Environmental Impact Assessment

Paper Code: 
CENV 401
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to –

  1. Introduce students to 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

CENV 401

Environmental Impact Assessment

Upon             completion    of

this   course,         students

will:

CO25: Appraise the critical

theories of environmental

impact              assessment     for

application                      in                      varied

situations

CO26: Judge the importance of Social Impact Assessments and public participation in the EIA process

CO27: Develop insight of methods and instruments

that are commonly used to develop an EIA

CO28: 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

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Introduction to EIA
  • Definition of EIA
  • Advantages of EIA
  • Core values of EIA
  • EIA and sustainable development
  • EIA Notification 2006 and 2020

 

12.00
Unit II: 
Process of EIA
  • Major Steps of EIA
    • Screening
    • Scoping
    • Collection of baseline information
    • Identification
    • Prediction
    • Evaluation
    • Environmental Management Plan

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Methods used in EIA
  • Purpose of using methods in EIA
  • Methods used in EIA
    • Adhoc approach
    • Overlay method
    • Questionnaire method
    • Checklist method
    • Network method
    • Matrix method

 

12.00
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
  • EIA of Thermal power plant, River valley Project and Highways

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Environmental Auditing
  • Objectives of Environmental auditing
  • Importance of Environmental auditing
  • Steps of EA (outline)

 

Essential Readings: 

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.

SUGGESTED READINGS

  • Morris,P.and Therivel. R.(2005). Methods of Environmental Impact Assessment: 2nd EditionRoutledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon
  • Eccleston.C.H.(2012). Environmental Impact Assessment. A Guide To Best Professional Practices: CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group
  • Wathern,P (1988). Environmental Impact Assessment .Theory And Practice. Routledge,Taylor & Francis Group

 

References: 

e-RESOURCES:

JOURNALS:

  • Journal of Science of total Environment
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research

 

Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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