Principles and Practices Of Seed Storage

Book Description:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) refers to the evaluation of the effects likely to arise from a major project or activity significant affecting the Envioronment. With the enactment of Environment Protection Act 1986 and more recently EIA notification 1994, most development projects have to compulsory undergo Environment Impact Assessment. Present book fills a gap and provides much needed basic information on all aspects of EIA and also addresses itself to the development of a tool to provide scientific inputs to the process of EIA of Industrial projects as a decision making tool through the development and computerization of methods for impact identification, prediction, evaluation and mitigation. The book presents extensive literature survey including the practices followed all over the world.
The book is a most valuable guide for the students and teachers of Environmental Science and Engineering, Environmental consultants, NGOs, Industries, Government Departments and all those concerned with EIA in any way.
Authers Details:

• Dr. V.S. Kulkarni

• Dr. S.N. Kaul

• Dr. R.K. Trivedy

Dr. R.K. Trivedy(b 21-6-1957) is Reader and in-charge, Department of Pollution Studies, Y.C. College of Science, Karad, Shivaji University, Kolhapur. He did his M.Sc. in Botany from Banaras Hindu University in 1976 and Ph.D. from University of Rajasthan, Jaipur in 1980. He has taught the subject Environmental Pollution in B.Sc. (Pollution Studies) and M.Sc. (Pollution Studies) courses and has guided research at M.Sc. (partly by research), M.Phil. and Ph.D. level, Dr.Trivedy has 26 years of research experience in the field of fresh-water ecology, aquatic ecology and management, biomonitoring of water pollution and waste-water treatment. He has done pioneering work in India in utilization of water hyacinth for sewage and industrial waste treatment and he is a member of International specialists group in this field. He is a member of National panel of trained Assessors, NAAC, Bangalore. Dr.Trivedy has been Principal investigator of several research projects sponsored by Ministry of Environment and Forests, University Grants Commission, India and National River Action Plan. He has organized many National and International Conferences and Training Programmes. He has published over 100 research papers in reputed National and International journals and books. He has authored/edited 27 books and is the editor of Environmental Directory of India. He has been editing the prestigious international journal – Pollution Research since 1982 and is also editor of Journal of Industrial Pollution Control, and another quarterly journal Ecology, Environment and Conservation. Dr.Trivedy has lectured in various Universities in India and Abroad. He is member of several prestigious committees in various states. He is a winner of Several Awards. Dr.Trivedy has visited Australia, Nepal, Singapore, Portugal, Spain, France, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan and Mauritius.
Table Content:
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. Concept of EIA,
1.2. Hierachy in EIA,
1.3. Major issues in EIA,
1.4. Scope for use of Computers in EIA,
1.5. Scope of Current Research
2. LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1. Evolution of EIA Worldwide,
2.2. Evolution of EIA in India,
2.3. Classification of Environmental Impacts,
2.4. Project Screening/ Methodology for Screening of Projects/ Project Screening criteria in India, 2.5. Methodology of Site Selection,
2.6. EIA Methodologies/Introduction/Review of EIA Methodologies/ Checklists /Matrices/Networks /Overlays/Adaptive Environmental Assessment and Management (AEAM) /Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA),
2.7  Computer Aided EIA,
2.8  Impact Quantifi-cation Techniques,
2.9  Mathematical Models for EIA/Concept/Air Quality Models/Water Quality Models/Noise Prediction Models,
2.10 Indicators of Biological and Socio-economic Environment,
2.11 Environmental Indices,
2.12 Enlarged Scope of EIA of Industrial Projects,
2.13 Conclusion
3. EIA-AID : A SOFTWARE PACKAGE FOR COMPUTER AIDED EIA
3.1 Package Organization,
3.2 Screening of Projects,
3.3 Ranking of Site Alternatives,
3.4 Impact Identification,
3.5 Prediction of Impacts/Prediction of Impacts on Air Quality/Problem Identification / Theoretical Background/Mathematical Formulations/Computational Representation/Prediction of Impacts on Water Quality /Problem Identification/Theoretical Background /Mathematical Formulations/ Computational Representation/ Prediction of Impacts on Noise /Problem Identification/Theoretical Background /Mathematical Formulations /Computational Representation/Biological Environment/Socio-Economic Environment,
3.6 Impact Evaluation,
3.7 Sensitivity Analysis in Impact Evaluation,
3.8 Design of Green Belt
4. DISCUSSIONS AND CONCLUSIONS