Assessment of Environmental Impacts

Code:

GEOGR007

Acronym:

AINAT

Instance: 2017/2018 - 1S

Active?	Yes
E-learning page:	http://moodle.up.pt/
Responsible unit:	Department of Geography
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Geography

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
GEOGR	18	GEOGR - Study Plan	2	-	6	-
			3

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Assessment Environmental Impact (AIA) aims to contribute to improve the ability of students to learn and know how to make the EIA of various projects. It is intended that students: i) apurem knowledge of the various dimensions involved in the analysis (legal, theoretical, methodological, technical, etc.); ii) improve the understanding of the fundamentals and basic theoretical principles on which the EIA; iii) refine their agility in choosing and critical assessment of the statistical information, cartographic, documentary and literature; iv) practice the application of the concepts, principles and methods used in EIA in new situations; v) exercise its information synthesis capacity learned applying it to solve a particular problem; vi) develop skills to assess the impacts, develop critical judgments and to define intervention strategies in an EIA in a real context.

Learning outcomes and competences

 i) ascertained the knowledge of specific entities, of symbols and methods; ii) improved the understanding of the fundamentals and basic theory principles underlying the subject; iii) improved skills in analysing statistical data, documents and literature; iv) practiced the application and use of concepts, principles and methods learned in new situations; v) exercised the ability to summarise the information learned previously, in a fragmented way, into an articulate, single and coherent body of knowledge; vi) tested the ability to assess the adequacy of an idea, a concept, a theory or a method to solve a specific problem; vii) identified the socio-economic and political context in which EIA emerges viii) developed skills for the use of EIA methodology ix) developed the ability to define strategies for the geographer to intervene in an EIA in real contexts. students will be prepared to interpret, on their own or in a group, the cause and effect relationships leading to an environmental impact assessment in any thematic field and on several spatial scales.

Working method

Presencial

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

não se aplica

Program

Presentation and discussion of the Assessment Process 1. The role of the geographer in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) 2. The historical, social and political context underlying the EIA methodology – economic and environmental paradigms 3. The EIA methodology 4. EIA - EU Directives and Portuguese Legislation 4.1. Analysis of various types of projects 4.2. Methodologies in the characterisation of impacts 4.3. Indicators 4.4. Scenarios and simulations 4.5. Mitigation measures 4.6. Monitoring plan 4.7. Reporting impacts 4.8. Management of public participation 4.9. Integrating the public discussion in the EIA 4.10. Project follow-up 5. Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) 6. International prospects on the EIA and SEA

Mandatory literature

Maria Rosário Partidário; Paulo Pinho; Guia de Apoio ao novo regime de AIA, MAOT
Governo de Portugal; Decreto Lei 69/2000
diversos; PDFs de artigos fornecidos aos estudantes (50)

Comments from the literature

Canter, L. (1996), Environmental Impact Assessment. McGraw-Hill

Decreto-Lei n.o 69/2000, de 3 de Maio

Decreto-Lei no 197/2005, de 8 de Novembro

Directiva n.o 85/337/CEE

Directiva n.o 97/11/CE

Partidário, M. R.; Jesus, J. (Editores) (1994) Avaliação do Impacte Ambiental. CEPGA -Centro de Estudos de Planeamento e Gestão de Ambiente, Lisboa.

Partidário, M. R.; Pinho, P. (2000). Guia de Apoio ao Novo Regime sobre Avaliação do Impacte Ambiental. IPAMB -Instituto de Promoção Ambiental, Lisboa.

Partidário, M. R.; Jesus, J. (2003). Fundamentos de Avaliação de Impacte Ambiental. Universidade Aberta, Lisboa.

Monteiro, A. - bibliografia disponível no site http://www.cherg.pt/index.php/pt/publicacoes

PDFs de artigos seleccionados de acordo com os projetos escolhidos pelos estudantes (>50) e Relatórios de AIA de projetos diversos na paltaforma Moodle da disciplina.

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teaching methodology is the first expository teaching sessions devoted to theoretical and methodological framework for EIA. These serve as motivation for the rest it is encouraged to self and guided inter-learning always by the teacher. The discovery happens as each student penetrates if chosen study. Therefore, the evaluation is distributed without final exam and includes the following criteria: i) attendance; ii) participation in teaching sessions; iii) the quality of the writing performance; iv) the quality of oral performance; v) creativity and individual initiative capacity; vi) progress in individual scientific value; vii) a written test; viii) a recension writing; ix) the quality of the oral presentation of each thematic area; x) the research / final report job. The weighting of each of these items is discussed and approved in the 1st teaching session.

keywords

Social sciences > Geography
Natural sciences > Environmental science

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	30,00
Teste	10,00
Trabalho escrito	35,00
Trabalho laboratorial	25,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	60,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Trabalho de investigação	46,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Approval criteria in this subject are obtained for a classification higher than 9.5 values and perform all the following tasks:

Public defense of dissertation, project report or internship, or thesis - 30%

Test - 10%

Written work - 35%

Calculation formula of final grade

The following are the classification criteria applicable to this subject: 

Public defense of dissertation, project report or internship, or thesis - 30%

Test - 10%

Written work - 35%

Laboratory work - 25%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Internship work/project

não se aplica

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Public defense of dissertation, project report or internship, or thesis - 30%

Test - 10%

Written work - 35%

Laboratory work - 25%

Classification improvement

Not applicable

Observations

Not applicable