Environment and Sustainable Development — Revision Notes
Jammu & Kashmir Board · Class 11 · Economics
Environment and Sustainable Development revision notes for Jammu & Kashmir Board Class 11 Economics: 4 topics in quick points.
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1. Environment: Meaning and Main Elements
- Environment is defined as the total planetary inheritance and the totality of all resources.
- It includes biotic factors and abiotic factors that influence each other.
- Biotic elements include birds, animals, plants, forests, and fisheries.
2. Functions of the Environment
- The environment performs four vital functions.
- It supplies resources, including renewable and non-renewable resources.
- It assimilates waste.
3. Environmental Crisis and Why It Happens
- Earlier, pollution remained within the absorptive capacity of the environment because demand was lower than supply.
- Population growth and industrialisation changed the situation.
- Now demand for environmental resources and services is greater than supply because of overuse and misuse.
4. Global Warming and Ozone Depletion
- Global warming is a gradual increase in the average temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere because of greenhouse gases.
- It is linked to fossil fuels and deforestation.
- Carbon dioxide concentration increased by 31 per cent and methane by 149 per cent above pre-industrial levels since 1750.
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