Practical: Environmental Impact Assessment

Paper Code: 
25CENV 402
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

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

25CENV 402

Practical

Upon     completion     of

this    course,    students

will:

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

 

CONTENTS

  • Identification of potential impacts during the construction  and operational phases of developmental projects
  • River valley project
  • Mining project
  • Thermal Power plant
  • Highway project
  • Preparation of the Environmental Management plan for the given case study
  • Evaluation of impacts using the Interaction Matrix method on the following Environmental components
  • Air Environment
  • Water Environment
  • Land Environment
  • Biological Environment
  • Socioeconomic Environment

 

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

 

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