AKTU Earth and Environment (HTEN401) Syllabus PDF – B.Tech Honors Degree in Environmental Engineering
Earth and Environment HTEN401
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Syllabus — Earth and Environment
Download PDFHTEN401 · 3 credits · L-T-P 3-0-0
Course Outcomes
CO1. Explain the function of an ecosystem with reference to nutrient dynamics and energy flow.
CO2. Explain the ways that organisms interact with both the physical and the biological environment (biotic and abiotic).
CO3. Demonstrate the biogeochemical cycles and their significance in the sustainability of ecosystems.
CO4. Attempt to resolve the major energy issues and challenges of the 21st century.
CO5. Suggest the suitable renewable energy resources and their major role in dealing with the recent energy crisis of the world.
| Unit-1 | Introduction: Scope and Importance of Clean Environment, Ecosystem, Balanced Ecosystem, Components of Ecosystem, Biosphere, Biodiversity, Assimilation Capacity of Environment. | 8 |
| Unit-2 | Environmental pollution: Causes and Remedial Measures: Air, Water, Noise, Thermal Pollution, Radioactive and Non-Radioactive Pollution, Soil and Land Pollution. | 8 |
| Unit-3 | Impact of Human Activities on Environment: Mining, Deforestation, Agriculture, Industry, Transportation, Urbanization and Development. | 8 |
| Unit-4 | Current environmental issues: Climate Change, Population Growth, Green House Effect and Global Warming, Depletion of Ozone, e-Waste, Plastic Waste, Automobile Pollution and Acid Rain. | 8 |
| Unit-5 | Conservation of environment: Approaches to conserve environment: Conventional and Non-Conventional Energy Resources, Need of public awareness, Sustainable Development and Goals of Sustainable Development. | 8 |
Text Books
- Environmental Studies -Benny Joseph-Tata McGraw Hill U-200S.
- Environmental Studies-From crisis to cure-4E, R Rajgopalan, Oxford University press.
- Fundamentals of Ecology, 5E, Eugene P. Odum, Cengage India Pvt .Ltd.
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