Environmental Resources
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The official GTU curriculum for Environmental Resources (subject code 2141308) as prescribed for Env. Engg · Semester 4 divides the course into 6 units, covering 43 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2141308)Unit 1 Water Resources
- Global water distribution
- Assessment of water resources
- Water budget of India
- water requirements: Domestic
- water uses and consumption
- water scarcity
- water management & sustainable water use in India
- water conservation in industry
- agriculture and homes
- Rain water harvesting
- Desalination of sea water Recycling & Reuse of waste water
Unit 2 Food Resources
- Sources of food
- measures of food availability
- limits to food production
- food production & environment
- -agriculture: Environmental impacts
- - Domesticated animals
- -Aqua culture
Unit 3 Energy Resources
- Energy Basics
- Energy Scenario for Renewable & Non-renewable energy resources: Global & India
- Non Renewable resources: Estimation of stock and reserves : Static Reserve Index
- Exponential Reserve Index
- Conventional Fossil fuels: Coal
- Oil and Natural gas, Nuclear fuels
- Alternative Energy sources: How it works and citing criteria
- Solar Energy: Solar Cell and Solar Panel
- Hydro power
- Tidal energy
- Wind energy
- Geothermal energy
- prospects and potential of different alternative energy sources
Unit 4 Forests and Wildlife
- Types of forest
- importance of forest
- causes and consequences
- social forestry
Unit 5 Biodiversity
- Importance of biodiversity
- decline of biodiversity
- reasons of the decline
- consequences of losing biodiversity
- steps to protect biodiversity
Unit 6 Population
- Population theories: Malthusian theory
- Optimum Theory
- Demographic transition Theory
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