Functions and uses of the ocean, Resources of the ocean, Sources of ocean pollution, their containment and mitigation, Impact of environmental degradation of the ocean environment, Ocean environmental regulations, Management and economic issues of ocean environment.
Ocean polity, Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Coastal ocean technologies, Deep seabed mining, UNCED and ocean agenda for the21st century, Role of marine scientific research and sustainable development, Need for coastal zone management, Concepts of Integrated coastal zone management (ICZM), Systems approach to ICZM.
- Teacher: vsundar Sundar V
- Teacher: rsun Sundaravadivelu R