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EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE

Human and their Environment

-:- Human and their Environment
-:- The impacts of science technology and industrialization on environment
-:- Earth System Science

Earth System Science

-:- The Earth system
-:- The Planetary System and The Solar System

ABIOTIC COMPONENTS

Lithosphere and Tectonic Plates

-:- Lithosphere and tectonic plates
-:- Lithosphere : Convergent Boundary
-:- The Continents and its features
-:- Classification of Rocks : Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic rocks
-:- Weathering and Products of Weathering

Hydrosphere and Currents

-:- Hydrosphere : Sea and Ocean Differance
-:- Ocean Floor topography
-:- Ocean Wave, The Currents : 4 currents of North Atlantic Ocean Gyre
-:- E1 Nino years and La Nino years

Atmosphere and Solar Radiation

-:- Atmosphere and Solar Radiation
-:- Layers of the Atmosphere
-:- Ozone - Depleting Substances and Urban heat islands

BIOTIC COMPONENTS

Nutrient Cycles and Ecosystems

-:- Nutrient cycles and ecosystems
-:- The Carbon Cycle
-:- The Nitrogen Cycle
-:- The Phosphorous Cycle
-:- Major Components of an Ecosystem and Ecosystem Types

The Biomes : Natural and Agricultural

-:- Natural Biomes : Forests, Grasslands, Deserts, Tundra
-:- Agricultural Biome : 1.Nutrients 2.Seeds: 3.Water 4.Agri Chemical Products

Ecosystem Management and Conservation

-:- Ecosystem - Concept Maps
-:- Ecosystem management and conservation : Current Extinction Rates

THEORY BIOSPHERE

Plants, Animals and Humans

-:- Biosphere : Plants and Animals, The Biomes
-:- The forest biomes : Coniferous, Temperate, Tropical forests
-:- Temperate And Tropical Grassland Biomes
-:- Cold and Tropical deserts Biomes
-:- Harvesting Forests and Shrinking Forests
-:- Sea Ecosystems

The Human Potential

-:- Human Evolution and Human Civilisations
-:- Growth, Distribution and Density
-:- Structure, Composition and Population Explosion
-:- Malthus- Population Theory and Marx's Ideas on Population

HUMAN MADE ECOSYSTEMS I

Settlement Systems

-:- Human-made ecosystems : settlement systems
-:- Classification of Settlements
-:- Urban Growth and Problems
-:- Central Place Theory

Industrial Systems

-:- Classification of Industrial systems
-:- Industrial System : Functional Characteristics and linkage
-:- Factors of Industrial Location
-:- Theory of Industrial Location : Weber's Theory of Location

Trade Systems

-:- Role of Geographical Factors in Trade
-:- Geographical and Stage of Technological Development
-:- Geographical Trade Types
-:- Geographical Trade Blocs
-:- Benefits from Trade Blocs and Trade Trap and the Fall of Markets

HUMAN MADE ECOSYSTEMS II

Transport and Communication Systems

-:- Human-made ecosystems : Transport and communication systems
-:- Human-made ecosystems : Transport Systems and Transport Types
-:- Transport Types and Classification : Road, Train, Sea, Air
-:- The Cargo Traffic
-:- Ecosystems : Information and Communication Systems : Technological, Technical Development
-:- Importance of Information Technology
-:- Communication Revolution

Space Technologies

-:- Remote Sensing Systems : Types and Uses
-:- Classification of Satellite Remote Sensing : Geo, Sun, Spy Satellites
-:- Elements of Remote Sensing Systems
-:- Uses of Remote Sensing
-:- Indian Space Programme
-:- Water, a Valuable Resource
-:- Water: Quantity and Quality
-:- Quantity of Water
-:- Quality of Water
-:- Water Based, Related and Waterborne Diseases
-:- Water Supply and Demand and Drinking Water Scarcity

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONS MANAGEMENT

Global Freshwater

-:- Global freshwater : Urbanisation
-:- Global fresh water : Industrialisation
-:- Land and Water Pollution
-:- Water Ethics and Management, Irrigation, Political Dimension
-:- Water Management and Basin Management
-:- Water Supply and Sanitation
-:- Disaster, Hazard and Vulnerability, the Meaning
-:- Resilience and Emergency

Natural Disasters

-:- Disaster Management, Mitigation and Prevention
-:- Earthquakes and Landslides
-:- The Turkey Earthquake 1999
-:- Disasters and Health Epidemic, Emergency Response to Disasters
-:- Global Warming
-:- Floods as Hazard and Major Flood Disasters in world
-:- Flood Warning and Emergency Planning
-:- Desertification
-:- Advancing Deserts of the World
-:- Programmes and Projects - Desertification and Drought in India

Conservation and Resource Management

-:- Conservation and resource management
-:- History of Conservation and Resource Management
-:- History of Conservation and Resource Management In the mid-20th century
-:- Water Resources Management and Conservation Techniques
-:- Rainwater Harvesting and Techniques
-:- Inter-State River Linkages

MAP INTERPRETATION AND SURVEYING

Map Interpretation

-:- Map interpretation : Basic Map Components (Parts)
-:- Map interpretation : Basic Principles of Map Reading
-:- Suggested, Sequential Learning of Map Skills
-:- Weather Maps and Images Interpretation
-:- Map Symbols for Weather and Clouds
-:- Weather Maps : Winds - Low, High
-:- Weather Forecasting and its Methods

Surveying

GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Database Management Systems and Geographical Information systems

-:- What is Geographical Information System?
-:- Database Management Systems - Databases
-:- Applications of Geographical Information Systems

Global Positioning Systems

-:- Global Positioning System (GPS) is a Satellite Navigation System
-:- Carrier Phase Tracking (Surveying): An Application of GPS