About the Book

This book has been specially tailor-made as per new syllabus 2009-10 for B Tech students of JNTUH. The book is written in easy to understand and lucid language.

The following new chapters are added

· Environmental Policy, Legislation, Rules and Regulations

· Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Management Plan (EMP)

· Technological Solutions for Pollution Control is added

· Towards Sustainable Future

Following new topics are added in chapters

· Thermal and Nuclear pollutions are added in “Environmental Pollution & Control” chapter

· Global Efforts are added in “Global Environmental Problems” chapter

Other salient features:

· Review questions are provided after each chapter

· New concepts like green buildings, clean development machanism for sustainable development. Green belt, rain water harvesting and remote sensing and GIS in Environmental studies are discussed.

Contents

1. Ecosystems, 2. NATURAL RESOURCES, 3. Energy resources, 4. Biodiversity and conservation, 5. Environmental pollution and control, 6. Global environmental problems and global efforts, 7. Environmental policy, legislation, rules and regulations, 8. Environmental impact assessment, 9. Technological solutions for Pollution control, 10. Towards Sustainable Features