Practical

Paper Code: 
DENV 806
Credits: 
02
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to –

  1. Gain hands on experience to evaluate the potential impacts of a proposed project
  2. Use various methodologies for impact prediction and evaluation

Course Outcomes:

Course

Learning outcomes (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

DENV 806

Practical

Upon completion of this

course, student will:

CO121:     Develop skill to conduct Environmental impact                assessment

independently by examining  the environmental consequences of projects  prior to its establishment CO122:Execute  Environmental Audit

independently for sustainable management of industrial processes.

CO123: Establish Environmental Consultancy for conducting EIA and prepare EIS

CO124: Evaluate the development projects and suggest mitigative methods for                         sustainable development

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

CO120: Compute knowledge         of remote sensing, GIS and GPS  for

Environmental conservation.

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

Contents

  • Collection of data on the potential impacts of any developmental project
  • Preparation of Environmental Impact statement for a given case study
  • Preparation of Environmental Management plan for a given case study
  • Evaluation of impacts using Interaction Matrix method
  • Use of Prediction models using baseline information of any development project
    • Principal component Analysis (PCA)for source apportionment
    • ARIMA model for prediction of impacts
  • Latest case studies from website of Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate change
  • Preparation of LULC maps using GIS software
  • Study of Impact zone during EIA using buffer tool in GIS
  • Preparation of digital maps of Impact zones

 

 

Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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