'The authors (both of the School of Planning, Oxford Brookes University) promote the use of expert systems - "computer programs crystallizing the way experts solve certain problems" - and geographical information systems for conducting the impact assessment studies increasingly required for development proposals in Europe and elsewhere. They introduce the three fields, explaining their methodologies and summarizing the literature on their combined use. They then explore the potentials and limitations of the computer technologies for project screening and scooping, modeling air and noise impacts, impacts on terrestrial ecologies and landscapes, socio-economic and traffic impacts, and water impacts.'
"...must reading on a topic of perennial import for those concerned with the designed environment."--Charles Waldheim, Scapes No. 4, Fall 2005
