EVS (BCOM 6th)

SECTION-A

Introduction: Definition and scope and importance of multidisciplinary nature of

environment. Need for public awareness. Natural Resources: Natural Resources and

associated problems, use and over exploitation, case studies of forest resources and water

resources. Ecosystems: Concept of Ecosystem, Structure, interrelationship, producers,

consumers and decomposers, ecological pyramids-biodiversity and importance. Hot spots of

biodiversity Environmental Pollution: Definition, Causes, effects and control measures of air

pollution, Water pollution, Soil pollution, Marine pollution, Noise pollution, Thermal

pollution, Nuclear hazards. Solid waste Management: Causes, effects and control measure of

urban and industrial wastes. Role of an individual in prevention of pollution. Pollution case

studies. Disaster Management : Floods, earthquake, cyclone and landslides.

SECTION-B

Social Issues and the Environment From Unsustainable to Sustainable development, Urban

problems related to energy, Water conservation, rain water harvesting, watershed

management. Resettlement and rehabilitation of people; its problems and concerns. Case

studies. Environmental ethics: Issues and possible solutions. Climate change, global

warming, acid rain, ozone layer depletion, nuclear accidents and holocaust. Case studies.

Wasteland reclamation. Consumerism and waste products. Environment Protection Act. Air

(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act. Water (Prevention and control of pollution) Act.

Wildlife Protection Act, Forest Conservation Act, Issues involved in enforcement of

environmental legislation Public awareness. Human Population and the Environment,

Population growth, variation among nations. Population explosion – Family Welfare

Programme. Environment and human health, Human Rights, Value Education, HIV/AIDS.

Women and child Welfare. Role of Information.Technology in Environment and human

health. Case studies