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Environmental Studies AEC- 02 SELF LEARNING MATERIAL DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION SWAMI VIVEKANAND SUBHARTI UNIVERSITY MEERUT – 250 005, UTTAR PRADESH (INDIA) SLM Module Developed By : Author: Reviewed by : Assessed by: Study Material Assessment Committee, as per the SVSU ordinance No. VI (2) Copyright © DISCLAIMER No part of this publication which is material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or transmitted or utilized or stored in any form or by any means now known or hereinafter invented, electronic, digital or mechanical, including photocopying, scanning, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission from the publisher. Information contained in this book has been published by Directorate of Distance Education and has been obtained by its authors from sources be lived to be reliable and are correct to the best of their knowledge. However, the publisher and its author shall in no event be liable for any errors, omissions or damages arising out of use of this information and specially disclaim and implied warranties or merchantability or fitness for any particular use. Published by: Typeset at: Micron Computers Printed at: Gayatri Sales, Meerut. Unit 1 Introduction to environmental studies: Multidisciplinary nature of environmental studies:- Environment belongs to all the lining beings and thus is, important for all. Each and every body of whatever occupation he or she may have is affected by environmental issues like global warming, depletion of ozone layer, dwindling forest, energy resources, loss of global biodiversity etc.. Environment study deals with the analysis of the processes in water, air, land, soil and organisms which leads to pollute or degrade environment. It helps us for establishing standard, for safe, clean and healthy natural ecosystem. It also deals with important issues like safe and clean drinking water, hygienic living conditions and clean and fresh air, fertility of land, healthy food and development. Multidisciplinary Nature of Environmental Studies: Because, the environment is complex and actually made up of many different environments, including natural, constructed and cultural environments, environmental studies is the inter disciplinary examination of how biology, geology, politics policy studies, law, geology, religion engineering, chemistry and economics combine to inform the consideration of humanity‘s effects on the natural world. This subject educates the students to appreciate the complexity of environmental issues and citizens and experts in many fields. By studying environmental science, students may develop a breadth of the interdisciplinary and methodological knowledge in the environmental fields that enables them to facilitate the definition and solution of environmental problems. It is essentially a multidisciplinary approach and its components include Biology, Geology, Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, Sociology, Health Sciences, Anthropology, Economics, Statistics and Philosophy. It is essentially a multidisciplinary approach. An Understanding of the working of the environment requires the knowledge from wide ranging fields. The Table 1.1 below shows a list of topics dealt commonly in air pollution and the related traditional fields of knowledge illustrating the interdisciplinary nature of the subject. Table 1.1. Interdisciplinary Nature of Environmental Science: Ex: Air Pollution: Environmental issue/topics Major subject/ Topic knowledge required Nature and reaction of air Chemistry and Chemical engineering pollutants Effects of air pollutants on human Zoology and botany and various branches of beings, animal and plants life science. Physics and Chemistry Effect of air pollutants on Meteorology, Thermodynamics, Geography materials Effect of climate on air pollution Mathematical modeling, etc. Air pollution control devices Physics, chemistry and various branches of Engineering History of air pollution and air History
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