Introduction to natural resources,renewable and non-renewable natural resources, dynamic Earth processes, landforms and geomorphic evolution, economic minerals, hydrocarbons, land soils, arable lands, wastelands and wetlands, natural vegetation, biodiversity, crops and forests, applications of remote sensing in natural resources exploration and management, spectral behaviour of terrain, landuse/landcover and soil mapping, stressed Earth, natural hazards, sustainable development and ecological balance .

• Text / References:
• Barrett, E. C. and Curtis, L.F., Introduction to Environmental Remote Sensing, Chapmand and HallPublication, 1992.
• Colwell, R.N., Ed. Manual of Remote Sensing, Vol. I & II, 3rd Edn., American Society of Photogrammetry, 1985.
• Johnson, C.J and Sanders, J. L. Ed. Remote Sensing for Resource Management, Soil Conservation Society of America, Iowa, 1982.
• Lillesand, T.M. and Kiefer, R.W., Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, 4th Edn., John Wiley and Sons, 1999.
• Lintz, J. and Simonett, D.S. Ed. Remote Sensing of Environment, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1978.
• Panda, B. C, Remote Sensing Principles and Applications, Viva Books, New Delhi, 2005
• Swaminathan M.S. Sustainable Agriculture, Konark Publishers,1996.
• Ustin, S. L. Ed. Remote Sensing for Natural Resource Manage-ment and Environmental Monitoring,. John Wiley and Sons, 2004
• Verbyla, D.L. Satellite Remote Sensing for Natural Resources, Lewis Publishers,1995