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Environmental Impact Assessment

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 546-0956/02
Abbreviation PVŽP
Course title Environmental Impact Assessment
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Vladimír Lapčík, CSc.

Subject syllabus

Natural and anthropogenic factors affecting environmental quality. Social aspects of assessment (sociological aspects, medicine-ecological aspects, demosocial aspects). Economic and ecological aspects of assessment. Methodology for the assessment of interactions between industries, energy industry, mineral resources exploitation, transportation systems, agriculture and the environment. Environmental impact assessment. Cross interaction matrix, criterion catalogues, Fuller triangle. Legal regulations concerning EIS process in the USA, Europe and the Czech Republic. Documentation, expertise, public hearing in the sense of valid legislation in the Czech Republic.

Literature

LAPČÍK, V. Wind Farms and Their Impact on the Environment (chapter in book). In: Wind Farm - Technical Regulations, Potential Estimation and Siting Assessment/Book 1 (book edited by Gastón Orlando Suvire). Croatia, Austria: InTech, 2011. pp. 141–162 (22 p.). ISBN 978-953-307-483-2 .
LAPČÍK, V. and M. LAPČÍKOVÁ. Environmental Impact Assessment of Biogas Stations in the Czech Republic. Polish Journal of Chemical Technology, 2011, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 18-22. ISSN 1509-8117  (Print), ISSN 1899-4741  (Online). DOI 10.2478/v10026-011-0031-8.
BARROW, C.J. Environmental and Social Impact Assessment: An Introduction. London: Arnold, 1997. ISBN 0-340-66271-9.
BISSET, R. Introduction to EIA Methods. EIA Process, Methods and Uncertainty. In: Proc. CEMP Aberdeen. Scotland (UK): University of Aberdeen, 1991.

Advised literature

LAPČÍK, V. a M. LAPČÍKOVÁ. Environmental Impact Assessment of Surface Mining. Inźynieria Mineralna (Journal of the Polish Mineral Engineering Society), 2011, Volume XII, No. 1, pp. 1-10. ISSN 1640-4920 .
LAPČÍK, V. and M. LAPČÍKOVÁ. Biogas Stations and Their Environmental Impacts. Rudarsko-geološko-naftni zbornik, 2011, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 9-14. ISSN 0353-4529 .
LAPČÍK, V. Wind Generators and their Impact on Environment. Zeszyty Naukowe Politechniki Śląskiej, 2009, Nr 1814 (Seria: Górnictwo, zeszyt 287), pp. 125-134. ISSN 0372-9508 .
BISSET, R. Review Criteria for Environmental Assessment Reports. In: Proc. CEMP Aberdeen. Scotland (UK): University of Aberdeen, 1991.