Environmental Impact Assessment

Paper Code: 
ENV 402
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

This course will enable the students to –

  1. Introduce students with the theory and practice of environmental impact assessment (EIA), a tool to attain sustainable development. The course provides an overview of the concepts, methods, issues and various forms and stages of the EIA process.
  2. Help students learn the process of consideration of the environment in the planning and decision-making process to arrive at actions that avoid or minimize adverse impacts on the environment

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Course outcome

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

ENV 402

 

Environmental Impact assessment

Upon completion of this course, students will:

CO41: Appraise the critical theories of environmental impact assessment for application in varied situations

CO42: Judge the importance of Social Impact Assessments and public participation in the EIA process

CO43: Develop insight of methods and instruments that are commonly used to develop an EIA

CO44: Develop skills to conduct Environmental Audit for different industrial and other units

Approach in teaching:

Explicit teaching, Interactive Lectures, Group Discussions, Discussion of case studies

Learning activities for the students:

Discussion of case studies, Suggesting mitigative/ remediation methods for development projects, Power point presentations, Weekly class assessment

Power point presentations,

Assignments, Class Test, Semester end examinations

 

 

 

 

7.00
Unit I: 
Introduction to EIA
  • Definition of EIA
  • EIA and sustainable development
  • Need for EIA
  • EIA Notification 2006

 

9.00
Unit II: 
Process of EIA
  • Major Steps of EIA
  • Screening
  • Scoping
  • Collection of baseline information
  • Identification
  • Prediction
  • Evaluation

 

10.00
Unit III: 
Methods used in EIA
  • Adhoc approach
  • Overlay method
  • Questionnaire method
  • Checklist method
  • Network method
  • Matrix method

 

10.00
Unit IV: 
Preparation of Environmental Impact Statement
  • Basic principles of writing an EIS
  • Phases of writing EIS: Initial planning phase, Detailed planning phase and writing phase

 

9.00
Unit V: 
Environmental Auditing
  • Objectives of Environmental auditing
  • Importance of Environmental auditing
  • Steps of EA (outline)

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Mahhub ul Haq (2002) Human Development Centre, Human Development in South Asia. Oxford University Press.
  • Smith, Keith (1996) Environmental Hazards- Assessing risk and reducing disaster, 2nd Edition, London & New York.
  • Canter, L. (1995). Environmental Impact Assessment. McGraw Hill.
  • Rao, P. (2000). Sustainable Development: Economics and Policy. Wiley Blackwell.
  • Glasson, J., Therivel, R., & Chadwick, A. (2012). Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment (Natural and Built Environment Series). Routledge.
Academic Year: 
2021-2022
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