Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management
Environmental, Urban & Regional Planning
Course Overview
EIA is primarily meant to provide the decision-makers with information that is as comprehensive as possible about the different environmental effects the proposed activity would entail, including alternative courses of action and the zero-alternative (i.e. the noaction alternative). Additionally, plans for mitigation in respect of each alternative are to be outlined
Course Objectives
- Appreciate the purpose and role of eia in the decision-making process;
- Understand the strengths of eia in regard to environmental management;
- Understand the technical and social/political limitations of eia;
- Know the administration and procedures that apply in the student’s jurisdiction;
- Understand the screening process;
- Understand the scoping process and how it is applied;
- Know the options for estimating environmental and social impacts;
- Know the format of an eia report (environmental impact statement, or environmental statement);
- Appreciate the factors that assist, and detract, from the usefulness of the eia report;
- Understand the purpose of developing follow-up procedures, and the options for designing these procedures.
Course Outline
Environmental Impact Assessment
- Introduction and overview of EIA
- Law policies and Institutional arrangements for EIA systems
- Consultation and public participation
- Screening
- Scoping
- Impact analysis
- Mitigation and management
- Reporting
- Review of EIA quality
- Decision making
- Risk assessment
- Environmental valuation
- Environment, Health and safety systems and EIA
- Implementation and follow-ups
- EIA project management
- Social Impact assessment
- Strategic Environmental assessment
- Future directions
- EIA Case study and site visits
Environmental Audit outlines
- Introduction to environmental audit
- Roles and types of Environmental Audit
- Laws, Policy and institutional management for EA Systems
- Environmental Auditing 1: Methodological approach
- Integration Environmental Auditing and Energy Efficiency
- Developing Technological, Environmental and social Management Plan
- Environmental Audit Report Writing
- Environmental Audit Project Management
- Review of Environmental Audit Reports
- Environmental Health, Safety Systems and Environmental Audit
- Quality Management Systems and Agreements and Environmental Audit
- Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Environmental audit
- Incentives and Disincentives for Environmental Management
- Case studies and In-plant Assessments.
Study Online
$250.00
1 Week Face to Face Classes
$2500.00
2 Week Face to Face Classes
$3200.00
Course Features
- 6740 Views
- 8 Weeks Online
- 1-2 Weeks Classes
- Certified