Enviromental Isses
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Welcome to this course on environmental issues in project planning and management. This course has been prepared to introduce you to the environmental issues in project planning and management. The course has been designed to cover nine major areas which include: General principles of environment; Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA); Environment and development, Environmental Education; population and environment; global Environmental Conservation issues; Energy conservation and environment; Climate change and ozone loss; management and conservation of natural resources. These topics have been dealt with in different lectures of this module starting from lecture one upto lecture nine.
In this course unit your academic performance will be assessed as follows:
1. Take away assignments ( Term papers)
2. Timed tests ( CATS- one hour )
3. Final Examinations ( Three hours)
Take away and timed tests constitute course work which comes to thirty percent (30 %) of the total marks, while the final examination constitutes seventy percent (70 %) of the total marks.
General Objectives At the end of this course unit you should be able to:
1. Explain the meaning of Environment, ecology and ecosystem as applied in project planning and management.
2. Describe the role of Environmental Impact Assessment within projects in Kenya.
3. Underline the historical development of environmental education
4. Explain the relationship between environment, development and population growth.
State the socio-economic benefits of environmental conservation and issues of global peace
LECTURE ONE: MEANING AND PRINCIPLES OF
ENVIRONMENT
Lecture Outline
LECTURE ONE: INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENT
1.1 Introduction
1. 2 Objectives
1.3 Meaning and definition
1.4 Principles of environmental management
1.5 Environment and sustainable development
1.6 Ecology and ecosystems- food chain and webs and energy transfer.
1.7 Environmental resources
Welcome to this course on environmental issues in project planning and management. This course has been prepared to introduce you to the environmental issues in project planning and management. The course has been designed to cover nine major areas which include: General principles of environment; Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA); Environment and development, Environmental Education; population and environment; global Environmental Conservation issues; Energy conservation and environment; Climate change and ozone loss; management and conservation of natural resources. These topics have been dealt with in different lectures of this module starting from lecture one upto lecture nine.
In this course unit your academic performance will be assessed as follows:
1. Take away assignments ( Term papers)
2. Timed tests ( CATS- one hour )
3. Final Examinations ( Three hours)
Take away and timed tests constitute course work which comes to thirty percent (30 %) of the total marks, while the final examination constitutes seventy percent (70 %) of the total marks.
General Objectives At the end of this course unit you should be able to:
1. Explain the meaning of Environment, ecology and ecosystem as applied in project planning and management.
2. Describe the role of Environmental Impact Assessment within projects in Kenya.
3. Underline the historical development of environmental education
4. Explain the relationship between environment, development and population growth.
State the socio-economic benefits of environmental conservation and issues of global peace
LECTURE ONE: MEANING AND PRINCIPLES OF
ENVIRONMENT
Lecture Outline
LECTURE ONE: INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENT
1.1 Introduction
1. 2 Objectives
1.3 Meaning and definition
1.4 Principles of environmental management
1.5 Environment and sustainable development
1.6 Ecology and ecosystems- food chain and webs and energy transfer.
1.7 Environmental resources