Environment and Disaster

Management

Lecture 1
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 Environment

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 Environment

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Global Environmental Problems

• Over-population
• Pollution
• Depletion of Resources
• Global Changes
• War

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 Overpopulation: an environmental concern?

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 The effects of overpopulation depend on the
ratio of population to sustainable resources

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 Overpopulation often damages
a nation’s economy

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 Water and air pollution

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 Pollution of water

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 When multiplied by millions, they begin to
have a major destructive effect

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 A single automobile may emit
insignificant pollutants

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 Now we use lead-free fuels

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 Fragmented plastic eventually finds
its way into the ocean

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 Hygiene is a fundamental health principle

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 Polluted regions may not have immediate
health problems

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 Respiratory problems have increased

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 Depletion of Resources

Deforestation on a
massive scale
often results in
damage to the
quality of the land

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 The balance between our need for forests and our
need for food relates
to the pressures of overpopulation.

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 Food is not freely available to all

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• Other resources like
– fossil fuels
– Fresh water
– Land
– Deterioration of agricultural land (Salinization,
alkalization)

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Global Changes
Climate change

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 Solar irradiation

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 An appropriate amount of sunshine is
required

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War

• Atomic bombs
• Nuclear weapons
• Radioactive radiation

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• Acid Rain
• Extinction of plant and animal species

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 We are stewards of the earth

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Environment priorities in India

• Population Stabilization
• Natural Resource assessment and
management (land, water, air)
– Effects of agriculture (boosting productivity
per unit area, organic farming, no- till)
• Strategies for environmental Pollution
monitoring and control (MINAS, Central
Pollution control Board, Green Bench of
High court)
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Environment priorities in India

• Human settlement and public health

(housing, drinking water, sewerage
disposal, Public sanitary system, increase
of infectious diseases, mosquito borne
diseases, cancer, Public health support
system)
• Environmental Laws and regulations
(Plastic ban, PUC)
• Environmental Education and awareness
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Environmental Ethics

• Culture determines what natural history

shall continue
– Dusshera, diwali, ganpati, watapournima,
weddings, rangpanchami, sankranti,
chaturmas, anna-dan)

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Education can often lead to
more informed choices about
family size population growth
and better quality of life and
health to all.

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 Even though I sometimes feel
as though one person cannot
do much to stop deforestation
and industrial pollution, besides
financially supporting some
protest groups…
…what choices can I make,
such as the ways I use energy
and plastics, that will
contribute even in a small way
to protecting the environment?

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