GIS and RS for Environmental Impact Assessment and Audit
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Environmental management aims to ensure that ecosystem services are protected and maintained for future human generations, and also maintain ecosystem integrity through considering ethical, economic, and scientific (ecological) variables.
An environmental impact assessment (EIA) is an assessment of the possible impacts that a proposed project may have on the environment, consisting of the environmental, social and economic aspects. Environmental impact assessment ensures that decision makers consider the environmental impacts when deciding whether or not to proceed with a project.
Analyzing developments in their spatial context during the initial stages of the EIA process expedites the identification of potential aspects and impacts that my have to be assessed while the process goes on. Potential risk factors may be identified upfront and presented to the client to assess the viability of proceeding with the project. This approach reduces timeframes and usually presents the client with a cost saving.
An excellent tool that is increasingly important in the detection, description, quantification and monitoring environmental changes is Remote Sensing, which, in combination with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and fieldwork, is an effective management tool.
This course focuses on the use of GIS to organize and present spatial data in a way that allows effective environmental management planning. Decision makers and planners can use GIS to organize and present spatial data in a more effective way.
Outline
Environmental management aims to ensure that ecosystem services are protected and maintained for future human generations, and also maintain ecosystem integrity through considering ethical, economic, and scientific (ecological) variables.
An environmental impact assessment (EIA) is an assessment of the possible impacts that a proposed project may have on the environment, consisting of the environmental, social and economic aspects. Environmental impact assessment ensures that decision makers consider the environmental impacts when deciding whether or not to proceed with a project.
Analyzing developments in their spatial context during the initial stages of the EIA process expedites the identification of potential aspects and impacts that my have to be assessed while the process goes on. Potential risk factors may be identified upfront and presented to the client to assess the viability of proceeding with the project. This approach reduces timeframes and usually presents the client with a cost saving.
An excellent tool that is increasingly important in the detection, description, quantification and monitoring environmental changes is Remote Sensing, which, in combination with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and fieldwork, is an effective management tool.
This course focuses on the use of GIS to organize and present spatial data in a way that allows effective environmental management planning. Decision makers and planners can use GIS to organize and present spatial data in a more effective way.
REQUIREMENTSThe training is designed for participants who are reasonably proficient in English.
5 Days
COURSE OBJECTIVES- To introduce GIS and Remote Sensing in environmental management
- To expose participants to applications of GIS and remote sensing in environmental management
- Data analysis expound
- To introduce participants to the role GIS plays in the EIA process
- To demonstrate to participants use of GIS in identifying and analyzing potential impacts
- To explain to the participants role of GIS as a tool for spatial planning
- To expose participants to data capture, input, manipulation and display by GIS
- To demonstrate case study of EIA in a selected areas using GIS software.
- To develop a sound basis for understanding the operation of GIS and Remote Sensing in environmental management.
The course will discuss the use of GIS and Remote Sensing in Environmental management under the following themes:-
Module 1: Introduction and definitions of key concepts- Introduction to GIS and remote sensing in Environmental management
- Introduction to GIS and remote sensing in EIA and Audit Context
- Introduction to GIS software
- Planning for a GIS system installation
- GIS Data sources for environmental management, EIA and Audit.
- Relating information from different sources
- GPS data collection for environmental management, EIA and Audit
- GIS database creation
- Working with GIS data
- Rasterization and vectorization
- coordinate system and map projection
- Data output / Data presentation
- Pre-classification of Digital Imagery Processing
- Image classification
- Image processing and interpretation
- Vegetation Mapping and Monitoring
- Change detection
- Introduction to GIS modeling
- Geographic Data for Environmental Modeling and Assessment
- Biodiversity Mapping and Modeling
- Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS in Wildlife Mapping and Modeling
- Approaches to Spatially Distributed Hydrological Modeling in a GIS Environment
- GIS as a tool for spatial planning
Module 6:
Use of GIS and remote sensing in analyzing audit results
- Use of GIS and remote sensing in Communicating audit results.
- Participatory GIS
- GIS Mobile data gathering
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