Environmental Assessment 1900-1-OOŚ-F
Theory of environmental impact due to investments, planning, policies. Legal background and general procedures of environmental assessment (EA). Decision-making process. Screening and scoping as the elements of environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedures. Sector analysis. The role of administration, investors, designers and public in EIA process. Main regulations of public participation and negotiations. Alternatives for location, technology, process, sub-activities. Quantificational analysis; questionnaires, matrices, special operates. Using of GIS. Expertise methods. Predictions and forecasting to spatial plans. Transboundary analysis. Using the EIA system to environmental certification, according the sustainable development rules. Examples – big investments in Poland, EIA procedures. EIA in EU and USA. Consulting and administration in EIA activities.
Main fields of studies for MISMaP
Type of course
Mode
Learning outcomes
Students:
– know main elements and procedures of environmental assessment,
– get ability to construct environmental impact assessment report.
Assessment criteria
Lectures: test (100%).
Supervised practical: test (20%), presentations (80%) and attendance.
Score: a weighted average ratings of lectures and exercises.
Practical placement
No.
Bibliography
Roge-Wiśniewska M. (ed.), 2010, Environmental Management and Assessment, University of Warsaw, Warsaw.
Ustawa z dnia 3. października 2008 r. o udostępnianiu informacji o środowisku i jego ochronie, udziale społeczeństwa w ochronie środowiska oraz o ocenach oddziaływania na środowisko, [The Access to Information on the Environment and its Protection, Public Participation in Environmental Protection and on Environmental Assessment Act], 2008, Journal of Laws of the Republic of Poland, No. 199, item 1227, with subsequent amendments.
Additional information
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