ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY (Theory)

Paper Code: 
25DGEO701
Credits: 
04
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
  • Environment and its concepts
  • Scope and Concept of Ecology
  • Perspective on Human Environment Relationship,
  • The Effect of Environment on Human: Biophysical and Behavioral 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
  •  Enironmental 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: 
  • R.E, Dickinson, Makers of Modern Geography. Casper, J.K. (2010). Changing Ecosystems: Effects of Global Warming, InfoBasePub., 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, LandUse andEarth Systems, John Wiley & Sons, San Francisco.

SUGGESTED READINGS

 

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

JOURNALS

  • Annals of the National Association of Geographers India – Biannual, National Association of Geographers, New Delhi 0970-972X
  • Himalayan and Central Asian studies – Quarterly, Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation, New Delhi 0971-9318
  • Journal of Education for Sustainable Development – Biannual, Centre for Environment Education, Ahmedabad 0973-4082

 

References: 

E-CONTENT:

  1. https://epathshala.nic.in/
  2. https://egyankosh.ac.in

 

Academic Year: 
2025-2026