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    This document outlines the basics of environmental studies, including key concepts such as ecology, ecosystems, population, and natural resources. It covers the relationships between the environment, ecology, and ecosystems, and how human activity impacts the environment. Major topics discussed include ecology and ecosystem structure/functioning, renewable and nonrenewable natural resources, water and forest resources, pollution types such as water and air pollution, and current global environmental issues like global warming, acid rain, and ozone depletion.

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    This document outlines the basics of environmental studies, including key concepts such as ecology, ecosystems, population, and natural resources. It covers the relationships between the environment, ecology, and ecosystems, and how human activity impacts the environment. Major topics discussed include ecology and ecosystem structure/functioning, renewable and nonrenewable natural resources, water and forest resources, pollution types such as water and air pollution, and current global environmental issues like global warming, acid rain, and ozone depletion.

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    Subject Code: 110007

    Basics of Environmental Studies

    1. Introduction to Environment, Ecology and Ecosystem


    Definition and Inter-relationships amongst and between them
    Components of Environment, Relationship between different components
    Man-Environment relationship
    Impact of Technology on the environment
    Environmental Degradation:
    2 Ecology & Ecosystems
    Introduction: Ecology- Objectives and Classification
    Concepts of an ecosystem- structure & function of ecosystem
    Components of ecosystem- Producers, Consumers, Decomposers
    Bio-Geo- Chemical Cycles- Hydrological Cycle, carbon cycle, Oxygen Cycle,
    Nitrogen Cycle, Sulfur Cycle
    Energy Flow in Ecosystem
    Food Chains: Grazing, Detritus, & Food webs
    Ecological Pyramids
    Major Ecosystems: Forest Ecosystem, Grassland Ecosystem, Desert Ecosystem, Aquatic
    Ecosystem, Estuarine Ecosystem
    3 Population & Natural Resources
    Development of Habitation patterns and Environmental factors governing human settlement
    Population & Pollution , Reasons for overpopulation ,Population Growth, Demographic
    Projections and Population Structures ,Production of food
    Renewable & Nonrenewable Resources: Renewable Resources, Nonrenewable
    Resources, Destruction versus Conservation
    Water Resources: Water Resources-Indian Scenario, Water Sources- Surface & Ground
    Water Sources, Uses & overuses of water resources, problems due to Overexploitation of
    Water Resources
    Forest Resources : Forest Resources - Indian Scenario , Importance of forests- Ecologically &
    Economically, Uses of forest products, Forest Types, Deforestations-Causes and effects,
    Forest Degradation in India

    Energy Resources : Energy Resources - Indian Scenario , Conventional Energy Sources & its
    problems, non-conventional energy sources-Advantages & its limitations , Problems due to
    Overexploitation of Energy Resources

    4 Environmental Pollution
    Types of Environmental Pollution
    Water Pollution : Introduction – Water Quality Standards , Sources of Water Pollution,
    Classification of water pollutants, Effects of water pollutants , Eutrophication

    Gujarat Technological University. B.E Sem II 7


    Air Pollution : Composition of air , Structure of atmosphere, Ambient Air Quality Standards,
    Classification of air pollutants, Sources of common air pollutants like SPM, SO2, NOX –
    Natural & Anthropogenic Sources, Effects of common air pollutants
    Land & Noise Pollution : Introduction- Lithosphere, Land Uses, Causes of land
    Degradation, Sources of Noise Pollution, Effects of noise pollution
    Current Environmental Global Issues : Global Warming & Green Houses Effects, Acid Rain
    , Depletion of Ozone Layer
    REFERENCE BOOKS :
    1 Environmental Studies: R. Rajagopalan,Oxford University Press
    2 Environmental Pollution: Causes, Effects & Control by K.C Agrawal
    3 Environmental Science by Richard T Wright & Bernard J Nebel
    4 Environmental Science by Daniel B Botkin & Edward A Keller
    5 Environmental Engineering & Management by Suresh K Dameja
    6 Environmental Management by Dr. Swapan C Deb
    7 Environment & Ecology by Dr Gourkrishna Dasmohapatra
    8 Introduction To Environmental Engineering and Science by Master Gilbert M.

    Gujarat Technological University. B.E Sem II 8

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