ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY (Theory)

Paper Code: 
24DGEO701
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

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

Course Outcomes: 
CO81: Assess the Structure and Components of Environment, Ecology and Ecosystem.
CO82: Explore about the ecological succession and ecological pyramids.
CO83: Acquire knowledge about biodiversity and the value of Resource.
CO84: Acquire the information regarding environmental pollutions and problems along with their Cause, Effect and Remedies.
CO85: Enhance the awareness about conservation of resources and Understand the various environmental protection methods like Environmental Impact Assessment.
CO86: Contribute effectively incourse-specific interaction.
12.00
  • Envirionment 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
  • 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
• Population and Community Ecology
• Structure and General process of succession:
• Hydrosere
• Xerosere
• Mesosere
12.00
  • 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: GlobalWarming, Global Cooling, Climate change.
12.00
Environmental Management
Conservation of:
  • Renewable and Non Renewable Resources
  • Concept of Environment impact assessment
  • Urban, Desert, Coastal and Mountain Ecosystem.
Essential Readings: 
  1. R.E, Dickinson, Makers of Modern Geography. Casper, J.K. (2010). Changing Ecosystems: Effects of Global Warming, InfoBasePub., New York.
  2. Saxena, H.M. (2013). Environmental Geography, Rawat Publications, New Delhi.
  3. Singh, S. (2001). ParyavaranBhugol, PrayagPustakBhawan, Allahabad. (in Hindi).
  4. Singh, S. (2017). Environmental Geography, PrayagPustakBhawan, Allahabad.
  5. Marsh, W.M. and John Grossa, Jr. (2002). Environmental Geography: Science, LandUse andEarth Systems, John Wiley & Sons, San Francisco.
 
 
SUGGESTED READINGS
  1. Goudie, Andrew., Environmental Change 3rd Edition, Oxford University Press.
  2. Chorley, Richard.J.: Water, Earth and Man, Routledge Revivals.
References: 
Academic Year: 
2024-2025