GIS for housing and urban development / Committee on Review of Geographic Information Systems Research and Applications at HUD: Current Programs and Future Prospects Committee on Geography, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division of Earth and Life Studies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Review of Geographic Information Systems Research and Applications at HUD: Current Programs and Future Prospects., Corporate Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

United States.

Geographic information systems.

Housing--United States.

Housing.

Urbanization--United States.

Urbanization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (142 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The report describes potential applications of geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial analysis by HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research for understanding housing needs, addressing broader issues of urban poverty and community development, and improving access to information and services by the many users of HUD's data. It offers a vision of HUD as an important player in providing urban data to federal initiatives towards a spatial data infrastructure for the nation.

Contents:

""FRONT MATTER""; ""Contents ""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 ""; ""1 INTRODUCTION 17 ""; ""History and Role of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 17""; ""HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research, 19 ""; ""Geographic Data for Policy and Research at HUD, 19 ""; ""GIS and a Changing America, 23 ""; ""HUD and the Evolution of Urban Issues, 24 ""; ""Study and Report, 27 ""; ""2 ENSURING THE AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, AND RELEVANCE OF URBAN AND HOUSING DATA 29 ""; ""The Spatial Data Challenge, 29 ""; ""Ensuring Data Accuracy and Relevance, 38 ""

""The Need for an Urban Data Infrastructure, 45""""Summary, 49 ""; ""3 DATA DISSEMINATION AND SOFTWARE TOOLS 51 ""; ""HUD Data Users, 51 ""; ""Data Dissemination, 58 ""; ""HUD GIS Support Tools, 63 ""; ""Summary, 67 ""; ""4 RESEARCH AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT 69 ""; ""The Spatial Dimensions of Urban Poverty, 70 ""; ""Monitoring Housing Market Conditions and Trends, 81 ""; ""Priorities for Geographic Analysis of Urban and Housing Issues, 87 ""; ""Summary, 92 ""; ""5 THE ROLE OF PARTNERSHIPS 93 ""; ""Building Interagency Partnerships to Share Data, 94 ""; ""HUD's Partners and Relationships, 95 ""

""Summary, 104 """"REFERENCES 107 ""; ""APPENDIXES ""; ""A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members 115 ""; ""B Workshop Agenda and Participants 119 ""; ""C List of Contributors 123 ""; ""D Acronym List 127 ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780309168144

0309168147

9780309507769

0309507766

OCLC:

52873306