The book focuses on socio-demographics and the use of these data to support strategic planning initiatives associated with the spatial expansion of urban areas and economic development. It contains a conceptual discussion of the challenges, both methodological and practical, implementing GIS applications for assessing economic and planning activities in peripheral regions including developing countries.
The book examines how spatial clustering concepts, spatial models, and related visualization techniques (GIS) can be applied to the case of economic development in rural environments. It discusses methodological issues including data and analysis issues. It also examines the differential growth patterns of counties within city-systems of the Western United States from the date of county formation until the late 20th century, using an historical GIS and historical US Census data. The final chapter summarizes the collection and positions it within the context of the broader book series on geotechnologies.
The book is written by planning practitioners as well as university based researchers. It will provide scholars and professionals with a survey of the contemporary work in the field, and with insights into remaining questions, methodological debates, and technical complications of employing geotechnologies in the real world.
Author(s): Jay D. Gatrell, Ryan R. Jensen (auth.), Jay D. Gatrell Dr, Ryan R. Jensen Dr (eds.)
Series: Geotechnologies and the Environment 1
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 223
Tags: Geographical Information Systems/Cartography; Geophysics/Geodesy; Physical Geography
Front Matter....Pages I-X
Geotechnologies in Place and the Environment....Pages 1-4
GIS and Economic Development....Pages 5-28
Identifying Urban Neighborhoods for Tree Canopy Restoration Through Community Participation....Pages 29-42
The Spatially Varying Relationship Between Local Land-Use Policies and Urban Growth: A GeographicallyWeighted Regression Analysis....Pages 43-56
GIS, Ecosystems and Urban Planning in Auckland, New Zealand: Technology, Processes and People....Pages 57-78
Hyperspectral Applications in Urban Geography....Pages 79-86
GIS and Spatio-temporal Trends in Inequality: Tracking Profitability According to Firm Size in Japanese Manufacturing, 1985–2006....Pages 87-108
Situating Urban Environmental Risk: Using GIScience to Understand Risk in a Midwestern City....Pages 109-124
GIS and Challenges to Planning and Development Applications in Peripheral Regions....Pages 125-138
Geospatial Technologies for Surveillance of Heat Related Health Disasters....Pages 139-154
Spatial Analysis, Policy, Planning, and~Alternative Energy Production....Pages 155-181
Environmental and Social Influences on Historical County Creation in the United States....Pages 183-204
Local Government Use of GIS in Comprehensive Planning....Pages 205-220
Back Matter....Pages 221-221
