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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Paper Code:
ENV 421
Credits:
5
Contact Hours:
75.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
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
- EIA in project planning and implementation
- 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
- Efforts of participation and consultation
- Mitigation criteria, project modification
14.00
Unit IV:
Prediction and assessment of Impacts
- Prediction and assessment of impacts on the air environment
- Water environment
- Noise environment
- Biological environment
- Cultural (Architectural, Historical and Archeological)
- Socio-economic environment
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 and Hydroelectric projects)
- Mining Projects
- Cement
- Concept of CDM
Essential Readings:
- Canter, L. (1995). Environmental Impact Assessment. McGraw Hill.
- Eccleston,C. (2011). Environmental impact assessment : a guide to best professional practices. CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group
- Glasson, J., Therivel, R., & Chadwick, A. (2012). Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment (Natural and Built Environment Series). Routledge.
- Mahhub ul Haq (2002) Human Development Centre, Human Development in South Asia. Oxford University Press.
- Rao, P. (2000). Sustainable Development: Economics and Policy. Wiley Blackwell.
- Smith, Keith (1996). Environmental Hazards- Assessing risk and reducing disaster, 2nd Edition, London & New York.
- Warthen,P.(1990). Environmental impact assessment: theory and practice. Routledge publication USA
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