Environmental Geography

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

Course Outcomes (COs)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

On completion of this course, the students will be able to: 

CO1: The students will understand about the Structure and Components of Environment, Ecology and Ecosystem.  

CO2: They will study about ecological succession and ecological energetics. 

CO3: They will acquire knowledge about biodiversity and the value of Resource. 

CO4: They will gain information regarding environmental pollutions and problems along with their Cause, Effect and Remedies. 

CO5: They will be Made aware about conservation of resources and Understand the various environmental protection methods like Environmental Impact Assessment. 

 

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, 

Demonstration, 

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation 

Class test, Semester end 

examinations, Quiz, 

Assignments, 

Presentation, Individual and group projects 

 

9.00
Unit I: 
 
• Environment and its concepts,
• Scope and Concept of Ecology
• Perspective on Man Environment Relationship,
• The Effect of Environment on Man: Biophysical and Behavioural Ideology
• The Effect of man on Environment: Direct and Indirect
9.00
 
• Ecosystem: Biotic and Abiotic,
• Concepts of -Food chain,
▪ Food web,
▪ Trophic structure and
▪ Ecological pyramids,
• Production, Consumption and Decomposition in an ecosystem;
• Concept of Biomes of the world (Desert and Grassland)
9.00
Unit III: 
 
• Population and Community Ecology,24
• Structure and General process of succession:
• Hydrosere,
• Xerosere,
• Mesosere
9.00
 
• Environmental degradation with reference to India – 
- Air
-Water 
-Noise
-Soil
• Global environmental issues:
-Global Warming 
-Global Cooling
-Climate change
9.00
 
Environmental Management
Conservation of :
• Renewable and Non Renewable Resources
• Concept of Environment impact assessment
Essential Readings: 
 
• R.E, Dickinson, Makers of Modern Geography. Casper, J.K. (2010). Changing
Ecosystems: Effects of Global Warming, Infobase Pub., New York.
• Saxena, H.M. (2013). Environmental Geography, Rawat Publications, New Delhi.
• Singh, S. (2001). ParyavaranBhugol, PrayagPustakBhawan, Allahabad. (in Hindi).
• Singh, S. (2017). Environmental Geography, PrayagPustakBhawan, Allahabad.
• Marsh, W.M. and John Grossa, Jr. (2002). Environmental Geography: Science, Land
Use and Earth Systems, John Wiley & Sons, San Francisco.
Academic Year: 
2022-2023