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Main References: SIH 3008 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
1. Eccleston CH. 2011. Environmental impact
assessment : a guide to best professional practices. Focusing on the basic principles and strategies towards
CRC Press sustainable development by referring to the established
2. Eccleston CH. and Doub JP 2012. Preparing NEPA framework.
Environmental Assessments: A User’s Guide to Best
Professional Practices. CRC Press Assessment Methods:
3. Morgan RK 2012. Environmental impact Continuous Assessment: 40%
assessment: the state of the art. Impact Assessment Final Examination: 60%
and Project Appraisal 30(1): 5–14
Medium of Instruction:
English
SIH 3006 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS Main References:
1. Elliott, J.A. (2013). An introduction to sustainable
Students shall be acquainted with EMS in general, development. 4 Edition. New York: Routledge.
th
discussing and tracking its history. Discussion on ISO 2. Rogers, P.P., Jalal, K.F., Boyd, J.A. (2012). An
14001 shall be conducted in detail whereby each of the 5 Introduction to Sustainable Development. UK:
principals shall be deliberated. This is to ensure that
students are familiar with the Standards and able to Earthscan.
implement it upon graduation. The rest of course shall 3. Egelston, A.E. (2013). Sustainable development: A
examine the remainder of the ISO 14000 Series without history. Netherlands: Springer.
going into details but suffice to equip the students with the
relevant knowledge on each of the subject. The series are:
Environmental Performance Evaluation (EPE), SIH 3009 SLOPE ECO-ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES
Environmental Auditing (EA), Evaluation on ISO 14001
series will be conducted on given cases. Introduction to eco-engineering, as an alternative approach
to stabilize and sustain slope. Compare and contrast
Assessment Methods: between Eco-engineering and Engineering techniques.
Continuous Assessment: 40% Landslide types and processes. Slope stability
Final Examination: 60% classification. Demonstrate the techniques and
mechanisms of eco-engineering. Vegetation screening
Medium of Instruction: procedures. Monitoring the performance of vegetation. The
English effectiveness of Plant Propagation Techniques. Erosion.
Case studies of eco-engineered slopes.
Main References:
1. John Brady (Editor), Alison Ebbage (Editor), Ruth Assessment Methods:
Lunn (Editor) 2011. Environmental Management in Continuous Assessment: 50%
Organizations: The IEMA Handbook Hardcover. Final Examination: 50%
2. Adrian Belcham. 2014. Manual of Environmental
Management Hardcover. Medium of Instruction:
3. Walter Klöpffer (Author), Birgit Grahl (Author). 2014. English
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Hardcover – 2 Apr 2014.
Main References:
1. Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID), 2010.
SIH 3007 INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT Guideline for erosion and sediment control in
Malaysia. DID, Malaysia.
Waste management and waste generation. Collection and 2. Ecological Engineering.
transportation of waste. Recycling and waste reduction. www.journals.elsevier.com/ecological-engineering/.
Resource conservation. Wastewater treatment. Solid waste ISSN: 0925-8574.
treatment technologies. Energy recovery. Physical 3. Landscape and Eco-engineering.
treatment. Hazardous waste. Industrial waste. Link.springer.com/journal/11355. ISSN: 1860-1871.

Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 40% SIH 3010 GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS
Final Examination: 60%
This course is an advancement of the earlier course,
Medium of Instruction: Introduction to Geographic Information System for the
English Program of BSc. (Science and Environmental
Management). It covers GIS software and analysis tools
Main References: which to be used by academic researchers and educators,
1. Agamuthu, P & Masaru Tanaka. 2014. Municipal and those with responsibility for planning and delivery of
Solid Waste Management in Asia and the Pacific emergency control systems or large scale physical
Islands: Challenges and Strategic Solutions. Springer infrastructure projects. Application basic geometric and
Singapore. related operations together with conceptual frameworks for
2. Agamuthu, P. Solid Waste: Principles and spatial analysis are the focus of this course.
Management. University of Malaya Press (2001).
3. Tchobanoglous, G., Theisen, H. and Vigil, S. (1993). Assessment Methods:
Integrated Solid Waste Management. Engineering Continuous Assessment: 60%
Principles and Management Issues. Final Examination: 40%

Medium of Instruction:
English

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