Environmental Assessment Tools

Learning outcomes

Able to identify relevant assessment tools

based on the problem scenario stated

and/or environment condition

Able to design an appropriate assessment

tool for efficient measurement and

provide the most outstanding

finding/solution

Environmental assessment tools

Process for assessing the environmental effects (e.g.,

physical-chemical, biophysical, socio-economics) that

may cause by human activities and existing

environments condition before human activities take

place.

HOW TO IDENTIFY APPROPRIATE

ASSESSMENT TOOLS

Let’s think – simple scenario

Imagine yourself as a traveler

Plan your travelling plan with detail

assessment on the selection destination.

How to think?

Formulate problem statement

Design and proposed solution

Design methodology (tool) – assessment

tools

Verification and evaluation of the findings

that reflected to your problem statement

Formulate problem statement

Global warming α Climate change

Ozone depletion

Energy deficiency

Water Scarcity

Pollutions

Waste Management

Deforestation

Flood

Soil Erosion

Human health

Current scenario/situation

Urgent solutions are

indeed needed

transportation

Solid waste management : landfill

Housing demand / Land use

Rising prices with

increasing global demand

Solving Current and future

energy shortage

Detail characterization of problem

statement

Literature review : Quantification of the

climate impacts from waste sector

Journals/books/reports

Identify cause and effect of problem :

factors/parameters

Describes advantages and disadvantages

Analyze and extract important finding

from figures

Measurement on economic value α profit α sustainability

Finding from literature:

Shortle, J.S (2012) : regulation to reduce point source pollution :-

◦“pay-the –polluter” approach was not succeeded

◦“polluter pay” approach was success. It can be implement to agricultural water quality policy.

Measurement on concentration of pollutants α to human health (risk

analysis : expected value of death based on the exposure rate and

toxicity effect)

Analyze and extract important

finding from figures

Big picture of your proposed

solution

Corporate strategies (Rudd, 2004)

Environmental sustainability α economy

strategies

products

Green raw material

Recycling products

production

Clean technologies

Resources efficiency

Green Productions Green Products

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

study

Life Cycle Analysis

Risk Probability Analysis

Building Assessment (USGS-LEED)

Environmental assessment tools

Assessment tools Proposed assessment tools must provide solution

towards sustainability on environmental, society

and economic

Integrated

Assessment tools

Design the env. assessemnt tools

? ?

Proposed project/activity Proposed project/activity

Input Input Output Output

Figure 1 (a) visual process of EA study. As we discuss in class, content in the

orange box is very critical and detail study is necessary to achieve

sustainability in environment, economy and society.

Homework 1 1. Briefly explain the importance of risk analysis and life cycle analysis

in environmental assessment tools.

2. Select any example to visual your answer (1)

Thank you very much