ENV 510 : Environmental Health and Safety By K.Subramaniam, PJK MSc(Envt), BSc(Hons)(Envt &...
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ENV 510 : Environmental Health and Safety
By
K.Subramaniam , PJK
MSc(Envt), BSc(Hons)(Envt & Occ.Health), Dip RSH.
Introduction Lecture
ENV 510 :
Environmental Health
and
Safety Studies
Environmental Issues and Health
•Code : ENV510
Course : Environmental Health And Safety
Studies
Level : -
Credit Unit : 3.0
Contact Hour : 4.0
Part : 06
Course Status : Elective
Prerequisite : None
1. Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this subject the student
will be able to:
- Further develop an understanding of the function of
complex systems and inter-relationships within them.
- Develop a critical approach to the analysis of
environmental problems.
- Develop an understanding of the development of an
area by comprehensive and intensive study.
• Course Description
- This course will provides an understanding
of the function of complex systems which
have inter-connected within them.
- Students will be carrying out a field course
studies in a selected area which have the
availability of background information.
• Syllabus Content
• An area will be selected which provides a range of
environmental problems / issues which can be
readily inter-connected.
• The Klang Vally and Selangor / Melaka / Perak state
is a suitable area because of the availability of
background information.
1. Mining activities and the nature of spoil
- Natural and artificial recolonisation.
- Role of the National Mining Board, Planning authorities
(Town and Country Planning Dept.) and other agencies
(e.g. FRIM).
2. The socio-economic use of reclaimed industrial waste land.
- Light industry (each district there is one),
- Leisure facilities (e.g. Mines Resort city and Sunway
Resort city).
- Role of the local Environmental Health Department.
- Registers of Contaminated Land (e.g. NRE).
3. The biological problems associated with re-
vegetation of areas of toxic waste (e.g. FRIM)
3.1 Toxic residues and effects, particularly on tree
growth.
3.2 Comparison of polluted and control areas.
4. Agricultural exploitation and development
5. The role of the Ministry of Agriculture.
5.1 Pollution of water courses (Agro-business) & water
extraction (SYABAS).
5.1 Role of Water and National River Authority (e.g.
DID).
6. The effects of centuries of air pollution on
surrounding vegetation (anthropogenic activities).
7. Nature conservation
7.1. Role of Voluntary Organization (e.g. MNS).
7.2. Malaysian Nature.
7.3. Legal Framework.
8. Decline in employment, and its social and
economic consequences (EPU).
9. Impact of human activities on marine
environments
– Leisure use of marine environment (DOE)
9.1.1 Exploitation of natural marine resources.
• Teaching Methodology
– Lecture with student participation, assignments,
demonstrations and/or audio-visual aids and
field course visits.
•Assessment
• Student will be assessed on the basis of written proposal for field
course studies, and their contribution to the preparation of poster
displays, oral presentation and final examination.
i. Written proposal of field course work : 15%
ii. Written and visual materials prepared
for display from field course : 15%
iii. Written reports and oral presentation : 20%
iv.Final examination : 50%
v. Total : 100%
• Recommended Texts
Miller, G.T. (2007). Environmental Science (15th Edition).
Thompson Brooks Cole, USA.
Francis, B.M., (1997) Toxic Substances in the Environment, John Wiley &
Sons, U.K.
Baird, C., (1995). Environmental Chemistry, W.H Freeman & Company.
C. Dinaur (1987). Minerals in Soil Environments, Soil Science Society of
America, Madison.
Kupchella, C.E. and Hyland, M.C. (1993). Environmental Science : Living
Within the System of Nature (3rd Edition). Prentice-Hall, USA.
• References
Ahmad Ibrahim, (1995). The Malaysian Legal Syatem, DBP.
Martin Philips and Tim Mighall., (1998), Society, Nature and Environment,
Longman.
Bernrd J. Nebel and Richard T. Wright., (1996), Environmental Science,
6th Edition, Prentice Hall.
Malcom Newson et al. (1992), Managing the Human Impact on Natural
Environment: Patterns and Processes, Belhaven Press, London.
Andrew R.W Jackson and M. Jackson., (1996), Environmental Science:
The Natural Environment and Human Impact, Longman.
London.
Derek Ellis. (1989), Environmental at Risk: Case Histories of Impact
Assessment, Springer-Verlag. New York.
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