EA4103 Environmental Impact Assessment Syllabus:
EA4103 Environmental Impact Assessment Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVES
To give exposure to the need, methodology, documentation and usefulness of environmental impact assessment
To enable skill development to prepare environmental management plan.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION
Historical development of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). EIA in Project Cycle. Legal and Regulatory aspects in India. – Types and limitations of EIA – Cross sectoral issues and terms of reference in EIA – Public Participation in EIA.EIA process- screening – scoping – setting– analysis – mitigation.
UNIT II COMPONENTS AND METHODS
Matrices – Networks – Checklists – Connections and combinations of processes – Cost benefit analysis – Analysis of alternatives – Software packages for EIA – Expert systems in EIA. Prediction tools for EIA – Mathematical modeling for impact prediction – Assessment of impacts – air – water – soil – noise – biological –– Cumulative Impact Assessment – Documentation of EIA findings – planning – organization of information and visual display materials – Report preparation. EIA methods in other countries.
UNIT III IMPACT ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
Definition of social impact assessment. Social impact assessment model and the planning process. Rationale and measurement for SIA variables. Relationship between social impacts and change in community and institutional arrangements. Individual and family level impacts. Communities in transition – neighborhood and community impacts. Selecting, testing and understanding significant social impacts. Mitigation and enhancement in social assessment. Environmental costing of projects.
UNIT IV ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN
Environmental Management Plan – preparation, implementation and review – Mitigation and Rehabilitation Plans – Policy and guidelines for planning and monitoring programmes – Post project audit – Ethical and Quality aspects of Environmental Impact Assessment.
UNIT V SECTORAL EIA
EIA related to the following sectors – Infrastructure – construction and housing Mining – Industrial -Thermal Power – River valley and Hydroelectric – coastal projects-Nuclear Power, Hill area Development and CRZ. EIA for coastal projects.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES
CO1 Understanding about the significance of environmental impact assessment
CO2 Understanding of how to prepare reports and organize information
CO3 Recognizing the link between social effects and community change
CO4 Skills to prepare environmental management plan.
REFERENCES
1. Canter, L.W., Environmental Impact Assessment, McGraw Hill, New York. 1996.
2. Lawrence, D.P., Environmental Impact Assessment – Practical solutions to recurrent problems, Wiley-Interscience, New Jersey, 2003.
3. Nick Harvey, Beverley Clarke, Environmental Impact Assessment: Procedures and Practices, Oxford University Press, USA, 2012.
4. Petts, J., Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment, Vol., I and II, Blackwell Science, London, 1999.
5. World Bank –Source book on EIA.