Environmental Sciences

Topics (11)

• 1
  Ecosystems & Biodiversity
• 2
  Environmental Pollution
• 3
  Climate Change
• 4
  Environmental Management
• 5
  Environmental Policy & Law
• 6
  History of Environmental Thought

  Environmental movements, UN Stockholm 1972, Our Common Future 1987, Rio Summits, Agenda 21 and MDGs.

• 7
  Sustainable Development Issues

  Population, poverty, biodiversity, energy security, sustainable cities, ecological footprint.

• 8
  Interdisciplinary Nature of Environmental Science

  Environmental biology, chemistry, physics, microbiology, toxicology, economics, sociology.

• 9
  Environmental Governance

  Pakistan National Conservation Strategy, Environmental Protection Act 1997, IEE/EIA Regulations, Climate Change Policy 2012.

• 10
  Global Initiatives

  CBD, Cartagena Protocol, CITES, Ramsar, CMS, UNFCCC, Kyoto, Montreal Protocol, UNCCD.

• 11
  Environmental Assessment and Management

  EIA, SEA, ISO 14000, OHSAS 18000, solid waste management, GIS and remote sensing.

The reading list straight from FPSC's revised Environmental Sciences syllabus. Build your core preparation around these texts — examiner-favoured references that questions are routinely drawn from.

1. 1

   Environmental Economics in Theory and Practice

   Hanley, Shogren and White

2. 2

   Industrial Safety, Health and Environmental Management

   R.K. Jain and S.S. Rao

3. 3

   Environmental Science: Earth as a Living Planet

   Botkin and Keller

4. 4

   Environmental Geology: Facing the Challenges of Our Changing Earth

   J. Erickson

5. 5

   Environmental Geology

   Edward A. Keller

6. 6

   Earth Science

   Tarbuck and Lutgens

7. 7

   Environmental Science: A Study of Interrelationships

   Enger and Smith

8. 8

   Basics of Forestry and Applied Sciences

   Masood A.A. Qureshi

9. 9

   Environmental Science: Working with the Earth

   T.G. Miller

10. 10

    Disaster Management: A Disaster Manager's Handbook

    N.W. Carter

11. 11

    Disasters and Development

    F.C. Cuny

12. 12

    Disaster Management: Warning Response and Community Relocation

    R.W. Perry and A.H. Mushkatel

13. 13

    Energy: Crisis or Opportunity — An Introduction to Energy Studies

    Diana Schumacher

14. 14

    Environmental Geology

    Carla W. Montgomery

15. 15

    Environmental Health: Ecological Perspective

    Kathryn Hilgenkamp