Environmental Impact Assessment

This course will introduce students to the theory and practice of environmental impact assessment (EIA), the systematic identification and evaluation of the potential effects on the physical, biological, cultural, and socioeconomic components of the environment of proposed actions - projects, plans, programs, legislation. The objective of EIA is to encourage consideration of the environment in the planning and decision-making process to arrive at actions that avoid or minimise adverse impacts on the environment. Students will be divided into several groups to handle a new engineering project of which EIA is needed