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Università di Padova LASA - DII Environmental Engineering a.a. 2014/2015

Environmental Impact Assessment

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

A.A. 2014-2015

Università di Padova

SECOND CYCLE DEGREE PROGRAMME (MSC LEVEL) IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING



LECTURERS

Teacher in charge: Luca Palmeri

Alberto Barausse

Outsider experts (Case Studies)



DEFINITION OF ENVIRONMENT

“The set of elements that, in the complexity of their relations constitute the framework, the habitat and

the conditions of human life, which are in reality or what are perceived”.

European Community Council (1973)



ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY (I)

•  1968: Club of Rome: Reflections on the development model, "The Limits to Growth" the issue is the exhaustion of resources and the discrepancy between the objectives of economic growth and long-term environmental protection

•  1972: Stockholm Conference: "Man is the bearer of a solemn responsibility to protect and improve the environment for present and future generations"

•  1983: Establishment of the UN World Commission on Environment and Development

•  1985/1987: Brundtland Report (UN Committee) "Our Common Future": the concept of SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT



ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY(II) •  1989: UN Resolution 44/228

- Acknowledges the complexity of the problem - Calls for the "WORLD CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT AND

DEVELOPMENT" •  1992: conference in Rio de Janeiro

- Agenda 21 - International conventions (biodiversity, climate change, ozone,

forests) •  1997: Kyoto Protocol (climate change) Start implementing the

commitments

•  2002: World Summit in Johannesburg (sustainable development) •  2009: Climate Conference in Copenhagen



PURPOSE OF THE COURSE

COMPATIBILITY There is no "official" definition

(verify that the current environment can accommodate the new work without compromise ...)

SUSTAINABILITY "Our Common Future - Brundtland Report - 1997

UNCED "The development that can satisfy the needs of the

present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs"




! UNDERSTANDING AND CONTROLLING THE POSSIBLE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE WORKS OF MAN AND THE ENVIRONMENT

! GETTING THE MAIN PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATING THE QUALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT

! LEARN THE MOST COMMON TOOLS FOR EVALUATION AND ANALYSIS (models for assessment and decision)




Mainly ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT, But also:

SEA Environmental Incidence Appraisal

IPPC RISK ANALYSIS

Procedures to verify:

! THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY

! THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY




Analytical tools to implement these procedures:

Tools for the quantification of impacts Cost/Benefit Analysis Multi Criteria Analysis

LCA Accounting tools

Risk Analysis Etc.



COURSE STRUCTURE

The course is structured in 5 modules:

1.  Policy and statement 2.  Procedures (EIA, SEA, etc) and environmental components 3.  Decision and analysis tools (with notes on the theory of

decisions) 4.  Risk Analysis (procedures and tools) 5.  Tutorials

Mar Apr May Jun

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COURSE STRUCTURE

PROCEDURES:

1.  EIA 2.  SEA 3.  Incidence Apprisal 4.  IPPC

Talks by outsider experts on these procedures



COURSE STRUCTURE TOOLS:

1.  DECISION THEORY 2.  DECISION-MAKING AND ANALYSIS MODELS

•  Multi Criteria Models •  Cost-Benefit Analysis •  Accounting tools (Budgets) •  LCA

RISK ANALYSIS:

(procedure and specific analytical tools)

1.  Health Risk

2.  Ecological Risk

3.  Characterization and representation of risk

4.  Risk perception



a.a. 2014,2015 NO Environmental impact assessmentL. Palmeri, A. Barausse

Ore totali: 48 TESTO: Dispensa dalle lezioni

Data # Ore 24 #

1 lun 02-mar-15mar 03-mar-15mer 04-mar-15 10h30 1 Introductiongio 05-mar-15 12h30 2 EIA procedureven 06-mar-15sab 07-mar-15

dom 08-mar-15

2 lun 09-mar-15mar 10-mar-15mer 11-mar-15 10h30 3 EIA - Procedures and regulations (European regulations)gio 12-mar-15 12h30 4 Environmental components and tools for impact evaluation.ven 13-mar-15sab 14-mar-15

dom 15-mar-15

3 lun 16-mar-15

mar 17-mar-15 mer 18-mar-15 10h30 5 Integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC)gio 19-mar-15 12h30 6 Decision modelsven 20-mar-15sab 21-mar-15

