Environmental Impact Assessment of Developmental Projects

Contents: 1 Introduction and Basic Concepts of EIA 1. Introduction 2. Definition of EIA 3. Purpose and Process of EIA 4. EIA Guiding Principles 5. Impact Characteristics 6. Nature of Projects and Environments in EIA 7. Global Evolution of EIA 8. Transboundary EIA 9. Participants (Stakeholders) in EIA Process 10. Stages in EIA Process 11. Public Participation in EIA 12. Types of EIA 13. Cost of EIA 14. Baseline Data - EIA 15. Data Management 16. Measurement of Impact 17. Terms of Reference (TOR) 18. Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 19. Environmental Management Plan (EMP) 20. EIA Related Studies 2 Environmental Impact Analysis 1. Introduction 2. Impact Identification 3. Impact Prediction 4. Impact Evaluation 5. Impact Mitigation 6. Basics Steps for Impact identification, prediction and assessment 3 Environmental Clearance : India 1. Introduction 3. Validity of Environmental Clearance (EC) 4. Post-Environmental Clearance Monitoring 5. Transferability of Environmental Clearance (EC) 4 EIA of High Rise Buildings and Construction Projects: 1. Introduction 2. Categorisation of Building projects and TOR 3. Guidelines for EIA Study 4. Case Study 5 EIA of Highway Projects: 1. Introduction 2. Generic Structure of Highway project EIA Study 3. Validity and Transferability of Environmental Clearance 4. Post-environmental Clearance Monitoring 5. Case Study 6 EIA of Rock Quarrying 1. Introduction 2. Generic Structure of EIA Document 3. Validity and Transferability of Environmental Clearance 4. Case Studies.7 EIA of Mining 1. Introduction 2. Categorisation of Mining Projects 3. Generic Structure of EIA Study 4. Case Study. Appendix -1 : Summary of impacts and mitigations of High rise building case study Appendix -2 : Summary of impacts and mitigations of Highway project case study Appendix -3 : Summary of impacts and mitigations of Quarrying project case study Appendix -4 : Summary of impacts and mitigations of Mining project case study Abbreviation Glossary.…