Analyzing Urban Poverty: GIS for the Developing WorldIn developing countries, squatter developments are without infrastructure, dense with dwellings without ownership, and built from materials at hand. Yet they house more than one-third of the urban population in developing countries and are valued by residents. The scope and depth of urban poverty in squatter developments requires immediate action. Analyzing Urban Poverty: GIS in the Developing World shows how geographic information systems (GIS) can be used in developing countries to improve quality of life in poor urban areas. With thirty years of experience using GIS technology to manage urban problems in Venezuelan barrios, Rosario Giusti de Prez and Ramn Prez describe how they developed sustainable solutions that go beyond conventional planning programs. Chapters cover site analyses of the natural and built environments, visualizing poverty maps, developing appropriate improvement proposals, managing these projects, and organizing communities and encouraging their participation. |
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ALCABALA analysis ArcGIS ArcInfo ArcMap barrios boundaries building built environment Caracas Claveles combined condominium structure conservation model define developing countries Doña Evangelista drainage Edit View Insert environmental ESRI existing facade feasibility map FIGURE formal city geodatabase geomorphology Giusti de Pérez GUARENAS identify improvement plan infrastructure Insert Selection Tools invisible poverty land located Map by Ramón Map by Rosario Maracaibo Medium Meters neighborhood open space overlay pedestrian Pérez and assistants Petare Agricultura Photo by authors physical units planners planning agencies poor poverty conditions poverty maps problems project management software public space residents Satellite image scale sector Selection Tools Window settlement shows slopes social network squatter developments subdivisions terrain Tools Window Help urban design unit urban development urban fabric urban form urban interventions urban planning urban scene urban services urban space variables Venezuela View Insert Selection visible poverty Window Help PETARE