About the Book:
EIA
is an important decision making tool in respect of various developmental
projects and the methodologies for
objective assessment of environmental implications for different categories of
projects are constantly evolving and improving. Though a number of EIA tools
are now in extensive use internationally for implementation of various
development projects so that proposed projects are economically viable,
socially equitable and environmentally sustainable, no
single type of method can be used to
satisfy the diversity of project activities and
the key issue involves selecting
appropriate methodology for specific needs
in an impact study which needs a comprehensive book to provide the details of all these EIA
approaches systematically. The third edition of our book on Environmental
Impact Assessment Methodologies covers extensively the key elements,
operational details of different types of EIA methods, their applications to
assess impacts of various types of developmental activities on soil, water,
air, risk assessment, application of RS & GIS in EIA, impacts on social
environments, health, cost-effective assessments and mitigation measures. As
our first two editions received good response, we came up with this third
revised version updating with latest information on the above areas and adding
new topics like Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). Biodiversity Impact
Assessment (BIA) as a Planning Tool, new Air Pollution Dispersion Modeling
Approaches. Some interesting and recent case studies are also added to
demonstrate the application of EIA for diversified/industrial/development
sectors. This revised version caters to the needs of EIA practicing
professionals, Graduate/Post Graduate students tacking Environmental
Management/EIA as Major. |
Contents:
1.
Fundamental Approach to Environmental Impact
Assessment (EIA) 2.
EIA Methodologies 3.
Prediction and Assessment of Impacts on Soil and Groundwater Environment 4.
Prediction and Assessment of Impacts on Surface Water Environment 5.
Prediction and Assessment of Impacts on Biological Environment 6.
Prediction and Assessment of Impacts on the Air Environment 7.
Prediction and Assessment of Impacts of Noise on the Environment 8.
Prediction and Assessment of Socio-Economic and Human Health Impacts 9.
Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) and Risk Management in EIA 10.
Application of Remote Sensing(RS) and Geography Information Systems(GIS)
for EIA
11. EIA
Case Studies |
About the Authors:
Anjaneyulu Yerramilli
Ph.D, FRSC (London) is presently working as
Professor & Director Center for Advanced Energy Studies at K. L.
University, A.P, India. Earlier (2006-2015) he worked as Professor in
Chemistry/Environment and Director Trent Lott Geospatial &Visualization
Research Center at Jackson State University (JSU) Jackson, MS,USA, and
Professor & Head Center for Environment(1990-2002) and Director Institute
of Science and Technologies (IST) (2002-2005) at JNTU Hyderabad, India. During
his stay at JSU, USA he worked as PI for NOAA(USA) sponsored program on
Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling of Gulf Coast, ,National Science Foundation
(NSF-USA)-sponsored program on Collaborative Research CI-TEAM Demonstration
Project entitled Water HUB for Cyber Enabled Training, Education, and Research
in Water Resources and Department of Defense (DoD-USA)-sponsored program on
High Performance Computation for Development of Novel nano Materials,. He has
also published a number of papers on simulation of mesoscale coastal circulation
of Gulf Coast for air pollution dispersion by integrating WRF, HYSPLIT, SMOKE
and CMAQ models. (http://chem.jsums.edu/anjaneyulu). 38 students received Ph.D
degrees under his supervision and he published more than 150 research papers in
peer reviewed journals which have more than 3500 citations with h-index-30 and
presented at various international conferences. He has authored a number of
books on Introduction to Nano science & Technologies (2017-BS-Publications)
Energy Resources, Utilization and Technologies (2012-CRC Press) Environmental
Impact Assessment Methodologies (2011, BS Publications/CRC Press), Introduction
to Environmental Science (2005, BS Publications), Hazardous Waste Management
and Air Pollution and Control Technologies (2018, BS Publications). He is a
Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (London), Member of American Chemical
Society and Indian Science Congress.
Valli Manickam, is Professor and
Area Chairperson, Environment Area, CEEUGID, and Centre Director, Centre for
Information Technology, ASCI is also currently Dean of Training Programmes. She
has a Ph.D in Environment and Masters in both Computer Applications and Sciences,
with over two decades of research and teaching experience in the field of
Environmental Science and Technology at JNTU Hyderabad prior to joining ASCI.
She has worked in the area of
climate change, developed a decision support system for storage and retrieval
of geospatial data to help decision makers for the seven agro climatic regions
in Andhra Pradesh. She has also been working on open data policy for the
various state governments and government of India and is currently working on
National Geospatial Policy for DST. She has conducted training programs in ASCI
for IFS officers in the area of Natural Resource Management, Environmental
Indicators and Environmental Economics, Climate change for forestry sector,
besides organizing four International conferences and seven workshops.
She
has co-authored six books in the field of environment on Environmental
Management Science and Engineering for Industry, Environmental Impact
Assessment, Analytical Chemistry, C for Environmental Engineers, Climate Change
and Weather Modification Technologies and Environmental Management – A primer.
She has published around 32 papers in peer reviewed journals and also presented
papers in various international conferences and workshops. She was awarded
Associate Fellow of the AP Academy of Sciences in 2010 and Fellow APAS in 2015
for her contribution to the field of Environmental Engineering and Technology.
She is also currently the associate editor for the Journal of the Air &
Waste Management Association, by Taylor and Francis group. She is presently
executing projects sponsored by MHRD, MoEFCC, DST and other state governments
like AP Biodiversity Authority and NCSCM, Chennai to name a few. |
