Impact Assessment On The Environment

Code:

AMB3006

Acronym:

AMB3006

Level:

300

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Environmental Sciences

Instance: 2021/2022 - 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	30	Plano estudos a partir do ano letivo 2016/17	3	-	6	56	162

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.

Learning outcomes and competences

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.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Non applicable.

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.

Mandatory literature

Orea, Domingo; Evaluacion de impacto ambiental, Ediciones Mundi-Prensa, Madrid, 2003
Partidário, M.; Pinho, P.; Guia de apoio ao novo regime de avaliação de impacte ambiental, IPAMB, Lisboa, 2000

Complementary Bibliography

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

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes, using slide show presentations

 

Group work, to prepare a report to be presented by the students

 

Field trip.

keywords

Natural sciences > Environmental science
Natural sciences > Environmental science > Natural resources management

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Total:	56,00

Eligibility for exams

Frequency of the discipline classes under the law and regulations in force.

 

Obtain minimum rating (9.5 on a scale of 0 to 20, in accordance with regulations in force) in the overall evaluation (final exam + report).

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.

Internship work/project

Non applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Non applicable.

Classification improvement

In the terms of the general legislation and regulations applicable.

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

Observations

Students that don’t speak Portuguese may be subjected to alternative forms of evaluation.

 

There will be no oral examinations.