Ecology and environment

Paper Code: 
GEO-322
Credits: 
5
Contact Hours: 
75.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
15.00
Unit I: 

The Ecosystem Concepts: The global terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, biotic and abiotic components of the ecosystem,  biomass and energy, Food chain and food web and tropic levels Ecological amplitude and ecological niches.

15.00
Unit II: 

Flow of Energy in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Microbial ecology and Biogeochemical cycling of Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Sulfur, and Hydrological cycle. Primary and secondary productivity of different ecosystems in the world.

 

15.00
Unit III: 

Factors responsible for Environmental Pollutants: (Environmental, Physical, Social and Biological) Pollutants-Nature of pollutants, Physical, chemical and biological characteristics of pollutants. Types of Pollution: Air, Noise, Land Pollution, Water Pollution. Global Warming and Changes in Seas Level.

15.00
Unit IV: 

State of Environment in Rajasthan: Contemporary Issues related to environment. Deforestation, Desertification, scarce landscape, depletion of groundwater, drought. 

15.00
Unit V: 

Environmental Impact assessment (EIA) and sustainable development: Concept and implication. Case study of Rajasthan with reference to textile industry.

 

 

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Academic Year: 
2016-2017