CHAPTER 9: Environment and Sustainable Development
Define environment? State its functions.
What do you mean by carrying capacity and absorptive capacity?
Explain global warming?
Write a short note on Ozone depletion?
Identify six factors contributing to land degradation in India.
What is chipko movement? How India has benefitted from it?
What is sustainable development?
Outline the steps involved in attaining sustainable development in India.
Give two instances of:
Overuse of environmental resources
Misuse of environmental resources
What was Brundtland Commission?
India has increasing rate of air pollution. What shall be done to control air pollution?
Explain the environmental issues faced today?
Write the importance of the following;-
LPG, Gobar Gas in Rural Areas
CNG in Urban Areas
Wind Power
Mini-hydel Plants
Explain the process of Bio composting?
Highlight any two serious adverse environmental consequences of development in India. India’s environmental problems pose a dichotomy — they are poverty induced and, at the same time, due to affluence in living standards—is this true?
Explain the supply-demand reversal of environmental resources?
