Regional and Urban GIS
Regional and Urban GIS

Author: Timothy L. Nyerges

Publisher: Guilford Press

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 160623336X

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This unique text shows students and professionals how geographic information systems (GIS) can guide decision making about complex community and environmental problems. The authors’ step-by-step introduction to GIS-based decision analysis methods and techniques covers important urban and regional issues (land, transportation, and water resource management) and decision processes (planning, improvement programming, and implementation). Real-world case studies demonstrate how GIS-based decision support works in a variety of contexts, with a special focus on community and regional sustainability management. Ideal for course use, the book reinforces key concepts with end-of-chapter review questions; illustrations include 18 color plates.

Monitoring Land Supply with Geographic Information Systems
Monitoring Land Supply with Geographic Information Systems

Author: Anne Vernez Moudon

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2000-05-22

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 9780471371632

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Ein Handbuch für Städteplaner, kommunale Regierungen und private Bauherren: Beschrieben werden die technisch besten Landinformationssysteme, Hochpräzisionstechnologien zur Feststellung des Eigentümers und Ansätze zur Abschätzung der Kosten der Landerschließung (Straßenbau, Transportmittel, soziale Einrichtungen). (07/00)

Planning Support Systems
Planning Support Systems

Author: Richard K. Brail

Publisher: ESRI, Inc.

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 9781589480117

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With planning support software, citizen planners can move buildings from block to block, tear them down, build complete subdivisions, run new highways in and around town, analyze any number of scenarios, and see with their own eyes the consequences of each action. This reference offers new possibilities and discusses the most important aspects of computer-aided land-use planning.

Geospatial Information Infrastructure for Transportation Organizations
Geospatial Information Infrastructure for Transportation Organizations

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Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 83

ISBN-13: 0309094682

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"As a basis for advancing sound decision making, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is committed to developing high-quality transportation data and information. With the understanding that geospatial data provide an important infrastructure for managing and integrating information necessary for informed decision making, BTS asked the Transportation Research Board to conduct a project to provide recommendations for improving geospatial information infrastructure among and across all modes of transportation. The objectives of this project were to (a) characterize the current practice in geospatial information technologies in transportation organizations; (b) identify problems and opportunities in coordination, communication, and cooperation on geospatial information among transportation modes; (c) suggest mechanisms for the development, management, and coordination of geospatial information technologies throughout USDOT; and (d) recommend approaches for enhancing geospatial information within transportation organizations. The intent is to provide recommendations to transportation agencies, primarily at the federal level but also at the state and local levels, to enhance decision making through rethinking institutional roles and responsibilities; building capacity and commitment; and augmenting the creation, sharing, and use of geospatial information."--Page viii.