Environmental studies / Deeksha Dave

Environmental Studies is designed to meet the requirements of a compulsory undergraduate course on environmental science and engineering, in accordance with the Karunya University curriculum. This book endeavours to generate awareness about environmental concerns among students. The content has been developed so that students from all disciplines?from physics to philosophy?can comprehend it without difficulty. The book introduces the reader to the perils facing the environment and the importance of environmental resources for human sustenance. Beginning with an introduction to Environmental Studies, the book goes on to discuss environmental problems such as depleting natural resources and imbalanced ecosystems, environmental pollution, disaster management, socio-environmental issues, and sustainable development. Written in an easy-to-understand manner, the book aims to lucidly convey the seriousness of environmental issues to students. Pedagogical elements such as learning objectives, end-of-chapter summary, and a large number of review questions and field work problems complete the utility of this book as a first-level text on environmental studies. Features: * Facilitates an insight into the seriousness of environmental concerns * Incorporates a multitude of illustrations and photographs for easy and clear understanding of concepts * Includes a large number of review questions, including objective-type questions * Contains a balanced mix of cases at two levels?case studies, which are more detailed and convey the impact of environmental abuse and degradation, and factoids, which are short, interesting, and useful facts about primary environmental concerns * Includes field work exercises as supplement to encourage students to learn better by performing activities