Environmental Education and Pollution Control

Contents: Preface. 1. Concept of environment. 2. Ecosystem. 3. Environmental pollution. 4. Air pollution and its control. 5. Water pollution and its control. 6. Noise pollution and its control. 7. Public health. 8. Human population and its effect on the environment. 9. Management of environment. 10. Environment education among adults. 11. Role of mass media in environmental education. 12. Man and environment. 13. Primary water quality criteria for designated best use classes. 14. Control of environmental pollution and various policies in our country.

"Today world is preoccupied with pollution control. Inspite of a number of acts, legislation, constitutional amendments and pollution control boards, our country has failed to curb environmental degradation. It has become a threat to mankind. Thus, it is essential that an awareness of basic facts about environmental education is in culcated among the present generation. Considering a large number of difficulties encountered by most of the students to have a fairly thorough knowledge about environmental. Education for sometime in the past." (jacket)