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ENVIRONMENT STUDIES
Dr. Rajendra Kumar
Assistant ProfessorAmity Business School
E-mail: [email protected]
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ENVIRONMENT STUDIES
Recommended Books:
1. Agarwal, K.C. 2001 Environmental Biology, Nidi Publ. Ltd.
Bikaner.
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3. Gleick, H.P. 1993. Water in Crisis, Pacific Institute for
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4. Mhaskar A.K., Matter Hazardous, Techno-Science Publication
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5. Miller T.G. Jr. Environmental Science, Wadsworth Publishing
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6. Rao M N. & Datta, A.K. 1987. Waste Water treatment.
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8. Wanger K.D., 1998 Environnemental Management. W.B.
SaundersCo. Philadelphia, USA 499p
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ENVIRONMENT
Environment word derived from the French wordENVIRONNER which
mean encircle or surround.
Definitions:-
Environment is the physical and biologicalsurroundings .
Every thing which surrounds us may collectively betermed as
ENVIRONMENT.
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BASIC COMPONEBTS 0F
ENVIRONMENT
Atmosphere or the air
Hydrosphere or the water
Lithosphere or the rocks and soils
Biosphere or the biotic
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Environmental studies deals with every issue thataffects an
organism
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CHARCTERISTICS OF
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
It is essentially a multidisciplinary approach that brings
about an appreciation of our natural world and human
impacts on its integrity. It is an applied science as its seeks
practical answers
to making human civilization sustainable on the
earths finite resources
Its components include biology, geology, chemistry,physics,
engineering, sociology, health, anthropology,
economics, statistics, computers and philosophy.
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SCOPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL
STUDIES Dependence on nature is so great that we cannot
continue to live without protecting the earthsenvironmental
resources.
Thus most traditions refer to our environment asMother Nature
and most traditional societies havelearned that respecting nature
is vital for theirlivelihoods.
The industrial development and intensive agriculturethat
provides the goods for our increasingly consumer
oriented society uses up large amounts of naturalresources such
as water, minerals, petroleumproducts, wood, etc.
Thus the scope of environmental studies is extremelywide and
covers some aspects of nearly every majordiscipline.
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IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL
STUDIES Natural resources are limited. Water, air, soil,
minerals, oil, the products we get from forests,
grasslands, oceans and from agriculture and
livestock, are all a part of our life support systems.
Without them, life itself would be impossible.
The earth cannot be expected to sustain this
expanding level of utilization of resources.
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NEED FOR PUBLIC AWARENESS
ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES As the earths natural resources are
dwindling and
our environment is being increasingly degraded by
human activities, it is evident that something needs to
be done. Prevention of environment degradation in which we
must all take part that must become a part of all our
lives.
To prevent ill-effects on our environment by ouractions, is
economically more viable than cleaning up
the environment once it is damaged. Individually we
can play a major role in environment
management
