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Planning and Socioeconomic Applications

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Editors:
  1. Jay D. Gatrell

    1. School of Graduate Studies and Department of Geography Geology, & Anthropology, Terre Haute, USA

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  2. Ryan R. Jensen

    1. Brigham Young University Department of Geography, Provo, USA

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  • First book that focuses exclusively on human centered applications of GIS/RS including: - real world development applications of GIS; - land-use change using an integrated GIS/RS framework; - a medical geography application of emergency planning associated with urban crises; - assessment of urban growth and changes using geographically weighted regression in selected cities.

Part of the book series: Geotechnologies and the Environment (GEOTECH, volume 1)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Geotechnologies in Place and the Environment

    • Jay D. Gatrell, Ryan R. Jensen
    Pages 1-4

  3. GIS and Economic Development

    • Neil Reid, Michael C. Carroll, Bruce W. Smith, Joseph P. Frizado
    Pages 5-28

  4. Identifying Urban Neighborhoods for Tree Canopy Restoration Through Community Participation

    • Jeffrey S. Wilson, Greg H. Lindsey
    Pages 29-42

  5. The Spatially Varying Relationship Between Local Land-Use Policies and Urban Growth: A GeographicallyWeighted Regression Analysis

    • Robert Hanham, Richard J. Hoch, J. Scott Spiker
    Pages 43-56

  6. GIS, Ecosystems and Urban Planning in Auckland, New Zealand: Technology, Processes and People

    • Fraser Morgan, Eric W. LaFary
    Pages 57-78

  7. Hyperspectral Applications in Urban Geography

    • Vijay Lulla
    Pages 79-86

  8. GIS and Spatio-temporal Trends in Inequality: Tracking Profitability According to Firm Size in Japanese Manufacturing, 1985–2006

    • Shawn Banasick
    Pages 87-108

  9. Situating Urban Environmental Risk: Using GIScience to Understand Risk in a Midwestern City

    • Trevor Fuller, Jay D. Gatrell
    Pages 109-124

  10. GIS and Challenges to Planning and Development Applications in Peripheral Regions

    • Rajiv Thakur, Madhuri Sharma
    Pages 125-138

  11. Geospatial Technologies for Surveillance of Heat Related Health Disasters

    • Daniel P. Johnson
    Pages 139-154

  12. Spatial Analysis, Policy, Planning, and~Alternative Energy Production

    • James Pace, Jay D. Gatrell
    Pages 155-181

  13. Environmental and Social Influences on Historical County Creation in the United States

    • Karinne Rancie, Samuel M. Otterstrom, Jeffrey M. Sanders, Fredric J. Donaldson
    Pages 183-204

  14. Local Government Use of GIS in Comprehensive Planning

    • Mark W. Patterson, Nancy Hoalst-Pullen
    Pages 205-220

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 221-221
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This chapter has shown a small sample of GIS applications in economic devel- ment. GIS is a powerful tool for data analysis and presentation, and the economic development rami cations are truly signi cant. The speed at which data and stra- gies can be coordinated is clearly changing the way economic developers approach their job. There are a number of important trends that are likely to result in GIS becoming more pervasive in the economic development community. These include declining costs of GIS software, increased computing power, and the growth of Web-based GIS applications. There also has been increase in GIS skills among economic development professionals. References Bastian, L. (2002). Getting the best from the web. Area Development Site and Facility Planning, March 1–7. Accessed 5 September 2008. Batheldt, H. (2005). Geographies of production: growth regimes in spatial perspective (II) – kno- edge creation and growth in clusters. Progress in Human Geography, 29(2), 204–216. Bathelt,H.,Malmberg,A.,Maskell,P.(2004). Clustersandknowledge: localbuzz,globalpipelines and the process of knowledge creation. Progress in Human Geography, 28(1), 31–56. Bernthal, M., Regan, T. (2004). The economic impact of a NASCAR racetrack on a rural com- nity and region. Sports Marketing Quarterly, 13(1), 26–34. Blackwell, M., Cobb, S. Weinbert, D. (2002). The economic impact of educational institutions: Issues and methodology. Economic Development Quarterly, 16(1), 88–95. Blair, J. (1995). Local Economic Development, Analysis and Practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Graduate Studies and Department of Geography Geology, & Anthropology, Terre Haute, USA

    Jay D. Gatrell

  • Brigham Young University Department of Geography, Provo, USA

    Ryan R. Jensen

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