Regional and urban GIS: a decision support approach

Shows students and professionals how geographic information systems (GIS) canguide decision making about complex community and environmental problems. INDICE: Part 1: Situating GIS-Based Decision Support. 1. Introduction: Need for Geographic Information Systems in Decision Support. 2. GIS in DecisionSupport Situations. 3. GIS-Based Decision Support Methods and Workflow. 4. GIS-Based Decision Situation Assessment. Part 2. Fundamentals of GIS Data and Analysis for Decision Support. 5. Making Choices about Geospatial Database Development. 6. Fundamentals of GIS-Based Data Analysis for Decision Support. 7. Making Choices about GIS-Based Multicriteria Evaluation. Part 3. Planning, Programming, and Implementation Decision Cases. 8. GIS Data Analysis for Planning Decision Support. 9. A Case Study in Water Resource Planning Decision Support. 10. GIS Data Analysis for Improvement Programming Decision Support. 11. GIS Data Analysis for Improvement Project Implementation Decision Support. Part 4. Using GIS for Integrated Decision Support. 12. GIS-Based Integrated Analysis across Functional Themes. 13. Linking Analyses across Decision Situation Processes. Part 5. Concluding Perspective. 14. Perspectives on GIS and SustainabilityManagement.

• ISBN: 978-1-60623-336-8
• Editorial: The Guilford Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 299
• Fecha Publicación: 31/12/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés