Environmental Impact Assessment

Code:

AMB362

Acronym:

AMB362

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Environment

Instance: 2011/2012 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Plannings
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Environmental Sciences and Technology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
L:CTA	78	Plano de estudos de 2008 até 2015/16	3	-	5	56	135
M:CTA	11	PE Mestrado Ciências e Tecnologia do Ambiente	1	-	5	56	135
M:EAT	24	PE do Mestrado em Ecologia, Ambiente e Território	1	-	5	56	135

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Objective

This discipline aims at giving the students a deep understanding of the EIA process, both in legal and procedural aspects, as well as in technical and scientific ones.

Skills

The student should be able to participate in a multidisciplinary team under the framework of an EIA process, executing with a medium degree of autonomy all the tasks involved in this kind of process.

Learning Outcomes

The learning outcomes of the discipline translate in the development of the skills previously defined.

Program

1 - The EIA process - introduction; scope; base studies; impact forecast; mitigation; monitoring

2 - The EIA legislation - EU Directives 85/337/CE and 97/11/CE; Decreto-Lei 197/2005; Portarias nº
1182/2000, 330/2001 e 123/2002. Other European and Portuguese legislation, relevant to the EIA process.

3 - Geological impacts - introduction; definitions and concepts; methodologies; case studies.

4 - Biological impacts - introduction; definitions and concepts; methodologies; case studies.

5- Socio-economic impacts - introduction; definitions and concepts; methodologies; case studies.

6 - Other relevant impacts - introduction; definitions and concepts; methodologies; case studies.

7 - Strategic environmental assessment - introduction; definitions and concepts.

8 - Environmental responsibility, environmental ethics and the EIA process.

Bibliography

Orea, Domingo;Evaluacion de impacto ambiental, Ediciones Mundi-Prensa, Madrid, 2003

Morris, Peter; Therivel, Riki;Methods of environmental impact assessment, Spon Press, London, 2001

Barrow, C. J.;Environmental impact and social impact assessment, Arnold, London, 1997

Dias, J.; Aragão, M.;Rolla, M.;Regime jurídico da avaliação de impacte ambiental em Portugal, Almedina, Coimbra, 2002

Partidário, M.; Pinho, P.;Guia de apoio ao novo regime de avaliação de impacte ambiental, IPAMB, Lisboa, 2000

Complementary Bibliography

Orea, Domingo; Evaluacion de impacto ambiental, Ediciones Mundi-Prensa, Madrid, 2003
Morris, Peter; Therivel, Riki; Methods of environmental impact assessment, Spon Press, London, 2001
Barrow, C. J.; Environmental impact and social impact assessment, Arnold, London, 1997
Dias, J.; Aragão, M.;Rolla, M.; Regime jurídico da avaliação de impacte ambiental em Portugal, Almedina, Coimbra, 2002
Partidário, M.; Pinho, P.; Guia de apoio ao novo regime de avaliação de impacte ambiental, IPAMB, Lisboa, 2000

Teaching methods and learning activities

Regular classes, using slide show presentations and case study analysis.

Group work, to be presented by the students in the end of the semester.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	72,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Frequency of the classes, in the terms of the general legislation and regulations applicable.

Minimum grade of 45% in the final examination

Minimum grade of 45% in the presentation of the group work by the students

Minimum grade of 9.5 in 20 when adding the two components

Calculation formula of final grade

Final examination -50%

Group work - 50%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Besides the final examination, the student has to integrate a work group (with a number of members defined by the teachers as a function of the total number of students in the discipline) that will present in the end of the semester (normally in the last two classes) a work consisting in th definition of the scope of an EIA for a given project. The theme chosen by each group is previously agreed with the teachers.

Classification improvement

In the terms of the general legislation and regulations applicable.

There is no improvement of the grade of the group work.