The objectives of this course are structured as follows:
• Knowledge to be developed during the course: Thorough
understanding of principles, design and differences between impact
assessment methods including strengths and limitations,
applicability and uncertainty as basis for assessing and evaluating
chemical pollution from local to global scale.
• Skills/competences to be developed during the course:
Identification, application and interpretation of results of
appropriate assessment methods and tools for quantifying
environmental, health and life cycle impacts from chemical
emissions from different stakeholder perspectives and regulatory
contexts.
• Presumed knowledge: Fundamentals in mathematical modeling and
environmental chemistry is required. Additional knowledge in risk
assessment and/or life cycle assessment and/or policy analysis is
helpful, but not required.
• Required expertise in follow-up education (as engineers):
Identify and apply approaches for evaluating chemical pollution
problems and related policy measures in different contexts.
Læringsmål:
En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:
Describe the main types of decision situations concerning
management of environmental and health impacts from man-made
activities
Address and analyze complex questions and problems in
environmental and health impact assessments
Explain principles of different impact assessment methods and
underlying models
Evaluate and select impact assessment methods to answer
specific questions and to meet requirements of specific decision
situations
Apply impact assessment methods and quantify environmental and
health impacts in different perspectives
Design priority lists of chemicals and policy/other stakeholder
measures
Determine uncertainties and justify strengths and limitations
of quantitative impact assessment results
Communicate results consistently and structured in oral and
written form
Identify research questions from real-life environmental
problems
Kursusindhold:
The course will be divided into five main sections: (a)
understanding of scope and context of different questions around
environmental and health impacts; (b) overview of various impact
assessment methods and their application fields; (c) fundamental
principles of all relevant impact assessment methods; (d)
quantifying and interpreting impact assessment results in decision
making context; (e) recommend best options based on quantified
impacts and communicating results in a consistent, reliable and
transparent way to decision makers and stakeholders.
Litteraturhenvisninger:
Sonnemann, G., Castells, F., Schuhmacher, M., 2004. Integrated
Life-Cycle and Risk Assessment for Industrial Processes. Lewis
Publishers, Boca Raton, USA.
http://www.crcpress.com/9781566706445.
International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) Handbook:
Analysis of existing Environmental Impact Assessment methodologies
for use in Life Cycle Assessment, First Edition. 2010. Commission
of the European Communities, Brussels.
http://eplca.jrc.ec.europa.eu/?page_id=86.
Mulighed for GRØN DYST deltagelse:
Dette kursus giver den studerende en mulighed for at lave eller
forberede et projekt som kan deltage i DTUs studenterkonference om
bæredygtighed, klimateknologi og miljø (GRØN DYST). Se mere på
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