CRC Press Environmental Impact Assessments and Mitigation

Environmental Impact Assessments and Mitigation examines various assessments for developmental projects in the housing, mining, energy, and waste management areas. As the world continues to shift toward concerns over climate change and environmental protection issues, developmental projects must have environmental impact assessments (EIA) conducted as well as environmental management plans (EMP). This book describes how all phases of a project, from planning, to operation, to post operation, must consider potential environmental impacts and their mitigation. Features: Presents numerous sustainable development considerations for key industries Discusses how environmental impact assessments are prepared for each stage of a project Describes different environmental management plans for established projects Offers mitigation plans for various potential environmental impacts Includes practical examples from the construction, manufacturing, transport, and mining industries Useful for practicing professional engineers as well as upper-level students, this book covers all aspects of environmental impact assessments from start to finish. About the Author Musaida Mercy Manyuchi Professor Musaida Mercy Manyuchi is a Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Johannesburg in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment. She holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (South Africa) and MScEng from Stellenbosch University (South Africa). She previously served as Head of Department of Chemical and Process Systems Engineering at Harare Institute of Technology (Zimbabwe) for five years, and has held academic positions in the Department of Operations and Quality Management and Chemical Engineering at the University of Johannesburg, at Manicaland State University of Applied Sciences in Zimbabwe, and at the Biomass Research Institute in Germany. Mercy has worked for more than ten years across various mining sector value chains, including cement extraction and processing, coal conversion to value-added products, Environmental Impact Assessments and Environmental Management Plans, research, and capacity building. Mercy is the Vice Chairperson for Women in Engineering in Zimbabwe. She is also a registered Professional Chemical Engineer with the Engineering Council of Zimbabwe and holds memberships of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations, the World Energy Council, Zimbabwe Institute of Engineers, Professional Women Executives and Business Women’s Forum, and the Zimbabwe Institute of Management. Mercy is an alumnus of the prestigious German Green Talents Fellowship, the JF Kapnek Trust Fellowship, a recipient of the Old Mutual Mathematics Olympiad Zimbabwe and participated in the Young African Leaders Initiatives Leadership Program. Charles Mbohwa Professor Charles Mbohwa is the University of Zimbabwe Pro-Vice Chancellor responsible for Strategic Partnerships and Industrialization since 1st July 2019. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg, Before that he was a Professor of Sustainability Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment at the University of Johannesburg. Earlier on in his career, he was a Mechanical Engineer in the National Railways of Zimbabwe from 1986 to 1991; Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe and joined the University of Johannesburg as a Senior Lecturer in 2007. He was the Chairman and Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Zimbabwe from 1994 to 1997 and was Vice-Dean of Postgraduate Studies Research and Innovation in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment at the University of Johannesburg from July 2014 to June 2017. He was Acting Executive Dean in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment from November 2017 to July 2018. He has published many papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. H