Practical: Environmental Impact Assessment and Remote Sensing

Paper Code: 
24DENV806
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

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

Course outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

24DENV 806

Practical: Environmental Impact Assessment and Remote Sensing

CO154: Develop skills to conduct Environmental impact   assessment

independently by examining the environmental consequences of projects before its establishment CO155: Execute Environmental Audit

independently for sustainable management of industrial processes.

CO156: Evaluate the development projects and suggest mitigative methods for sustainable development

CO157: Apply knowledge        of remote sensing, GIS and GPS for Environmental conservation

CO158: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction

Approach in

teaching:

Interactive Lectures,

Group Discussions,

Case studies

Learning activities for the students: Report writing, PowerPoint presentations, Assigned questions, Weekly class assessment

PowerPoint presentations, Assignments, Class tests, Semester end examinations

 

Content

  • Collection of data on the potential impacts of any developmental project
  • Preparation of Environmental Impact statement for a given case study
  • Preparation of an Environmental Management Plan for a given case study
  • Evaluation of impacts using the 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 the website of the 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

Note: Any other practical exercise (related to theory) may be conducted besides the ones mentioned above

 

Academic Year: 
2024-2025
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