Environment Sustainability and Impact Assessment detailed syllabus for Mechanical & Automation Engineering (MAE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the MAE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Mechanical & Automation Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit MAE 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to MAE Professional Elective-IV syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of environment sustainability and impact assessment is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESMENT 9
Environmental impact assessment objectives – rationale and historical development of EIA -Conceptual frameworks for EIA Legislative development – European community directive – Hungarian directive.
Unit II
ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING 9
Strategic environmental assessment and sustainability appraisal – Mitigation, monitoring and management of environmental impacts- Socio economic impact assessment.
Unit III
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Unit IV
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT 9
Life cycle assessment; Triple bottom line approach; Industrial Ecology. Ecological foot printing, Design for Environment, Future role of LCA, Product stewardship, design, durability and justifiability, measurement techniques and reporting
Unit V
SUSTAINABLE URBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 9
Spatial economics – Knowledge economy and urban regions.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course the students would be able to
- Explain the concepts of Environment Sustainability and trained to make decision related to Environment.
- Make decision that has an effect on our environment
- Evaluate the basics of environmental policy, planning and various legislation Get valuable information for exploring decisions in each life stage of materials, buildings, services and infrastructure.
- Explain the Life cycle assessment of Environmental sustainability.
- Explain sustainable urban economic development.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Clive George, C. Collin, H. Kirkpolarice – Impact Assessment and sustainable development -Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007
- Robort B Gibsan, Sustainability Assessment, Earth Scan publishers, 2005
- Simon Dresner, The principle of sustainability – Earth Scan publishers, 2008
- Canter, R.L., “Environmental Impact Assessment”, McGraw Hill Inc., New Delhi, 1996.
- Shukla, S.K. And Srivastava, P.R., “Concepts In Environmental Impact Analysis”, Common Wealth Publishers, New Delhi, 1992.
- John G. Rau And David C Hooten “Environmental Impact Analysis Handbook”, McGraw Hill Book Company, 1990.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Mechanical & Automation Engineering 5th Sem, visit MAE 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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