SOE4261 Environmental Management

Dear Students Welcome to this course of SOE4261: Environmental Management!

This course is for Civil Engineering students and it aims to provide an understanding of the importance of Environmental management tools in the project /program designs and implementation. It provides a clear understanding of the linkages between Environment & Development, understanding of EIA, EA, SEA and builds confidence with their applications and limitations. The module helps to integrate environmental protection measures in deferent projects/programs before their implementation. 

The module deals with basic principles to integrate environmental protection measures in deferent projects/programs before their implementation. It introduces to students a description of Environmental Impact Assessment, project-based risk management, environmental management in an organization, environmental risk considerations in policymaking, risk communication, and sources of legal regulation of environmental problems.

Dear students, be motivated and engage all your motives in this course. At the end of this module, you will be able to: 

1.       Describe the basics and importance of Environmental Impact Assessment;

2.       Assess environmental impacts of anthropogenic activities through the EIA process;

3.       Conduct the Strategic Impact Assessment on policies, plans, or programs;

4.       Integrate the international treaties, conventions, national policies, laws, and standards in environmental protection;

5.     Conduct environmental auditing  for measuring the effects of certain activities on the environment

Lecturer(s):

Dr. Télesphore Kabera, Email: elearning.unirwanda2@gmail.com

Mr. Elisée Gashugi, Email: eliseeg@yahoo.fr

Mr. Jean Claude Safari, Email: safajeco2008@gmail.com

Mr. Joseph Hahirwabasenga, Email: josephhahirwa@gmail.com

Mr. Remy Patrick Tumwizere, Email: remick055@gmail.com