Environmental Impact Assessment

Assignment number: 4

Student number:

Module code: DVA 2601

Module title: PROJECTS AND PROGAMMES AS INSTRUMENTS OF DEVELOPMENT

Semester: 1

Due date:

Unique number: 882472

TITLE: Can Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) be simplified for use by

communities, or it must always be involve high-level experts’ analysis?

TABLE OF CONTENT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. CONCEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

3. PHASES OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

3.1 Defining the scope of the EIA

3.2 Inventory community nature resources

3.3 Compiling and Reviewing existing subdivision

3.4 Assessing the extent and significance of EIA

3.5 Evaluating cumulative EIA

4. WAYS THROUGH WHICH EIA COULD BE SIMPLIFIED

4.1 Strength and weakness balance

4.2 Comparison of alternatives

4.3 Scenarios

4.4 Multicriteria approach

4.5 Evaluation indice

4.6 Negotiation of conflict resolution

4.7 Role of CBS

4.8 Impact assessment

4.9 Public involvement

5. CONCLUSION

SOURCES CONSULTED

INTRODUCTION

Economic, social and environmental change is inherent to development. Whilst development aims to bring about

positive change it can lead to conflicts. In the past, the promotion of economic growth as the motor for increased

well-being was the main development thrust with little sensitivity to adverse social or environmental impacts. The

need to avoid adverse impacts and to ensure long term benefits led to the concept of sustainability. This has become

accepted as an essential feature of development if the aim of increased well-being and greater equity in fulfilling

basic needs is to be met for this and future generations.

In order to predict environmental impacts of any development activity and to provide an opportunity to mitigate

against negative impacts and enhance positive impacts, the environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedure was

developed in the 1970s. An EIA may be defined as: a formal process to predict the environmental consequences of

human development...