MULTI-DISCIPLINARY NATURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Environment is complex and has multifarious aspects. Environmental studies deals with working of earth, its life-support system, it's interaction, influences,it's problems and solutions. Keeping in view the complex nature of environment, knowledge and information from various disciplines of science, social science, law and engineering have to be included in environmental studies to understand it completely. Life Sciences including botany, zoology, microbiology, genetics and biochemistry help in understanding the biotic component and their interactions.Genetics and biotechnology are amazing as useful tools for finding solution to environmental problems. For understanding the physical and chemical structure of abiotic components of environment along with mass and energy transfers we have to make use of the basic concept of physics, chemistry, geology, atmospheric science, oceanography and geography. Mathematics, statistics and computer science likewise server as effective tools