Syllabus (ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE)

Course Type: MAJ-16

Semester: 8

Course Code: BENVMAJ16T

Course Title: SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES & CONTEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS

(L-P-Tu): 3-0-1

Credit: 4

Practical/Theory: Theory

Course Objective: To provide information on environmental movements; environmental organizations To make aware of different social issues To develop knowledge on environment and society; sustainability

Learning Outcome: Students learn about Environment & society, Social issues, Environmental Movements, Environmental Organizations, Environmental sustainability

Environment & society: (LECTURE – 15)

Ecosystem services to society; Environmentalism, Environmental refugees; Ecofeminism; International and national environmental organizations; Human population growth and problem, regulation of population; Green politics

Social issues: (LECTURE – 15)

Global environmental issues; Wasteland reclamation; Unsustainable to Sustainable Development; Urban problems related to energy; Resettlement and rehabilitation of people: Environmental awareness; Environmental ethics; Women and Child welfare; Role of Information Technology in environment and human health

Environmental Movements: (LECTURE – 10)

Origin of environmental movements; Environmental movements in India: Bishnoi Movement, Silent Valley, Narmada Bachao Andolan, Chipko Movement, Tehri dam conflict

Environmental Organizations: (LECTURE –5)

National and International (IPCCC, WWF, IUCN); Some Prominent environmentalists of India

Environmental sustainability: (LECTURE – 15)

Concept of sustainable city, urban planning, social responsibility; International treaties & conventions, viz., Wetlands (Ramsar), International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), Biodiversity (CBD), Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste (Basal), Montreal Protocol, Climate Change –CoP

Suggested Books

1. Environmentalism: A global History; R Guha; Penguin Publisher
2. Our Environment: Threats, Challenges and sustainable solutions; Scholastic India
3. Environment and Society, G Kushwaha; Gen Next Publication
4. Environmental Movements of India; K Mallick; Amsterdam University Press
5. Social Problems and Issues in India; Kumari, Singh, Sondhi; Satyam Law International
6. Nature, Environment and Society; P W Sutton; Red Globe Press London
7. International Organizational and Environmental Protection: Conservation and Globalization in the 20^th Century, Kaiser and Meyer; Berghahn Books.