ABSTRACT

Impact Assessment is becoming part and parcel of an increasing number of development proposals in the UK and Europe. As the practice of Impact Assessment develops it becomes more standardized and good practice starts to be defined. However, the quality of Impact Assessment is still far from satisfactory. Expert Systems and GIS for Impact Assessment

part |158 pages

PART I GIS and expert systems for impact assessment

chapter 2|25 pages

Expert systems and decision support

chapter 3|29 pages

GIS and impact assessment

chapter 4|35 pages

GIS and environmental management

chapter 6|26 pages

Project screening and scoping

chapter 7|45 pages

Hard-modelled impacts

Air and noise

chapter 8|38 pages

Soft-modelled impacts

Terrestrial ecology and landscape

chapter 9|45 pages

Socio-economic and traffic impacts

chapter 10|41 pages

Water impacts

chapter 11|20 pages

Reviewing environmental impact statements

chapter 12|14 pages

Conclusions

The limits of GIS and expert systems for impact assessment