Environmental Impact Assessment and Sustainable development

Paper Code: 
ENV 421
Credits: 
5
Contact Hours: 
75.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to -

  1. Impart knowledge and develop interdisciplinary skills for conducting Environmental impact assessment for new development projects and understand the role of EIA in sustainable development
  2. Promote environmentally sound and sustainable development through the identification of appropriate enhancement and mitigation measures for development projects

Course Outcomes (COs):

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ENV 421

 

Environmental Impact Assessment and Sustainable development

 

Upon completion of this course, student will:

CO103:  Develop skill to conduct Environmental impact assessment independently by examining the environmental consequences of projects prior to its establishment

CO104:  Execute Environmental Audit independently for sustainable management of industrial processes.

CO105:  Establish Environmental Consultancy for conducting EIA and prepare EIS

CO106: Evaluate the development projects and suggest mitigative methods for sustainable development 

CO107: Design suitable methodology for Conducting Environmental Impact Assessment

CO108: Design new methods for evaluating Environmental problems for proposed development projects

                                                                                       

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Group Discussions, Case studies

Learning activities for the students:

Report writing, Power point presentations, Assigned questions, Weekly class assessment

 

Power point presentations, Assignments, Class test, Semester end examinations

 

 

 

 

14.00
Unit I: 
EIA and Sustainable Development
  • Definition of EIA
  • Objectives and principles of EIA
  • Concept of Sustainable development
  • Sustainable development at Rio,1992
  • Relationship of EIA to sustainable development
  • EIA Notification 2006

 

16.00
Unit II: 
Process and Methods Used in EIA
  • Procedure of EIA: screening, scoping, description of project, collection of baseline, information, impact identification, prediction and evaluation, post project monitoring.
  • Methods used in EIA :- Checklists, Matrices, Networks, Adhoc, Overlays, BEES (Battelle Environmental Evaluation System)
  • Environment Management Plan.

 

15.00
Unit III: 
Preparation of EIA Reports
  • Methods and procedures of EIA report (EIS) preparation
    • Planning Phase
    • Detailed planning phase
    • Writing phase
  • Environmental Monitoring: Purpose and planning considerations

 

14.00
Unit IV: 
Prediction and assessment of Impacts
  • Prediction and assessment of impacts on
    • Air environment
    • Water environment
    • Noise environment
    • Biological environment
    • Cultural (Architectural, Historical and Archeological)
    •  Socio-economic environment
  • Basics of Environmental Modeling
    • Role of Modeling in Environmental Science
    • Model Classification- Deterministic Models, Stochastic Models, Dynamic Models, Steady State Models
16.00
Unit V: 
Environmental Auditing and Sectoral Experience
  • Environmental Auditing: Definition, functions, benefits and costs
  • Auditing stages (process)
  • EIA of Energy Projects (Thermal power plants, Nuclear power plants, Highway projects and Hydroelectric projects)
  • Mining Projects
  • Cement Industry
  • Concept of CDM
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: 
2022-2023
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