GIS and evidence-based policy making / edited by Stephen Wise, Max Craglia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wise, Stephen.

Craglia, Massimo

Martin and Margy Meyerson Accession Fund for the Built Environment Collections.

Series:

Innovations in GIS

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geographic information systems--Government policy.

Geospatial data.

Information storage and retrieval systems--Geography--Government policy.

Information storage and retrieval systems--Geography.

Government policy.

Geographic information systems.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 399 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Geographic information systems and evidence-based policy making

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2008]

Summary:

With the application of GIS methodologies to spatial data, researchers can now identify patterns of occurrence for many social problems including health-issues and crime. Furthermore, since this type of data also contains clues as to the underlying causes of social problems, it can be used to make well-educated and consequently, more effective policy decisions.

GIS and Evidence-Based Policy Making focuses on the conceptualization and implementation of new GIS methodologies to identify spatial patterns in social phenomena. It also examines the creation of transnational spatial-data infrastructures as well as the development of geodemographics.

Clearly illustrating the value of adopting a spatial perspective in deciding policy, this groundbreaking reference-: Considers issues of organization, including the use of technology to involve the public in decision making, Addressees both data and methodology issues, Stresses the importance of location as a key factor in policy making at the national level, Explains techniques to allow for the active debate of spatial policy decisions, Provides policymakers with powerful tools to integrate data from multiple sources and assess cumulative impacts. GIS and Evidence-Based Policy Making provides valuable techniques that will allow for the availability of evidence to the public, which will encourage constitutents to actdively debate the spatial consequences of individual policies.

Contents:

National spatial data infrastructure phenomenon / Ian Masser

Urban neighborhood pattern recognition using high spatial resolution remotely sensed data and point-based GIS data sources / Victor Mesev and Paul McKenzie

Geodemographics / Richard Webber

Routing out the hot spots : toward using GIS and crime-place principles to evaluate criminal damage to bus shelters / Andrew Newton

Policy implications of pockets of deprivation in Scotland / Daniel Exeter, Robin Flowerdew, and Paul Boyle

Crime map analyst : a GIS to support local-area crime reduction / Paul Brindley... [et al.]

Using GIS to identify social vulnerability in areas of the United Kingdom that are at risk from flooding / Tom Kieron Whittington

Pattern identification in public health data sets : the potential offered by graph theory / Peter A. Bath... [et al.]

Residential property utilization : monitoring the government intensification agenda / Peter Bibby

Application of GIS to support land administration services in Ghana / Isaac Karikari, John Stillwell, and Steve Carver

Spatial methodologies to support postwar reconstruction / Sultan Z. Barakat, Adrijana Car, and Peter J. Halls

Malta NPI project : developing a fully accessible information system / Malcolm Borg and Saviour Formosa

A GIS-based methodology to support the development of local recycling strategies / Andrew Lovett, Julian Parfitt, and Gilla Sünnenberg

Comparison of discrete-choice modeling and accessibility-based approaches : a forest recreation study / Mette Termansen, Colin J. McClean, and Hans Skov-Petersen

Engaging citizens : the Bradford community statistics project / Derek Reeve... [et al.]

Public-oriented interactive environmental decision support system / Tan Yigitcanlar

Public participation in the digital age : a theoretical approach / Robin S. Smith.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Accession Fund for the Built Environment Collections.

ISBN:

9780849385834

0849385830

OCLC:

162507235