LAS687: Environmental Impact Assessment / College of Built Environment

The course explores the development of Environmental Impact Assessment as a tool for preventing environmental problems in a proposed development. It focuses on the examination of the purpose, principles and practical application of the EIA. It also investigates the development of EIA guidelines and policies as well as its connections to ecologically sustainable development. In addition the course takes a look at impact evaluation in terms of environmental and social-economic criteria; EIA implementation and the attendant issues; common practice problems; future directions; and the critical role of public throughout the due processes.