SYBMS Environmental Management & Economics Sem 3 Syllabus: Global Warming and Climate Change

SYBMS Environmental Management & Economics Sem 3 Syllabus: Global Warming and Climate Change

Unit 1:

1. Role of ozone in environment,
2. Ozone layer,
3. Ozone depleting gases,
4. Green House Effect

Unit 2 :

1. Temperature profile of the atmosphere,
2. Laps rates,
3. Temperature inversion,
4. Effects of inversion on pollution dispersion.

Unit 3:

1. Causes of climate change
2. Change of temperature in the environment,
3. Melting of ice pole-sea level rise
4. Role of fossil fuels.

Unit 4;

1. Mitigation measures,
2. Cleaner production,
3. Alternative fuel measures

Unit 5

1. Kyoto Protocol,
2. Intergovernmental Panel on climate change (IPCC)

Reference Books:

1. Adaptation and mitigation of climate change – Scientific technical analysis – Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
2. Third Assessment Report – Volume I – Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
3. Climate Change and India: Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation. Eds. Shukla P.R. Universities press pvt. Ltd.
4. Global Warming: The Complete Briefing – Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
5. Ecology and Environmental Biology – Books and Allied (P) Ltd.
6. Proceedings of the National Conference on Effect of climate change and sustainable resource management – SRM University
7. Vermicomposting – A technological option for solid waste management – Rao, M.N. Datar, M.Y. and Reddy, S. 1997.

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