Environment Impact Assessment - Course Outline

This is the course outline on Environment Impact Assessment (EIA).

An EIA is an assessment of the possible positive or negative impacts that a proposed project may have on the environment, consisting of the environmental, social and economic aspects. The purpose of the assessment is to ensure that decision makers consider the ensuing environmental impacts when deciding whether or not to proceed with a project at the planning stage. Daniel, S., Tsoulfas, G., Pappis, C., & Rachaniotis, N. (2004) Aggregating and evaluating the results of different EIA methods Ecological indicators. EIAs are unique in that they do not require adherence to a predetermined environmental outcome, but rather, they require decision-makers to account for environmental values in their decisions and to justify those decisions in light of detailed environmental studies and public comments on the potential environmental impacts of the proposal.