Course title
環境アセスメント学   [Environmental Impact Assessment]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 3  Semester 3rd 
Course type 3rd  Course code 01RN3279
Instructor(s)
多羅尾 光徳, 錦澤 滋雄, 長岡 篤, 田中 章, 杉本 卓也, 飯塚 史乃, 村瀬 憲昭   [TARAO Mitsunori, NISHIKIZAWA Shigeo, NAGAOKA Atsushi, TANAKA Akira, SUGIMOTO Takuya, IIDUKA Fumino, MURASE Noriaki]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Agriculture Office afjgxte/L1151  Email address

Course description
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is an important tool for public and private development and planning decisions toward creating a sustainable society. In this course, students learn EIA theories, methods, regulations and its historical process with several case studies. Scientific aspects such as predictions and evaluation methods as well as democratic aspects relating to public participation will be explained. We will also explore “strategic environmental assessment” as new areas of EIA. Partially, some classes are conducted by practitioners such as a JICA expert.
Expected Learning
(1) To be able to explain what is EIA, and learn/understand followings
(2) purposes and methods of screening and scoping
(3) mini/concise assessment
(4) EIA system in Japan and foreign countries
(5) survey, forecasting and evaluation methods
(6) strategic Environmental Assessment
(7) roles of EIA for the international cooperation

Corresponding criteria in the Diploma Policy. See the Curriculum map.
https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/
Course schedule
On Friday 2:45-4:15pm

Oct 04    Class 1 Introduction to the course, What is EIA?   (Nishikizawa)
Oct 11    Class 2 EIA legislative systems in Japan (Sugimoto)
Oct 18    Class 3 Screening and Scoping         (Sugimoto)
Oct 25    Class 4  Impact prediction(Air pollution) (Nishikizawa)
Nov 01   Class 5 Public Participation and communication  (Izuka)
※ No class on Nov. 8 due to school festival
Nov 15    Class 6 Alternative consideration(HEP)  (Tanaka)
Nov 22    Class 7  Impact prediction(Natural environment)  (Tanaka)
Nov 29    Class 8 Impact prediction(Landscape) (Tanaka)
Dec 06   Class 9  Mitigation measures for urban developments (Nagaoka)
Dec 13 Class 10 Urban Developments in EIA (Nagaoka)
Dec 14(Sat) Class 11 EIA in local government、Midterm Exam. (Sugimoto)
Dec 20    Class 12 EIA systems in foreign countries and SEA  (Nishikizawa)
Jan 10    Class 13 Renewable Energies and EIA     (Nishikizawa)
※No class on Jan 17
Jan 24    Class 14 Environmental and Social Consideration (Murase)
in International Cooperation I
Jan 31 Class 15 Final lecture                (Nishikizawa)
Prerequisites
No prerequisites
Required Text(s) and Materials
Materials are distributed at each classes
References
Edited by JSIA, 『Guidebook of Environmental Impact Assessment (環境アセスメント学入門)』. Koseishakoseikaku、2019
J. Glasson, R. Therivel, A. Chadwick, Introduction To Environmental Impact Assessment 4th edition, Routledge, 2012
S. Harashina, 『What is EIA? (環境アセスメントとは何か)』Iwanami、2011 (In Japanese)
Akira Tanaka:『Introduction to HEP(HEP入門 新装版)』、Asakura、2012(In Japanese)
Assessment/Grading
Midterm test at the 10th class(30%)、Mini reports at each classes(70%)
Class participation will be reflected on the grade
Message from instructor(s)
Course keywords
Environmental Impact Assessment, Public Participation, Strategic Environmental Assessment
Office hours
Contact to nishikizawa.s.ab@(*)m.titech.ac.jp
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
Last update
3/31/2020 4:17:11 PM