Part of Slide deck for Environmental Studies for Under graduate studies.

1. Introduction to
Environment Studies
Sesion-1: Environmental Studies & Disaster Management
Prof. Ajay Mohan Goel
ajay.goel@bmu.edu.in

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4. Session-1
Intro to course
Pedagogy
Assessment Scheme
What is Environment
Why study it
Multidisciplinary
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5. Assessment Scheme
Components of Course Evaluation Percentage
Distribution
Group Presentation & Report- 1 20%
Mid Semester Examination 20%
Group Presentation & Report - 2 20%
DocumentaryVideo – GroupWork
• Meeting time-based milestones 10%
• Getting the Message Across. 20%
• Quality of DocumentaryVideo 10%
40%
Total 100%
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6. Learning Outcomes of the Course
1. Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:
2. Appreciate the wealth of natural resources we have and know how to protect it.
3. Describe the major environmental issues facing the humanity, globally and in India.
4. Explain the cause, effect and ways to reduce the important issues such as pollution,
global warming, and energy etc
5. List the key Sustainable Development Goals, which are closely related to
environmental issues.
6. Present environmental issues using innovative methods to an audience.
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7. Learning Outcomes of the Course
7. Illustrate best practices for conservation and restoration of different natural resources.
8. Debate environment related issues and their possible solutions.
9. Report on a ground level situation based on observations, reading and meeting people.
10. Have diversified knowledge in the broad areas such as the impact of Human intervention
and expansion on the environment:What kind of damage has happened till now? what will
happen in the next 20, 50 and 100 years if we go on like this?.
11. Explain the environmental problems and solutions in a global and societal context to
normal citizenry.
12. Be able to do secondary research, search information, abstract and present in written form
and presentation mode.
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8. My Desire
• Design and Create / Implement one Project which contributes to Environmental conservation
and/or improvement.
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9. Learning Outcomes of this session:
Explain what is Environment?
List the reasons for studying Environment?
List at least five recent global environmental crisis?
List major environmental issues facing India?
Name the various disciplines which are involved in it?
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10. What is Environment?
The environment is the
totality of all the external
conditions affecting the
life, development and
survival of an organism.
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• Natural environment
• Living & non-living things
• Occurring Naturally
• On Earth
• Interaction of:
• All living species
• Climate
• Weather
• Natural resources
• That affect:
• Human Survival
• Economic Activity

11. What is Environment
Complete ecological units that
function as natural systems
without massive civilized human
intervention, including all:
•Vegetation
•Microorganisms
•Rocks
•Atmosphere
•Natural Phenomenon
that occur within their
boundaries and their nature.
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•Elements
• Air
• Water
• Soil
• Sky
• Energy
•Others
• Radiation
• Electric Charge
• Magnetism

12. Why Environmental Studies
Make
predictions for
the future
To improve
the world
we live in
See the
World with
a different
lens
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13. What is Environmental Studies?
• Study of interactions among the physical, chemical and biological components of
the environment
• Environment is very important to us
• Conserve our environment
• Understand Impact of human population growth
• Understand Impact on Health
• Understand Impact on all living species
• Be aware about anthropogenic activities that degrade natural resources and
ecosystems.
• Solve real-world problems
• Understand the role of people in critical environmental issues
• Think clean energy, air, water, soil, sustainability and ecological restoration.
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15. Bushfires in New SouthWales andVictoria
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17. Amazon Forest Fires
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18. IndonesiaTsunami - December 22, 2018
Damages:
1,500 injured
~22,000 displaced
Deaths: 430
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Natural disasters
may have displaced
over 22 mn in 2019
Jan-Jun’19
• 950 climate-related
disasters
• 102 countries and
territories
• seven million people
— flee their homes.

20. Cyclone Fani - 89 Recorded Deaths
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21. Cyclone Fani - 89 Recorded Deaths
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22. Karnataka Floods -
61 Recorded
Deaths
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23. Kerala Floods - 121 Recorded
Deaths
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24. 2019 Bihar Heat
Wave - 184 Recorded
Deaths
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25. 2019 Bihar Floods - 130 Recorded
Deaths
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27. Losses fromTyphoons –
Asia Pacific
1980 - 2018
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28. Environmental Challenges
• Our world today faces serious environmental challenges—pollution, climate change and
species extinction, to name a few.
• GlobalWarming
• Forest Fires
• Floods
• Changing climate cycle
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29. Multidisciplinary
• Geology / Geography
• Zoology , Botany, Microbiology, Biochemistry
• Chemistry / Chemical Engineering
• Agriculture & Food Chain
• Mathematics
• Law, Policies
• Sociology
• Climate Studies and Meteorology
• Toxicology
• Biodiversity and Conservation
• Natural Hazard Prediction
• Management
• Engineering
• Computer Science
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31. Thank you
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