Environmental Studies And Green Technologies

The excessive growth of human population, increasing from about 1 billion in the year 1800 to about 6.6 billion at the start of the year 2007, has resulted in enormous urbanisation and expansion of agricultural, industrial, and commercial activities on our fragile planet- Earth. The large scale use of fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) in industries as well as in automobiles have accelerated and resulted in wide spread pollution of our environment, at local, regional, as well as global levels. Not only our physical environment consisting of air, water, and land, have been polluted, but even the biological bodies such as plants and animals, providing food to humans, have been contaminated.

1. Introduction to the Subject of Environmental Studies

2. Human Environment and Ecological Balance of Nature

3. Environmental Imbalances Caused by Human Activities and the Need for Sustainable Development

4. Sustainable Development and Utilization of Natural Resources

5. Development of Energy from Various Sources and Their Environmental Impacts

6. Environmental Pollution Including Its Regional and Gloabl Impacts

7. Air Pollution, Its Causes, Effects and Control Measures

8. Water Pollution—Causes, Effects and Control Strategies

9. Noise Pollution

10. Soil Pollution

11. Solid Waste Pollution

12. Disposal of Hazardous Biomedical (Solid and Liquid) Wastes

13. Nuclear Hazard and Radioactive Pollution

14. Marine Pollution—A Complex and Global Problem

15. The India’s Environment (Protection) Act, 1986

16. Environmental Management and ISO Certification for Eco-Friendly Products

17. Chemical Toxicology

18. Polymers and Their Eco-friendliness

19. Green Technology

20. Environmental Biotechnology

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