Regional and Urban GIS: A Decision Support ApproachThis 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. |
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Regional and Urban GIS: A Decision Support Approach Timothy L. Nyerges,Piotr Jankowski Limited preview - 2009 |
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alternative and/or approach ArcGIS areas Boise River capital improvement programs Chapter CommunityViz complex compute conceptual consider context coordinate County GIS project criteria criterion data model database design database model datasets decision problem decision processes decision situation assessment decision support detail economic environmental ESRI evaluation feature classes Figure framework functional geodatabase geographic information Geographic Information Systems geospatial GIS analysts GIS data analysis GIS-based goals Green County GIS groups growth management identify important information needs integrated involved King County land layers Nyerges objectives operations options organizations outcomes parcels participation perspective phase planning process polygon project implementation ranking raster regional relationships representation model Retrieved scenarios schema Select by location Shapefile social stakeholder step structure sustainability management Table task model tion transportation planning U.S. Forest Services urban urban growth boundary values wastewater facility water resource watershed workflow