Environmental Impact Assessment

Course Main Objective

To define the basic concepts of environmental impact and assessment of environmental impacts of the developmental economic and urban projects and how far it is important to achieve their sustainability and identify the resulted environmental problems and further prepare applied reports on economic and developmental projects in the Kingdom.

Course Learning Outcomes

• 1. Knowledge and Comprehension
• 1.1 Explain the concept of assessment of environmental impact and its importance upon preparing the developmental projects. 
• 2. Skills
• 2.1 Assess the environmental impacts resulted from the developmental projects nationally and internationally.
• 2.2 Use IT in preparing and implementing the required reports.
• 3. Values
• 3.1 Appreciate the importance of cooperation with her colleagues as a teamwork upon assessing the environmental impacts of different projects.

Course Content:

1- The concept environmental hazards and the environmental impact assessment.
2- Environmental factors and the environmental interest fields in the assessment.
3- Assessment survey
4- Reasons of conducting the process of environmental impact assessment.
5- Methods of assessment studies of environmental impact.
6- Application to economic projects in KSA
7- Application to urban projects in KSA

Textbook (s)

- Abid, Abdel Qader., safarenei, Ghazi. (2019). Basics of Ecology. 4th ed. Dar Wael, Amman,
- Ghariyab, Same., Al-Farhan, Yehia. (2002). An Introduction to Environmental Science. 3rd ed. Dar Al-Shorouk, Amman.
- Eccleston, H.C. (2000). Environmental Impact Statements. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Canada.

Course ID: GEOG 407