Environmental Geography

Paper Code: 
DGEO 701
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course is designed for students to learn about various dimensions of the ecosystems, their spatial distribution. Anthropogenic interventions and resultant impacts on various ecosystems.

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Unit I

• Environment and its concepts

• Scope and Concept of Ecology

• Perspective on HumanEnvironment Relationship,

• The Effect of Environment on Human: Biophysical and Behavioural Ideology

• The Effect of  Human on Environment: Direct and Indirect

 

12.00
Unit II: 
Unit II

• 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)

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Unit III

• Population and Community Ecology

• Structure and General process of succession:

• Hydrosere

• Xerosere

• Mesosere

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Unit IV

  • Environmental degradation with reference to India – Air, Water, Noise, Soil, Plastic, Waste disposal (Urban and Rural), Site selection, Geo-science and Marine Pollution.
  • Global environmental issues: Global Warming, Global Cooling, Climate change.

 

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Unit V

Environmental Management

Conservation of:

  • Renewable and Non Renewable Resources
  • Concept of Environment impact assessment
  • Urban, Desert, Coastal and Mountain Ecosystem

 

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). Paryavaran Bhugol, Prayag Pustak Bhawan, Allahabad. (in Hindi).
  •  Singh, S. (2017). Environmental Geography, Prayag Pustak Bhawan, Allahabad.
  •  Marsh, W.M. and John Grossa, Jr. (2002). Environmental Geography: Science, Land Use and Earth Systems, John Wiley & Sons, San Francisco.

 

References: 
  • Goudie,Andrew., Environmental Change 3rd Edition, Oxford University Press.
  • Chorley, Richard.J. :Water, Earth and Man, Routledge Revivals.

 

Academic Year: 
2023-2024