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Title

Spatial analysis and spatial policy using geographic information systems / edited by Les Worrall.

Publication

London ; New York : Belhaven Press, 1991.

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Details

Additional Authors

Worrall, Les.

Description

xi, 236 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"In recent years there has been a rapid expansion in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in those organisations concerned with spatial analysis and the development, monitoring and evaluation of public policy. This essential handbook explores some of the issues involved in the transfer of GIS technology and methodology into these environments, showing how this process can be used to improve the quality of decision making particularly in the public sector and local and national government. Much emphasis is placed on examining the development of integrated information systems, in expanding the functionality of GIS by the integration of a range of software tools and in the integration of advanced spatial modelling and analysis techniques within policy-making processes." "Written by leading experts in the spatial information field with examples drawn from a wide range of different settings, this book offers a unique perspective on a rapidly growing field of interest for the 1990s."--Jacket.

Subject

• Geographic information systems
• Geographic Information Systems
• geographic information systems
• Geografische informatiesystemen
• Ruimtelijke analyse
• Ruimtelijke ordening
• Overheidsbeleid

Genre/Form

• geographic information systems.
• Geographic information systems.
• Systèmes d'information géographique.

Note

• At head of cover title: GIS.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. GIS for spatial analysis and spatial policy: developments and directions / Les Worrall -- Ch. 2. Areal units and the linking of data: some conceptual issues / Mahes Visvalingam -- Ch. 3. GIS in British local government: the benefits to resource management and planning / Rosemary Bromley and Martin Coulson -- Ch. 4. California planning agency experiences with automated mapping and geographic information systems / Steven French and Lyna Wiggins -- Ch. 5. GIS for telecommunications planning and management / Peter Newton, Peter Zwart, M. Cavill, J.R. Crawford, P. Edney and S. Greener -- Ch. 6. STOCAB -- a strategic information system for the Stockholm region: recent developments and applications / Ake Boalt and Roger Bernow -- Ch. 7. The Telford Urban Policy Information Systems Project / Les Worrall and Liang Rao -- Ch. 8. Database development for decision support and policy evaluation / Alexander Hirschfield, Peter Brown and John Marsden -- Ch. 9. Local labour market analysis in urban areas: an application of GIS technology in Northern Ireland / Mark Hart, Derek Bond and Paula Devine -- Ch. 10. Mapping metropolitan area futures: a case study from Toronto / Ross Newkirk.

ISBN

• 1852931418
• 9781852931414

LCCN

91033579

OCLC

• ocm24373063
• 24373063
• SCSB-1926702

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library