UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN GEOGRAPHY TOURISM AND TRAVEL MANAGEMENT
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Semester V - Paper VIII - Environment and Tourism

Duration: 3hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4

1. Ecology- Definition-History of development-branches and its application-concept of eco-system and application in tourism.

2. Eco-system-Concept -Components- Structure- Basic properties- functions.

3. Tourism and Environment - Types- Natural- Cultural - Evaluation of Scenic beauty- Wild Life - Bird Sanctuaries - Species Project - Theme Park -Amusement Park - Resorts - Types - Importance of Common Property resources in tourism management.

4. Tourism and Sustainable development: equity and sustainability - definition-tourism and environment studies-integrated energy planning- environmental deterioration-impact assessment-strategies-use of toolsgis and remote sensing-classification of impact-social-economic- cultural-ecological-human-pollution.

5. Alternative tourism and Environmental policy: 1. Environmental policy - 2. Tourism Policy in India- Its linkage with tourism-common property resources in tourism management-alternative tourism-definition- The potentials and constraints.

Reference:

1. Tourism and development (1973) john m.bryden.

2. Tourism measures (1974) j.g.gupta

3. Environmental pollution timmy katyal

4. Chandna-Environmental Awareness-kalyani publishers-New Delhi- 1998

5. Nobel and wright-environmental science-prentice hall-Newyork.