EIA is an important policy initiative to conserve natural resources and environment. Many human activities produce potential adverse environmental effects which include the construction and operation of highways, rail roads, pipelines, airports, radioactive waste disposal and more. The applications of GIS in EIA include:
Topography
Land Use mapping
Hydrology
Soil
Geology
Hydrogeomorphology
Elevation
Slope
Localities
FAE: LU & EB (Landuse and Ecology & Biodiversity, Category- A)