Environmental and Social Assessment
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Territory Planning and Environment |
Instance: 2007/2008 - 1S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
· Raise students’ awareness of issues related to the preservation of the quality of the Environment
· The nature of environmental and social impacts related to projects of Civil Engineering
· Introduction to the elaboration of EIS, the process of EIA and legal procedure in Portugal
· Methodologies of prediction and evaluation of environmental and social impacts; mitigation of impacts
· Discussion of the nature of environmental and social conflicts related to specific projects and presentation of methodologies to identify and solve those conflicts
Program
PROGRAMME – Theoretical lectures
1. Introduction; Concepts of ESI (Environmental and Social Impacts)
2. Structure and methodology of the elaboration of EIS (Environmental Impact Statement)
3. Reference to the EIA Process and legal procedure in Portugal
4. Methodologies of impact prediction and assessment
5. Description of environmental and social impacts; Prediction, assessment and mitigation of impacts For each environmental or social component: – concepts, introduction to the techniques of prediction and mitigation of impacts. – examples of Civil Engineering projects with relevant impacts
5.1 Air
5.2 Water
5.3 Noise
5.4 Territorial features
5.5 Population, Employment and Housing
5.6 Economic Activities
5.7 Quality of Life.
6. Public participation. Resolution of environmental and social conflicts.
7. Global Assessment of impacts. Techniques for project evaluation.
8. Supervising of projects application and Monitoring of impacts
PROGRAMME – Practical lectures
1. Description of environmental and social impacts: prediction, assessment and mitigation
• Air
• Water
• Noise
• Territory (municipal plans), cultural environment
• Population and Employment
• Economic Activities
• Quality of Life
2. Summary of the information from the several components and global assessment
Mandatory literature
Partidário, Maria do Rosário;
Avaliação de impacte ambiental. ISBN: 972-8577-09-5
Complementary Bibliography
Canter, Larry W.;
Environmental Impact Assessment. ISBN: 0-07-114103-0
Glasson, John;
Introduction to environmental impact assessment. ISBN: 1-85728-117-9
Partidário, Maria do Rosário 340;
Avaliação do impacte ambiental. ISBN: 972-96010-0-0
Partidário, Maria do Rosário 340;
Guia para avaliação estratégica de impactes em ordenamento do território. ISBN: 972-8569-34-3
Teaching methods and learning activities
- Lectures
- presentation of case studies
- lecture with invited professors
Work group
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation with final exam
Assessment Components
Description |
Type |
Time (hours) |
Weight (%) |
End date |
Subject Classes |
Participação presencial |
56,00 |
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Total: |
- |
0,00 |
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Eligibility for exams
Attendance to classes
Elaboration of:
- Layouts
- Two individual reports
Calculation formula of final grade
FC - Final classification
FE - Final exam - 17 values
A - Assignments done during the classes (layouts and reports) - 3 values
FC = FE + A = 20
Examinations or Special Assignments
Final exam
Assignments done in classes
Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
Final exam for 20 values
Observations
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Working time estimated out of classes: 3 hours