Environmental Studies: basic concepts, Second Edition

Based on the latest UGC syllabus, the second edition of Environmental Studies has been thoroughly revised and updated. It discusses the various types of natural resources and the problems faced in conserving them and the effective management of resources for sustainable lifestyles.

The book focuses on the concepts, structure and function of an ecosystem, threats to biodiversity and conservation of biodiversity, causes, effects and control measures of pollution, hazardous effects of human population on environment, and management of environment quality and the several types of pollution. A new chapter “Fieldwork” has been added in this edition.

New to this edition
• Value of biodiversity
• Consumeration and waste products
• Enforcement of environmental legislation
• Human rights and value education

Contents:   

• Multidisciplinary Nature of Environmental Studies
• Natural Resources
• Ecosystems
• Biodiversity
• Environmental Pollution
• Social Issues and the Environment        
• Population and the Environment
• Management of the Environment
• Fieldwork