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

 

15.00
  • 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
  •  Changes in Sea 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

  • Environmental Impact assessment (EIA) and sustainable development: Concept and implication.
  • Case study of Rajasthan with reference to textile industry.
Essential Readings: 
  1. Abbasi, S.A. 1991, Environmental Imports of Water Resources, Projects Discovery Publishing House, New Delhi, pp198.
  2. Agarwal V.P. and Rana SVS.1985 Environmental and Natural Resources, Jenedra Press, Muzzafarnagar, India, pp155.
  3. Allaby, M, 1986, Ecology Facts, Bridge House London, Twickenham Rd, Middlesex, pp192.
  4. Alvares, C. and Billorey, R., 1988, Damming the Narmada, Natraj Publishers, Dehradun. pp 196
  5. Anantbalakrishna, T.N. 1987, Bioresource Ecology, Oxford IBH Publishing co. Pvt. Ltd., pp 179.
Academic Year: 
2017-2018