Cover -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1 General Concepts -- 1.1 Definition of Environment -- 1.2 Elements of Environment -- 1. Atmosphere -- 2. Hydrosphere -- 3. Lithosphere -- 4. Biosphere -- 1.3 Pollution and Pollutants -- 1.4 Man-Nature Interaction -- 1.5 Need of Environmental Education -- Chapter 2 Ecology and Ecosystem -- 2.1 Definition -- 2.1.1 Forest Ecology -- 2.1.2 Forest Conservation -- 2.1.3 Biodiversity -- 2.1.4 Sustainable Ecosystem -- 2.2 Energy Path -- 2.3 Energy Flow/Energy Budget -- 2.4 Energy Budget -- 2.5 Trophic Levels -- 2.6 Food Chain and Food Web -- Chapter 3 Population and Environment -- 3.1 Human Population and Distribution -- 3.2 Population Density -- 3.3 Age Structure -- 3.4 Infant Mortality/Life Expectancy -- 3.5 Carrying Capacity -- 3.6 Population Growth Pattern (Indian Context) -- 3.7 Urbanisation -- 3.8 Impact of Population Pressure on India's environment-Food and Natural Resources -- Chapter 4 Air Pollution -- 4.1 Primary Pollutants -- 4.1.1 Carbon Monoxide, CO -- 4.1.2 Nitrogen Oxides, NOx -- 4.1.3 Hydrocarbons and Photochemical Smog -- 4.1.4 Sulphur Dioxide, SO2 -- 4.1.5 Particulate -- 4.2 Greenhouse Effect (Global Warming) -- 4.3 Ozone Hole -- 4.4 El Nino -- 4.5 Air Pollution and Biosphere -- 4.6 Air Quality Standards -- Chapter 5 Water Pollution -- 5.1 Water Pollutants -- 5.1.1 Organic Pollutants -- 5.1.2 Inorganic Pollutants -- 5.1.3 Sediments -- 5.1.4 Radioactive Materials -- 5.1.5 Thermal Pollutants -- 5.2 Ground Water Pollution/Arsenic Contamination -- 5.3 Case Study of Ganga Pollution -- 5.4 Waste Water Treatment -- 5.5 Domestic Waste Water Treatment -- 5.6 Drinking Water Supply -- 5.7 Industrial Waste Water Treatment -- 5.8 Water Quality -- 5.9 Water Pollution Control and Water Management-Water Recycling -- Chapter 6 Soil Pollution -- 6.1 Soil Pollution -- 6.2 Control of Soil Pollution.

6.3 Waste Treatment -- 6.3.1 Waste Classification and Disposal -- 6.3.2 Solid Waste Disposal -- 6.3.3 Detoxification of Toxic Wastes -- 6.3.4 Land and Ocean Disposal -- 6.3.5 Non-Hazardous Waste Management -- 6.4 Ocean Dumping -- 6.5 Solid Waste Management by Biotechnology -- Chapter 7 Radioactive Pollution -- 7.1 Radioactivity -- 7.2 Radiations-Nature and Types -- 7.3 Naturally Occurring Radioactive Substances -- 7.4 Background Radiation -- 7.5 Interaction of Radiation With Matter -- 7.6 Radiation Pollution Effects -- Chapter 8 Noise Pollution and Health -- 8.1 Sound and Human Acoustics -- 8.2 Noise Measurement Units -- 8.3 Noise Classification -- 8.4 Noise Pollution Hazards -- 8.5 Permissible Noise Levels -- Chapter 9 Environment and Public Health -- 9.1 Pollution and Public Health Issues -- 9.2 Epidemiology -- Chapter 10 Environment Conservation and Management -- 10.1 Resources-Classification -- 10.2 Natural Resources-Uses and Abuses -- 10.2.1 Mineral Resources -- 10.2.2 Land Resource -- 10.2.3 Soil Resources -- 10.2.4 Wild Life Resources -- 10.2.5 Fish Resources -- 10.2.6 Agricultural Resources -- 10.2.7 Animals Resources -- 10.2.8 Water Resources -- 10.2.9 Forest Resources -- 10.3 Energy Resources -- 10.3.1 Conventional Energy Resources -- 10.3.2 Non-Conventional Energy Resources -- 10.4 Resource/Environment Management -- 10.4.1 Sustainable Development -- 10.5 Environmental Movements in India -- 10.6 Green Bench -- Chapter 11 Feed Back Exercises -- Model Test Paper -- Appendices -- 1. The Time Scale of Evolution -- 2. The International SI Units -- 3. Drinking Water Quality Standards -- 4. Toxic Chemicals in the Environment -- 5. The Haves and Have-nots (Developed and Developing Countries) -- 6. One Earth, One Family (Global Village) -- 7. India's Rank in the World -- 8. Glossary (Key Terms and Concepts) (Chapterwise) -- Index.