Practical: Environmental Impact Assessment

Paper Code: 
24CENV402
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course objectives:

This course will enable the students to –

  1. Provide hand on experience for preparation of EIA reports.
  2. Develop skills for evaluation of anticipated Impacts of the proposed project.

Course Outcomes:

Course

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

24CENV402

Practical: Environmental Impact Assessment

CO39: Develop skills to evaluate the potential impacts of proposed project

CO40: Design effective Environmental Management Plan

CO41: Select and apply appropriate methods to assess impacts of project using different methodologies

CO42: Assemble the existing information of different tools, criteria and assessment methods and apply for the successful Environmental Impact Assessment

CO43: Contribute effectively

in course-specific interaction

Approach in

teaching:

 

Conduction of

practical exercises,

Interpretation of

results obtained after

evaluation of projects

 

Learning activities

for the students:

Preparation of flow

charts for prediction

and evaluation of

impacts, field

visits, case studies

Preparation of

practical records,

Viva Voce, Class

Test, Semester End

Examination

 

  • Identification of potential impacts due to developmental projects
  • Preparation of Environmental Impact statement for a given case study on
  • Preparation of Environmental Management plan for the given case study
  • Evaluation of impacts using Interaction Matrix method on the following Environmental components

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

  • Case study related to major development projects
    • River valley project
    • Mining project
    • Thermal Power plant
    • Highway project
    • Oil refinery project
    • Air Environment
    • Water Environment
    • Land Environment
    • Biological Environment
    • Socioeconomic Environment
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