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Environmental Impact Assessment

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Course Unit Code223-0097/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
VOJ09doc. Ing. Barbara Vojvodíková, Ph.D.
KHE0007Ing. Filip Khestl, Ph.D.
BRA0065Ing. Adéla Brázdová, Ph.D.
Summary
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim of this course is to acquaint students with the general processes of the EIA process (including the historical context of this evaluation), but also to focus on the legislation of the Czech Republic in connection with this assessment. Part of the subject is also some superior legislation and implementing methodological regulations. Within the course students will be able to manage some screening tools, they will be familiar with methods of assessing significance of impact - impact. They control the difference between size and significance of the impact. An integral part is the familiarization with mitigation - mitigation means. An integral part of the subject is the SEA process.

Course Contents
EIA definition
History
EU directives
Procedure - screening
Scoping
Impact prediction, materiality
Mitigation measures
Act No. 100/2001 Coll., As amended, the Building Act,
SEA
Socio-economic impacts
Landscape assessment methods, biological assessment, landscape effects.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Jose Regin F. REGIDOR, Rene Val R. TEODOROTRAFFIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IN URBAN AREAS, http://www.easts.info/on-line/proceedings_05/2342.pdf.

Wathern, Peter : Environmental impact assessment : theory and practice 1992.

EIA process http://www.fao.org/docrep/V8350E/v8350e06.htm#resources.
Josef Říha: Životní prostředí 60: vliv investic na životní prostředí - proces EIA. ČVUT 2000. ISBN 80-01-02131-9.

EIA proceshttp://ucebnice-eia.zf.mendelu.cz/nastroje-eia-a-sea.

Morris P.: Methods of Environmental impact assessment.

LAPČÍK, V. Oceňování antropogenních vlivů na životní prostředí - 1. vyd.. - Ostrava : VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2011 - 217 s.: il. ISBN 978-80-248-2440-6.
Recommended Reading:
Wood, CH.Environmental Impact Assessment: A Comparative Review, Pearson Education, 2003 ISBN 058236969X,
Hodnocení průchodnosti území pro liniové stavby : technické podmínky : schváleno MD-OPK čj.-505/06-120-RS/2 ze dne 7.9.2006 s účinností od 1. října 2006, ev. č. TP 181 /

Wood, CH.Environmental Impact Assessment: A Comparative Review, Pearson Education, 2003 ISBN 058236969X,
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit35 18
        ExaminationExamination65 16