Environmental Impact Assessment

At the end of this course students will be able to: 1. explain the concept of environmental impact assessment; 2. explain the Environmental impact of human actions; 3. outline the components and steps of environmental impact assessment; 4. conduct Environmental impact analysis; 5. state methods for identifying, predicting and interpreting impacts/effects and inspection procedures; and 6. explain the Conceptual framework for EIA using simultaneous models and policy analysis.

The concept of environmental impact assessment. Environmental impact of human actions. Response of society to environmental changes. Bio-geophysical and socio-economic impacts. Administrative procedures in planning/decision making of environmental impact assessment (EIA). Contents of EIA (Definition, Steps in EIA, Screening and Scope, Impact Mitigation Techniques and Mitigation Hierarchy Alternatives, Report Writing Format and Follow-Up Programmes). Methods for identifying, predicting and interpreting impacts/effects and inspection procedures. Conceptual framework for EIA using simultaneous models and policy analysis. Socio- economic methods or EIA with respect to current socio-economic environment and methods for deriving impacts.