dom 22-mar-15

4 lun 23-mar-15

mar 24-mar-15mer 25-mar-15 10h30 7 Multicriteria modelsgio 26-mar-15 12h30 8 Cost/benefit analysis and other accountancy models.ven 27-mar-15sab 28-mar-15

dom 29-mar-15

5 lun 30-mar-15mar 31-mar-15mer 01-apr-15 10h30 9 Risk analysis. Introduction and regulationsgio 02-apr-15 12h30 10 Risk definitionven 03-apr-15sab 04-apr-15

dom 05-apr-15 EASTER



6 lun 06-apr-15mar 07-apr-15mer 08-apr-15 10h30gio 09-apr-15 12h30 TACEven 10-apr-15sab 11-apr-15

dom 12-apr-15

7 lun 13-apr-15

mar 14-apr-15mer 15-apr-15 10h30 11 Life Cycle Assessmentgio 16-apr-15 12h30 12 Incidence evaluationven 17-apr-15sab 18-apr-15

dom 19-apr-15

8 lun 20-apr-15

mar 21-apr-15mer 22-apr-15 13 EXERCISEgio 23-apr-15 14 EXERCISEven 24-apr-15sab 25-apr-15

dom 26-apr-159 lun 27-apr-15

mar 28-apr-15mer 29-apr-15 15 seminargio 30-apr-15 16 Ecosystem services

ven 01-mag-15sab 02-mag-15

dom 03-mag-15

10 lun 04-mag-15

mar 05-mag-15mer 06-mag-15 10h30 17 Voluntary tools for environmental management Igio 07-mag-15 12h30 18 Voluntary tools for environmental management IIven 08-mag-15sab 09-mag-15

dom 10-mag-15

11 lun 11-mag-15

mar 12-mag-15mer 13-mag-15 10h30 19 Theory of olfactometrygio 14-mag-15 12h30 20 Odours case studyven 15-mag-15sab 16-mag-15

dom 17-mag-15

12 lun 18-mag-15

mar 19-mag-15mer 20-mag-15 10h30 21 seminargio 21-mag-15 12h30 22 EXERCISEven 22-mag-15sab 23-mag-15

dom 24-mag-15

13 lun 25-mag-15

mar 26-mag-15mer 27-mag-15 10h30 23 EXERCISEgio 28-mag-15 12h30 24 PRESENTATION



DIDACTIC TOOLS

1.  LESSONS 2.  CLASS EXERCISES 3.  HANDOUTS 4.  TEXTBOOK & the web



FINAL ASSESSMENT

Individual oral exam, short case study report elaborated in a workgroup of 4-5 students, presentation of the results of the workgroup. The mark is calculated by summing the individual grade achieved to the evaluations of the report and workgroup presentation

1.  a report on topics suggested by the teachers (1 to 10 points)

2.  the oral presentation of the report (with power point) and forum discussion (1 to 10 points)

3.  the costumary oral examination on all subjects of the course, in the ordinary sessions (from 1 to 10 points)

1+2+3= final mark



THE REPORT

•  Groups of 3-4 students (depending on the number of attending students)

•  Topics proposed by the teachers; each group expresses 2 preferences

•  To each topic corresponds a scientific referent

•  Max 12 pages

•  The (powerpoint) presentation of the report (max 10 min.) plus forum discussion (max 5 min.)

•  The final mark (report + presentation) before the oral exam



PROPOSED TOPICS

1.  The EIA procedure for a surface flow constructed wetland system

2.  Construction of a DSS using techniques like MCA, to answer the question: "Where to place a surface flow constructed wetland system in a given river basin?"

3.  GIS applied to environmental impact assessment

4.  LCA: life cycle study for an industrial product

5.  EIA applied to a proposed plant modification as a consequence of complained olfactory impacts

6.  AR: examples of application of the tools for the identification and classification of impacts according to the type of the impact



INFOS

WEB: http://lasa.dii.unipd.it/eia "

Luca Palmeri [email protected]

Alberto Barausse [email protected]

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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT - unipd.itlasa.dii.unipd.it/eia/LEX/1_via.pdf · Università di Padova LASA - DII Environmental Engineering a.a. 2014/2015 Environmental Impact Assessment