Exam Details
| Subject | Challenges To Sustainable Development | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | Post Graduate Diploma In Sustainability Science (PGDSS) | |
| Department | School of Agriculture (SOA) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | December, 2015 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words:
Kyoto protocol
National Action Plan on climate change
Climate change impact on water resources
Factors that enhance forest vulnerability to climate change
Climate change: Vulnerability of people and places
Mitigation measures to climate change in India
Discuss major strategies for reviving and sustaining natural resources.
Define vulnerability in the context of climate change. Discuss ecological and physiological vulnerability of agriculture to climate change.
What is mitigation and adaptation of climate change? Discuss interrelationship between adaptation and mitigation.
Explain 'ecological footprints'. Describe various types of footprints on the basis of source and impact.
Explain resource utilization and exploitation with the help of suitable diagram. Describe relatively new concepts for alternative energy.
Discuss the impacts of tangible and intangible impacts of Urbanization.
What is Waste Management? Discuss the various categories of solid waste and their management.
5. Write short notes on any four of the following in about 300 words:
Importance of environment health to sustainable development
Types and coverage of sanitation
Communicable diseases
Types and impact of health hazards
Nutritional requirements in different life stages of a person
Describe various dimensions of health. Discuss different management options to control various health problems.
What is epidemiology? Discuss various health care services provided by the Indian Government.
7. Discuss direct and indirect pressures of land degradation. Describe various policy recommendations for the management of the land scientifically and sustainably.
8. Answer any four of the following in about 300 words:
Process of desertification
Phases of disaster management
Biological Warfare
Traditional knowledge digital library
Man made disasters
Kyoto protocol
National Action Plan on climate change
Climate change impact on water resources
Factors that enhance forest vulnerability to climate change
Climate change: Vulnerability of people and places
Mitigation measures to climate change in India
Discuss major strategies for reviving and sustaining natural resources.
Define vulnerability in the context of climate change. Discuss ecological and physiological vulnerability of agriculture to climate change.
What is mitigation and adaptation of climate change? Discuss interrelationship between adaptation and mitigation.
Explain 'ecological footprints'. Describe various types of footprints on the basis of source and impact.
Explain resource utilization and exploitation with the help of suitable diagram. Describe relatively new concepts for alternative energy.
Discuss the impacts of tangible and intangible impacts of Urbanization.
What is Waste Management? Discuss the various categories of solid waste and their management.
5. Write short notes on any four of the following in about 300 words:
Importance of environment health to sustainable development
Types and coverage of sanitation
Communicable diseases
Types and impact of health hazards
Nutritional requirements in different life stages of a person
Describe various dimensions of health. Discuss different management options to control various health problems.
What is epidemiology? Discuss various health care services provided by the Indian Government.
7. Discuss direct and indirect pressures of land degradation. Describe various policy recommendations for the management of the land scientifically and sustainably.
8. Answer any four of the following in about 300 words:
Process of desertification
Phases of disaster management
Biological Warfare
Traditional knowledge digital library
Man made disasters
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Departments
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
- School of Agriculture (SOA)
- School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
- School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
- School of Education (SOE)
- School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
- School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
- School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
- School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
- School of Health Science (SOHS)
- School of Humanities (SOH)
- School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
- School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
- School of Law (SOL)
- School of Management Studies (SOMS)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
- School of Sciences (SOS)
- School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
- School of Social Work (SOSW)
- School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
- School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
- School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
- School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
- Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)
Subjects
- Challenges To Sustainable Development
- Ecological Economics
- Ecosystem And Natural Resources
- Institutions, Governance And Policies
- Socio-Cultural System
- Strategies And Models For Sustainability
- Sustainability Science