CX4016 Environmental Sustainability Syllabus:

CX4016 Environmental Sustainability Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

UNIT I INTRODUCTION

Valuing the Environment: Concepts, Valuing the Environment: Methods, Property Rights, Externalities, and Environmental Problems

UNIT II CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainable Development: Defining the Concept, the Population Problem, Natural Resource Economics: An Overview, Energy, Water, Agriculture

UNIT III SIGNIFICANCE OF BIODIVERSITY

Biodiversity, Forest Habitat, Commercially Valuable Species, Stationary – Source Local Air Pollution, Acid Rain and Atmospheric Modification, Transportation

UNIT IV POLLUTION IMPACTS

Water Pollution, Solid Waste and Recycling, Toxic Substances and Hazardous Wastes, Global Warming.

UNIT V ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS

Development, Poverty, and the Environment, Visions of the Future, Environmental economics and policy by Tom Tietenberg, Environmental Economics

REFERENCES

1. Andrew Hoffman, Competitive Environmental Strategy – A Guide for the Changing Business Landscape, Island Press.
2. Stephen Doven, Environment and Sustainability Policy: Creation, Implementation, Evaluation, the Federation Press, 2005
3. Robert Brinkmann., Introduction to Sustainability, Wiley-Blackwell., 2016
4. Niko Roorda., Fundamentals of Sustainable Development, 3rd Edn, Routledge, 2020
5. Bhavik R Bakshi., Sustainable Engineering: Principles and Practice, Cambridge University Press, 2019