The course “Environmental Issues In India” would serve a 05 credit Core Course in B.Sc./BA multidisciplinary course under the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) and NEP-20 of UGC. The course would be useful as a multidisciplinary subject for all students of the undergraduate streams, e.g. arts, science, commerce and other biomedical sciences.The“Environmental Issues In India "course provides an overview of comprehension and significance of the environment and its importance across all the civilizations in India. The environment as an issue is omnipresent in the world we live in. There has been a consequent explosion of work that reflects on the reasons for and responses to ecological dilemmas. The last decade and a half in particular have seen a quickening of the pace of research and scholarship among both social and natural scientists, as well as among policy makers and activists. Environmental issues gained in importance when two different trends intersected each other. One was the capacity of humans to transform in a relatively short span of time, their natural surroundings, with consequences that could be adverse for them and there was a second critical change: it was precisely their concern about the environment that made such responses possible at all. It has been found that the colonial period was the clear-cut turning point of the forest landscape in terms of environmental changes of the country. Environmental issues are one of the primary causes of disease, health issues and long-term livelihood impact for India. India has made some of the fastest progress in addressing its environmental issues and improving the environmental quality however India has a long way to go to reach the environmental quality as enjoyed by the developed nations. Pollution remains a major challenge and opportunity for India. The course will also provide the detailed insights about the environmental movements from post colonial to post independence across the country The course will also give detailed account on the various environmental issues in India and other environmental concerns in the globalizing world.
Environmental Issues In India
Govt. Degree College, Eidgah, Srinagar and CEC via Swayam
This course may be unavailable.
Overview
Syllabus
WEEK 1
ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT: AN INTRODUCTION
NATURE-HUMAN INTERACTIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: INDIAN CONTEXT
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN INDIA
SOURCE OF STUDY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY
WEEK 2
HUNTING AND GATHERING AND ENVIRONMENT
NOMADIC PASTORALISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE
RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
CLIMATE AND RISE AND FALL OF THE INDUS CIVILIZATION
GANGETIC PLAINS: ROLE OF IRON TOOLS, FOREST CLEARANCE AND URBANIZATION
WEEK 3
RESOURCE USE AND HUMAN SOCIETIES
APPROPRIATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES
APPROPRIATION OF WATER RESOURCES
APPROPRIATION OF FOREST RESOURCES
APPROPRIATION OF METAL AND MINERAL RESOURCES
WEEK 4
LANDSCAPE OF INDIA: PHYSIOGRAPHIC FEATURES AND SOCIETY
EARLY AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT
AGRICULTURAL DISTRIBUTION: REGIONAL SPREAD AND FEATURES
4000 BC- 600 BC
AGRICULTURAL DISTRIBUTION: REGIONAL SPREAD AND FEATURES
1000 BC- 200 BC
AGRICULTURAL DISTRIBUTION: REGIONAL SPREAD AND FEATURES
600 BC-1ST CENTURY AD
WEEK 5
AGRICULTURAL DISTRIBUTION: REGIONAL SPREAD AND FEATURES
200 BC- 700 AD
FORESTS AND SETTLEMENTS IN ANCIENT INDIA
COLONISM AND ENVIRONMENT
FOREST POLICIES: COLONIAL AND INDEPENDENT INDIA
WEEK 6
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES OF CONSERVATION
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF MANAGEMENT OF FORESTS IN INDIA
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
FOREST AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION APPROACHES IN ANCIENT INDIA - I
FOREST AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION APPROACHES IN ANCIENT INDIA – II
WEEK 7
DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS IN INDIA
GREEN REVOLUTION: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
GREEN REVOLUTION: SALIENT FEATURES
BIG DAMS: MERITS AND DEMERITS
BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY
WEEK 8
MAHATMA GANDHI AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGICAL MOVEMENTS IN INDIA
BISHNOI MOVEMENT
ENVIRONENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS
GENDER AND ENVIRONMENT
WEEK 9
RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF PEOPLE
ROLE OF INDIVIDUAL IN CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES
ROLE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH
BIODIVERSITY OF INDIA
LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY
WEEK 10
DESERTIFICATION
POLLUTION CASE STUDIES – I
POLLUTION CASE STUDIES – II
SOLID WASTE POLLUTION
SOIL POLLUTION
WEEK 11
MARINE POLLUTION
NUCLEAR POLLUTION
RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION: WASTE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL
IMPACT OF HEAVY METAL AND BIOCIDE POLLUTION ON AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT
OZONE LAYER DEPLETION
WEEK 12
GLOBAL WARMING
CLIMATE CHANGE
URBAN PROBLEMS RELATED TO ENERGYPROBLEMS IN ENFORCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATIONS IN INDIA
Taught by
Dr Javid A Parray
