JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

III Year B.Tech EEE II-Sem

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
UNIT-V: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND GLOBAL EORTS : Green house effect, Green
House Gases (GHG), Global Warming, Sea level rise, climate change and their impacts on human environment.
Ozone depletion and Ozone depleting substances (ODS).Deforestation and desertification. nternational
conventions ! "rotocols# $arth summit, %&oto protocol and 'ontr(al "rotocol,
UNIT-VI: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT !EIA" AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN:
Definition of mpact# classification of impacts, "ositive and )egative, *eversible and irreversible, light, moderate
and severe, methods of baseline data ac+uisition. mpacts on different components# such as human health
resources, air, ,ater, flora, fauna and societ&. "rediction of impacts and impact assessment methodologies.
$nvironmental mpact Statement ($S). $nvironmental 'anagement "lan ($'")# -echnological Solutions,
preventive methods, .ontrol technologies, treatment technologies# green/belt/development, rain ,ater
harvesting, *emote sensing and GS methods.
UNIT-VII: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY# LEGISLATION# RULES AND REGULATIONS
)ational $nvironmental "olic&, $nvironmental "rotection act, 0egal aspects 1ir ("revention and .ontrol of
pollution ) 1ct/ 2342, Water( "revention and .ontrol of pollution ) 1ct/2356, Water pollution .ess 1ct/2355,
7orest .onservation 1ct, 'unicipal solid ,aste management and handling rules, biomedical ,aste management
and handling rules, hazardous ,aste management and handling rules .
UNIT: VIII -- TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE UTURE
.oncept of Sustainable Development, -hreats to Sustainabilit&, "opulation and its e8plosion, .raz&
.onsumerism, Over/e8ploitation of resources, Strategies for 1chieving Sustainable development, $nvironmental
$ducation, .onservation of *esources, 9rban Spra,l, Sustainable .ities and Sustainable .ommunities, Human
health, *ole of - in $nvironment, $nvironmental $thics, $nvironmental $conomics, .oncept of Green :uilding,
.lean Development 'echanism (.D').
SUGGESTED TE$T BOO%S:
2. $nvironmental studies , 7rom crisis to cure b& *.*a;agopalan, <==>
<. -e8t boo? of $nvironmental Science and -echnolog& b& '.1n;i *edd& <==5
@. $nvironmental studies b& $rach :harucha <==>, 9niversit& Grants .ommission, 9niversit& "ress.
REERENCE BOO%S:
2. $nvironmental Science# to,ards a sustainable future b& *ichard -.Wright. <==4 "H0 0earning "rivate
0td. )e, Delhi
<. $nvironmental $ngineering and science b& Gilbert '.'asters and Wendell ". $la .<==4 "H 0earning
"vt. 0td.