ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT EVALUATION
cod. 1002227

Academic year 2017/18
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Geologia stratigrafica e sedimentologica (GEO/02)
Field
"ingegneria per l'ambiente e territorio"
Type of training activity
Characterising
42 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub:
course unit
in ITALIAN

Learning objectives

The Student will acquire:
Knowledge of regulations, procedures and tools for Environmental Assessment;
Practical skills in the screening and scoping procedures and for the preparation of the Environmental Impact Study (SIA) and the Environmental Report (RA);
Capacity to work in a multidisciplinary group and ability to use software for multi-criteria analysis.

Prerequisites

Useful to have attended the course of Territorial Planning.

Course unit content

The course is divided into four units.
1. Review of the levels of environmental vulnerability and risk in upland, lowland and coastal areas;
2. Principles, legislation and tools for Environmental Assessment;
3. Methods and case studies: EIA, ValSAT, VAS VinCA and IPPC;
4. Multi-criteria evaluation and software applications.

Full programme

Upgrade of basic knowledge on key environmental settings and of their natural resources.
Legislation, theory and methods of Environmental Assessment Procedures.
Regulations and instruments of spatial planning, cathegories and content of territorial plans, sectorial planning.
Tools for Environmental Assessment: environmental impacts, impact indicators, valuation methodologies.
Concepts and review of cases of Feasibility Study, Environmental Impact Study and Environmental Report contents.
Procedural aspects and case studies review of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Ecological Impact Assessment (EIA) and Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC).
Software tools for multi-criteria evaluation, example-studies review in preparation of a class exercise with the use of a dedicated software.

Bibliography

TEACHER'S TUTORIALS
Pdf files of individual lessons downloadable from Elly.

RECOMMENDED READING (AVAILABLE IN THE LIBRARY)

CENTRO STUDI CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE INGEGNERI, 2007. La valutazione di impatto ambientale (VIA) e la valutazione ambientale strategica (VAS). Testo redatto da Marco Scanzani con la collaborazione di Nicola Colacino. Guida alla professione di Ingegnere, 6, Tipografia DSV Roma, 62 pp (Bibl Ing-Arch Collocazione IHBC 065 B 92 2006).

LANDI G. (Ed), 2009. Guida alle procedure di autorizzazione ambientale: la valutazione di impatto ambientale e la valutazione ambientale strategica. UTET Scienze Tecniche Torino, 268 pp (Bibl Ing-Arch Collocazione ARC4 0360).

PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS RELATED TO INDIVIDUAL LESSONS (AVAILABLE IN THE LIBRARY)

FILE PROJECT, 2003. Procedura di VIA: Variante al progetto di coltivazione e recupero ambientale Cava TII La Speranza - Documentazione Tecnica.
- Progetto di Variante
- Tavole di Progetto
- Tavole Integrative
- Studio d’impatto Ambientale.

FILE PROJECT, 2012. Intervento di riequilibrio e riqualificazione ambientale
della spiaggia del Pozzale (isola Palmaria).
1 - Relazione generale
2 - Relazioni tecniche e specialistiche (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 2f)
3 - Relazione tecnica di progetto con allegato Modello di Previsione
4 - Tavole di Progetto (4a, 4b)
5 - Relazione Paesaggistica
6 - Studio di Fattibilità Ambientale
7 - Disciplinare descrittivo e prestazionale degli elementi tecnici.

RER - UFFICIO GEOLOGICO, 1994. Carta del Rischio Geoambientale 1: 250.000. Redatta da Giovanni Viel e Domenico Preti. Stampa Arti Grafiche Salomone Roma.
Carta scala 1:250.000 del territorio montano e di pianura della Regione Emilia-Romagna.

RER - ENI-AGIP (Regione Emilia-Romagna, Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi), 1998. Riserve idriche sotterranee della Regione Emilia-Romagna. A cura di G. Di Dio. S.EL.CA., Firenze, 120 pp.
Relazione Tecnica e nove carte scala 1:250.000.

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons:
- fundamentals of Environmental Evaluation;
- discussion of case studies;
- seminar given by a Public Official.
Practical exercises:
- software-assisted multi-criteria analysis.

Assessment methods and criteria

Computer test on multi criteria analysis (20%).
Oral examination (80%).

Other information

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