Analyzing urban poverty : GIS for the developing world / Rosario C. Giusti de Pérez and Ramon A. Pérez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giusti de Pérez, Rosario C., 1943- author.

Pérez, Ramon A., 1942- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban poor.

Squatter settlements.

Geographic information systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (149 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Redlands, California : ESRI Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In developing countries, squatter developments that house more than one-third of the urban population are without infrastructure and built from materials at hand. Analyzing Urban Poverty: GIS in the Developing World demonstrates how geographic information systems (GIS) can be used to improve quality of life in poor urban areas. With 30 years of experience using GIS technology to manage urban problems in Venezuelan barrios, Rosario Giusti de Perez and Ramon Perez describe how they developed sustainable solutions that go beyond conventional planning programs. Chapters cover site analyses of the natural and built environments, visualization of poverty maps, development of appropriate improvement proposals, management of projects, and organization of communities, and encouragement of their participation."

Contents:

A story that began thirty years ago

A sustainable approach to problems in urban squatter developments

Site analysis of the environment

Site analysis of the urban-built

Poverty mapping

Urban planning for squatter developments

Managing improvement projects with GIS

Community participation : a requirement for sustainability.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-31182-8

1-58948-328-6

9786613311825

OCLC:

816868396