Description
Environmental degradation has been major concern since past few decades, because of economic growth and development across the world has caused major impacts on the Earth’s ecosystems and natural resources to an extent that can limit the well-being of future generations.
India has recently started realizing the importance of environmental and the environmental education. Following the 2001 Supreme Court directive, the environmental education has been or is being included in the curriculum right from the school stage to College/University level.
This book covers the syllabi of all Indian Technical Universities and other Universities for different disciplines, may it be in the name of environmental studies, environmental science. ecology or natural resource management. This book is written to bring about an awareness of a variety of environmental concerns and deals form concepts through impacts, mitigation auto management.
Table of Contents
1. An Introduction – Multi-Disciplinary Nature of Environmental Studies
2. The Earth and the Biosphere (The Earth Sciences)
3. Ecology
4. Ecosystems
5. Biodiversity and its Conservation
6. Natural Resources
7. Forest Resources
8. Water Resources
9. Mineral Resources
10. Land (Soil) Resources
11. Energy Resources
12. Food Resources
13. Environmental Pollution (Hazards and Control)
14. Waste Management
15. Disaster Management
16. Social Issues
17. Environmental Challenges
18. Human Population and the Environment
19. Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R)
20. Environmental Protection
21. Environmental Legislations
22. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
23. Environmental Management and Environmental Management Plan
24. Field Work (Project Work)
Exercise (Distinguishing, Short Answer Questions, Expansions, Fill in the Blanks, MCQs, True-False)
Author
M.P. Poonia
Dr. M.P. Poonia is presently serving as Vice Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Prior to this, he remained as Director, National Institute of Technical
Teachers’ Training and Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh. Dr. Poonia is the recipient of Bharat Mata Award conferred by Indian Institute of Oriental Heritage (an International Institute of Oriental Studies and Research, Kolkata. Dr. M.P.Poonia is specialized in the field of Mechanical Engineering. He possesses a vast experience of 30 years. He has published 80 research papers in National and International Journals and published 8 books with M/s. Khanna Book Publishing Company.
S.C. Sharma
S.C. Sharma after graduation in 1966 joined as lecturer in Mechanical Engineering. He had been associated for more than 4 decades in various fields including learning and management of projects in India and abroad in different capacities. While working Hydro power projects for more than 15 years he has actively associated with various environmental and rehabilitation & resettlement issues and successfully resolved various complicated issues. He has also worked as consultant for matters related to safety, environment and R & R. He has written about a dozen books on subjects related to engineering and management including management of projects.
Santosh Kumar
Prof. Santosh Kumar, Former Professor of Civil Engineering at the Bihar College of Engineering/NIT Patna, obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Regional Institute of technology/NIT Jamshedpur and Master’s degree from University of Roorkee/NIT Roorkee. Further he obtained Dip. H.E. From Delft University, Netherlands. He completed his Ph.D from Patna University.
Prof. Kumar taught water resources related subjects for more than 40 years. During his tenure he successfully guided four Ph.Ds. and a record 28 M.Tech dissertations. He also produced more than 50 research papers. Later he also acquired advanced knowledge in Environmental Science.
Dr. Kumar was picked up by the World Bank as a consultant to its projects in Bihar at FMISC, where he served for four years. He is a Fellow of Institution of engineers India; Chairman Indian Water Resources Society (Patna Chapter).
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