part, PART I GIS and expert systems for impact assessment -- chapter 1 The potential of expert systems and GIS for impact assessment -- chapter 2 Expert systems and decision support -- chapter 3 GIS and impact assessment -- chapter 4 GIS and environmental management -- chapter 5 GIS and expert systems for impact assessment -- chapter PART II Building expert systems (with and without GIS) for impact assessment -- chapter 6 Project screening and scoping -- chapter 7 Hard-modelled impacts -- Air and noise -- chapter 8 Soft-modelled impacts -- Terrestrial ecology and landscape -- chapter 9 Socio-economic and traffic impacts -- chapter 10 Water impacts -- chapter 11 Reviewing environmental impact statements -- chapter 12 Conclusions -- The limits of GIS and expert systems for impact assessment.