IM60028: Environmental Impact And Risk Assessment
| IM60028 | |
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| Course name | Environmental Impact And Risk Assessment |
| Offered by | Industrial & Systems Engineering |
| Credits | 3 |
| L-T-P | 3-0-0 |
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| Semester | Spring |
Syllabus
Syllabus mentioned in ERP
Environment Impact Analysis – definition, need and scope, comparison with technology assessment and social impact assessment. Legal aspects and statutory regulations, Procedures for EIA, factors to be considered, personnel to be involved, public participation and communication, Method of EIA: Popular methods such as, Chainlist Matrices, Numerical methods, Battelle Environmental evaluation system, etc. Use of Delphi and its variants, KSIM, System Dynamics, Mathematical programming and structural modelling methods for EIA Drawbacks in the present procedure and implementation and their remedies. Risk assessment in environmental issues, definition, need and scope, procedure for risk assessment, methods of risk assessment, exposure evaluation using qualitative and quantitative methods, model public hearing sessions. Books •Environmental Management in Practice: Vol 3 - Managing the Ecosystem, Bhaskar Nath, Luc Hens, Paul Compton, Dimitri Devuyst (Editors), Taylor and Francis, 1999. •Air Pollution, H.C.V.Rao, McGraw Hill Co., 1990.