. Arvilla R.: Man and Environment: Crises and strategy of choice. Reguin, Harmondsworth, 1967.
  2. Botking, Daniel B. and Keller, Edward, A.: Environmental Studies, Charles, E. Merril Publishing Company. Columbus, Ohio, 1982.
  3. Chandna R. C., 2002: Environmental Geography, Kalyani, Ludhiana.
  4. Cunninghum W. P. and Cunninghum M. A., 2004: Principals of Environmental Science: Inquiry and Applications, Tata Macgraw Hill, New Delhi.
  5. Dasman, R. F.: Environmental Conservation, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1972.
  6. Detwyler, J. R.: Man’s Impact on Environment, Wiley &Sons, New York, 1975.
  7. Duffey, E.: Conservation of Nature, Collins, London, 1970.
  8. Edington, J. M. and Edington, M. A.: Ecology and Environmental planning, Chapman an Hall, London, 1977.
  9. Goudie A., 2001: The Nature of the Environment, Blackwell, Oxford.
  10. Harvey, B. and Hallet, J. .: Environment and Society: An introductory analysis, Macmillan, London, 1977.
  11. Hewitt, K. and Hari, F. K.: Man and Environment: A conceptual framework commission on college geography resources paper 20, 1973 (AAG).
  12. Merril, N. J.: Inherit the Earth: The story of man and changing planet, Fawcett, Greenwich, Conneticut, 1967.
  13. Miller G. T., 2004: Environmental Science: Working with the Earth, Thomson Brooks Cole, Singapore.
  14. Odum, E. P. et al, 2005: Fundamentals of Ecology, Ceneage Learning India.
  15. Singh S., 1997: Environmental Geography, Prayag Pustak Bhawan. Allahabad.

Hindi Reading List

  1. Singh, Savindra 2001. Paryavaran Bhugol, Prayag Pustak Bhawan, Allahabad.
  2. Singh, Shri Narayan 1993. Vatavaran Bhugol, Tara Book Agency. (in Hindi)

Publications

  1. MoEF, 2006: National Environmental Policy-2006, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.
  2. UNEP, 2007: Global Environment Outlook: GEO4: Environment For Development, United Nations Environment Programme.
Academic Year: 
2018-2019