Environmental Impact Assesment
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The official GTU curriculum for Environmental Impact Assesment (subject code ME02018031) as prescribed for EM · Semester 2 divides the course into 8 units, covering 49 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (ME02018031)Unit 1 Environmental Management and Environmental management tools
- Sustainable Development :Definition
- Methods to achieve Sustainable Development
- Sustainable Development Goals Environmental management tools : Life Cycle Assessment
- Cleaner technology
- Environmental Risk Assessment
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Environmental Auditing
- Environmental Performance Evaluation
- Cost benefit Analysis
Unit 2 Environmental Impact Assessment Basics
- Basic terms in EIA : Environment
Unit 3 Environmental Impact Assessment Process
- Screening and its methods Scoping and its methods Considerations of alternatives 06 14 3 Procedure for Environmental Clearance: EIA Notification September 2006 and amendments: Categorization of projects
- Procedure for getting environmental clearance
- Public participation in environmental decision making process
- Procedure for online process for obtaining Environmental Clearance on PARIVESH Portal NABET Accreditation Process : Sectors and functional areas
Unit 4 EIA Methods
- Criteria for selection of EIA method
- Checklist method and its types
- Matrix and its types
- Networks method
- Overlay method
- Cost Benefit analysis
- Case studies for each methods Use of GIS and modelling tools in identification and prediction of impacts
Unit 5 Conducting EIA Process
- Generic structure of EIA :Introduction
- Project Description
- Description of environment
- TOR for EIA report
- Anticipated Environmental Impacts And Mitigation Measures
- Analysis of Alternatives
- Environmental Monitoring Programme
- Environmental Management Plan Report preparation Program Name: Master of Engineering Level: PG Branch: Environmental Management Course / Subject Code : ME02018031 Course / Subject Name: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Unit 6 Description of Environment
- Baseline studies: Purpose
- Selection of parameters
- Monitoring of physical Environmental parameters
- Collection and interpretation of baseline data for various environmental attributes Environmental Attributes: Air Environment
- Noise Environment
- Water Environment
- Land and land use, Ecological Environment
- Social Environment
- Risk Assessment Environmental Impact assessment on different environmental components and its mitigation measures
Unit 7 Environmental costs and benefits
- Estimation of market value of environmental components
- analysis of projects and policies with consideration of environmental cost and benefits
- priority values and value function graphs
- valuing the impacts in monetary terms
- monetary objective decision making
- issues of risk and uncertainty
Unit 8 Case histories
- Case histories related to power generation and transmissions
- water resources development
- oil exploration
- water and wastewater treatment plants
- ports and harbours etc