Course Objectives
Goal of this course is to expose the students to the fundamental concepts of climate, its influencing factors, climate change and its relationship with sustainability. After this course, students will be able to recognize the real-world problems that can happen due to climate change, aware of the various mitigation and adaptation techniques using sustainable technologies for combating the adverse impacts due to climate change and respond accordingly.
Curriculum
- 5 Sections
- 7 Lessons
- 10 Weeks
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- MODULE-1Climate : Climate and weather, Meteorology and climatology, Composition and structure of atmosphere. Factors influencing climate-Insolation, Temperature, Humidity, Pressure, Wind, Precipitation, Topography. Atmospheric stability, Lapse rate, Inversions, Types of inversions. Cyclones and Anticyclones.1
- MODULE-2Module 2 Climate change : Climate change, anthropogenic drivers of climate change, Global warming, Greenhouse effect, Air pollution, carbon foot print, Impact of climate change on water cycle, agriculture, forest, water resources, urban areas, biodiversity, human health. Carbon sequestration , vulnerability index.1
- MODULE-3Module 3 Urbanisation and Sustainable development Urbanisation and Industrialization, Urbanisation, problems of urbanisation, Urban sprawl, Urban heat islands, causes, mitigation measures. Urban flooding, water conservation and ecological aspects. Urban Planning, Zoning of Land Use Pillars of Sustainable development, Sustainability indicators, Life cycle analysis, Material flow analysis, Green energy, Waste management, 3R concepts, Sustainable cities, Sustainable Urbanisation2
- MODULE-4Adaptation and mitigation strategies Green Engineering, Design for Engineering, Green technologies, Circular economy. Planning of cities as climate resilient, Climate change and infrastructure planning, Climate resilient infrastructure, nature-based solutions in disaster management, adaptation strategies for combating climate change.2
- MODULE-5Climate and sustainability Sustainability Engineering , Kyoto mechanisms to reduce GHG emission- Clean Development Mechanism, Joint Implementation, Emission trading, Case studies on Kyoto mechanism, Case studies on climate change and climate change risk reduction.1
