Multiple Media Enabled Course Content-MSD 017: Challenges to Sustainable Development
PGDSS- Only Sustainability Science Course in India
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ASSIGNMENTS
Block 1: Climate Change
Block 1: Climate Change
The major objective of block 1 is to study the science of climate change, global change, impacts of climate change and action plan on climate change issues. Click here to read.
Block 2: Global Environmental Issues
Block 2: Global Environmental Issues
The major objective of block 2 is to study the global environmental issues. Click here to read.
Block 3: Health, Nutrition and Environment
Block 3: Health, Nutrition and Environment
The major objective of block 3 is to study the health, nutrition and environment. Click here to read.
Block 4: Threats
Block 4: Threats
The major objective of block 4 is to study the major threats in achieving Sustainable Development. Click here to read.
2. Video from Web Counselling Sessions of MSD-017
2. Video from Web Counselling Sessions of MSD-017
MSD-017- CHALLENGES TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT>>Global Environmental Challenges and Achieving SDGs (PPT)
3. Presentations of the Video Lectures
3. Presentations of the Video Lectures
4. Web Resources
4. Web Resources
5. Video Resources
5. Video Resources
FURTHER READINGS
FURTHER READINGS
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Bryant, E.A. 1991 : Natural Hazards, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 294p.
Chapman, D. 1.994: Natural Hazards, Oxford University Press, Melbourne: 174p.
Cunningham WP and Cunningham MA (2002). Principles of Environmental Science: Inquiry and Applications. McGrawHill Publications, New Delhi, 418 pp.
Howard, G. and Bartram, J. (2003): Domestic Water Quality, Service Level and Health. World Health Organization, Geneva.
Johri R (2009). E-Waste: Implications, regulations, and management in India and current global best practices. TERI Press, New Delhi. 330 pp.
Joseph A. Salvato, Environmental Engineering and Sanitation, Wiley Interscience, 4th Edition.
McCarthy, James J.; Osvaldo F. Canziani; Neil A. Leary; David J. Dokken; and Kasey S. White (Eds.) (2001), “WG II: Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation & Vulnerability”; Cambridge University Press, pp 1000.
McKillop A and Newman S (2005). The Final Energy Crisis. Pluto Press, London. 325 pp.
McKinney ML and Schoch RM (1998). Environmental Science: Systems and Solutions. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston. 639 pp.
MoEF (2009). State of Environment Report, India – 2009. Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi
NBSS&LUP (2001). Agro-ecological subregions of India for planning and development, NBSS&LUP Publication, ICAR, Nagpur, 2001.
Park C. The Environment: Principles and Applications. Routledge Publishers, London and New York, 598 pp.
Park, K. (2005): Preventive and Social Medicine, Banarsidas Bhanot Publishers, Jabalpur.
Ramachandran, R. (1989): Urbanization and Urban Systems in India. New Delhi.
Rosen, G. (1993). A history of public health (Expanded edn). The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.A standard reference, comprehensive and highly readable.
Samuel Baron, Medical Microbiology, University of Texas (Medical branch of Galvesion), 4th Edition(1996).
Sengupta B (2000). Environmental standards for ambient air, automobiles, fuels, industries and noise. Central Pollution Control Board, New Delhi, India. 78 pp.
Smith, K. 1996 : Environmental Hazards: Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster, 2nd edition, Routledge, London; 389p.
Solomon, S. et. al (eds) (2007), “Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis”, Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, USA, pp 996.
Stern, N., (2006). “Stern’s review on Economics of climate change”, Cambridge University Press.
UNDP (2007) “Fighting Climate Change: Human Solidarity in a Divided World” Human Development Report 2007/08 New York: UNDP
WHO (2002): World Health Report, 2002. World Health Organization, Geneva.
WHO (2006). World Health Report 2006, World Health Organization, Geneva
WHO and UNICEF (2000): Global Water Supply and Sanitation Assessment 2000 Report. World Health Organisation and United Nations Children’s Fund, New York.
WHO and UNICEF (2008): Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation – Special focus on sanitation. WHO, Geneva and UNICEF, New York.
World Bank (2010) World Development Report 2010 titled “Climate Change and Development”, Oxford: Oxford University Press
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