GE8291 – EVS

UNIT-II ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION – TOPICS 1 to 3

• Sewage Treatment
• Solid Waste Management
• Disaster Management – Earthquake, landslides, Flood, Cyclone
• Role of individual in prevention of Pollution

UNIT-III NATURAL RESOURCES – TOPICS 1 to 13

• Natural Resources – Forest Resources – Introduction, Functions, Deforestation
• Deforestation – Mining Timber Extraction, Dams, Effects on Tribal people & Forests
• Water Resources
• Big Dams – Benefits and Problems
• Mineral Resources – Extraction of Metals, Environmental Effects
• Food Resources – Introduction, Overgrazing, Modern Agriculture & its impacts
• Energy Resources – Growing Energy needs
• Non Renewable and Renewable Resources – Solar, Wind energy
• Renewable Resources – Ocean Energy, Geothermal Energy
• Renewable Resources – Biomass energy
• Land Resources – Degradation, Desertification, Soil Erosion & its control
• Role of Individuals in the conservation of resources
• Equitable use of Resources