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Environment and Ecology fully meets the requirement of the Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU) syllabus for a compulsory course on environment and ecology.
It assumes minimal background in mathematics and science. The book aims to create increased sensitivity among students towards environmental issues. It also aims to develop in them an appreciation of the seriousness of the environmental crisis at the local and global levels.
The text discusses the major environmental problems we face today: overexploitation of natural resources, degraded land, disappearing forests, endangered species, escalating pollution, growing population, dangerous toxins, global warming, and extreme weather, among others. The book illustrates various problems, solutions, successes, and failures with about 30 environment-related stories and real-life cases both in the Indian and global contexts. Written in a student-friendly manner, the text is enriched with a number of photographs and illustrations.
ISBN - 9780198061137
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Pages : 232
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