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
