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Presentation
Presentation
Provide a comprehensive perspective on the environmental impact assessment process, its foundations and role it plays within the scope of sustainable development of projects and human activities
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 5
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
3 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT6643-10488
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
Framework of the theme. Impact Assessment’s importance of projects as a preventive and decision support tool Legal Framework Main Impact Assessment’s Products Phases of the IA process Environmental Impact Studies: Structure and Content Public Participation Impact assessment methodologies Minimization, compensation and monitoring programs Discussion of case studies: impacts induced by different project typologies according to their characteristics. Scope definition. Environmental factors of major and minor significance. Minimization /compensation measures, monitoring programs
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Objectives
Objectives
Empower students to acquire basic knowledge on the subject of Environmental Impact Assessment, analysis, and evaluation of impacts generated by new projects and plans, amendments to existing as well as develop the ability to integrate environmental issues in land planning. Acquisition of knowledge of the legal framework. Consolidation of concepts and knowledge through the discussion of case studies. The course aims to meet the needs of multidisciplinary training in the area of environmental impact assessment in various stages of design, construction, operation and decommissioning projects. The encouragement of critical, analytical and integrated, multi and transdisciplinary thinking will allow training in the analysis room, exercising prospective reasoning by simulating and building anticipations of future scenarios
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Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
Expository / interrogative method; development of works and challenges using bibliographic research and internet, with the objective of applying and amplifying acquired knowledge, reflection and discussion, with consultation of environmental impact studies, non-technical summaries and environmental impact statements; analysis of studies in the process of evaluation, public consultation and stimulating innovation and creativity.
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References
References
Legislação aplicável APAI, 2008, Critérios de Boa Prática para o RNT (Resumo não Técnico). CANTER, LARRRY W., 2006, Environmental Impact Assessment, McGraw-Hill Education (ISE Editions). Consulta de Estudos de Impacte Ambiental, Resumos Não Técnicos e Declarações de Impacte Ambiental de projetos em avaliação ou sujeitos a avaliação. Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente, www.apambiente.pt Agência Europeia do Ambiente, www. eea .europa.eu/ Comissão Europeia. DG Ambiente: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/index_pt.htm IAIA - International Association for Impact Assessment : www.iaia.org
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Office Hours
Office Hours
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Mobility
Mobility
No
