Course Overview

The course is designed for the Second year students of Urban and Rural Planning Discipline. This course will provide the basic concepts of environmental ecology and ecosystem, environmental pollutions, different types of pollutants and their impacts in urban and rural areas in the broader spectrum of urban planning.

Course Objectives

This course is aimed to equip students with basic understanding of causes and sources of different types of environmental pollution, types of pollutants and their environmental impacts, for designing appropriate environmental safeguards for any physical intervention.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

After completion of this course, it is expected that the students will be able to:

·       Understand different components of environment, ecosystem and its sub-systems;

·       Explore different causes and sources of environmental pollution;

·       Use different wastewater sampling, analysis and treatment techniques;

·       Demonstrate contemporary environmental issues.