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Patterson, Mark William 1968. "GIS discourse and empowerment." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/288886.
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This dissertation provides a grounded examination of an evolving geographic information systems (GIS) discourse to examine how it affects decision-making processes in the context of resource management and urban planning issues, and whether the use of GIS is empowering or marginalizing for social groups involved in these processes. By using Foucault's genealogical and critical approaches to study discourse, GIS discourse is reconstructed. From the genealogy approach four discontinuities, the role of positivism, the social construction of GIS technology, the role of GIS manufacturers and vendors, and the institutionalization of GIS are examined to show how they have shaped the discourse. The critical approach uncovers how GIS discourse limits participation in decision-making processes through three systems of exclusions: prohibition, rejection and will to truth. These systems of exclusion legitimate particular knowledge, values and views that can be readily incorporated into a GIS. Typically it is the knowledge, values and views held by more dominant social groups that are privileged by GIS discourse, since they can be expressed in terms that are readily digitizable with no distortion in meaning. Hence, decisions based on the use of GIS tend to empower these groups because outcomes are in line with their interests. Using the Riparian Habitat Protection Ordinance and the Comprehensive Plan from Pima County, Arizona as case studies, this dissertation shows that GIS discourse systematically marginalizes weaker social groups. GIS discourse establishes the boundaries of the debates by shaping the way in which these issues were framed, dictating the data to use and the criteria to evaluate the data, and legitimating the participation of certain social groups. In both case studies social groups who argued from outside these boundaries were marginalized. An examination of power relations among actors reveals which actors can exercise power through decision-making, and that GIS discourse attempts to conceal moments when conscious decisions are made regarding the use of GIS. These moments are opportunities for contestations to occur, but since GIS discourse attempts to hide them, the use of GIS appears to be natural. GIS discourse is also articulated and reinforced through its intersection with local political and economic discourses.
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Chan, Pak-wai Patty. "Applications of the GIS to urban design in Hong Kong." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25798996.
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Mehta, Sakshi. "GIS Based Decision Support System For Access Management." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1275077733.
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Sisco, Nicholas D. "Unearthing Soil Science in Green Infrastructure Planning." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1530270280777253.
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Ottenby, Nore. "A Spatial Syntax for Perceived Safety in Urban Environments : for Application in Urban Planning." Thesis, KTH, Geoinformatik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-210799.
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Perceived safety is an important aspect of urban planning and is generally treated as an objective account of the personal sense of safety of each individual. The subject is inherently diffuse and therefore problematic to understand and evaluate in its entirety.This thesis builds on the practice of space syntax theory and the field of research that has sprung up around it, focused on quantifying urban qualities. A spatial syntax dedicated to perceived safety in urban environments is suggested, based on common themes in research and policy documents on the topic. Features that were considered to influence perceived safety were identified and their effects mapped with the use of standard GIS implementations. The effort aimed at introducing a quantitative approach to evaluation of perceived safety which is presently performed mainly in a qualitative manner. The features were quantified in the sense that their area of effect was mapped, which enabled measurements of the size and shape of their area of effect or number of features influencing a point in space. The mapped features have been listed below.• Field of view• Entrance locations• Active ground floors (e.g. storefronts and entrances available for public use)• Public lighting• Unclear landuseThe suggested methods were applied to the Stockholm suburb Skärholmen which currently suffers from lower perceived safety than the entire municipality and consists of an urban structure not considered to facilitate perceived safety by todays urban planning ideals.The methods were evaluated by reviewing the benefits of quantitative descriptions compared to written account, and through discussing the results with professionals at the planning office at the Municipality of Stockholm.The suggested syntax proved to have potential for concretizing the present planning process with respect to perceived safety. GIS is currently used in other aspects of urban planning and could be adapted to treat perceived safety. There would however be need for further standardization and a more user-friendly workflow.Trygghet är en viktig aspekt inom stadsplanering och hanteras generellt som en objektiv beskrivning av enskilda upplevelser av trygghet i stadsbilden. Ämnet är diffust i sig självt och är därför problematiskt att till fullo förstå och utvärdera.Det här arbetet bygger på användandet av space syntax teori och den vetenskap som sprungit från ämnet, vilket syftar till att kvantifiera urbana kvalitéer. Ett spatialt syntax dedikerad till trygghet föreslås, som baseras på återkommande teman i forskning och plandokument som behandlar ämnet. Utformningar som anses påverka trygghet kartlades genom standardimplementering av GIS-verktyg. Syftet var att föreslå ett kvantitativt tillvägagångssätt för utvärdering av trygghet, vilket för närvarande generellt hanteras med kvalitativa men. De utformningar som kvantifierades gjordes så genom att det område de påverkar avbildades, vilket möjliggjorde fastställande av dessa områdens storlek och form samt hur många objekt som påverkar var punkt. De kartlagda utformningarna är listade nedan.• Öppet synfält• Entréplacering• Aktiva bottenvåningar (exempelvis skyltfönster samt entréer som inbjuder till publik användning)• Gatubelysning• Otydlig markanvändningDe föreslagna analysmetoderna applicerades på stockholmsförorten Skärholmen vilken för närvarande belastas av otrygghet jämfört men övriga kommunen och vars stadsutformning ger upphov till otrygghet enligt dagens stadsbyggnadsideal.Analysmetoderna utvärderades genom att bedöma fördelarna med resultaten jämfört med redogörelser i text samt genom diskussion med planerare på planorganet på Stockholms Stad.Det föreslagna spatiala syntaxet visade sig ha potential att konkretisera den aktuella planeringsprocessen med hänsyn till trygghet. GIS används vid behandling av andra frågor i stadsplanering och kan anpassas för att användas vid behandling av trygghet. Dock skulle viss standardisering samt ett mer användarvänligt utförande behövas.
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Nordlöv, Anna. "Incorporating GIS in urban planning : Quantifying accessibility to sociotopic user values for use in urban planning and citizen dialogue – a case study of Årstafältet, Stockholm." Thesis, KTH, Geoinformatik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-231027.
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There exists a debate regarding where to build new housing in increasingly denser cities today. Often it is the green spaces that must be sacrificed which lead to conflicts among decision makers and citizens. Although, some sources claim (Byrne et al., 2010; Van Herzele & Wiedemann, 2003) that it is not only the fact that there is a green area close to you that matters; but rather which values that piece of green land offers you as a citizen. Values of parks can be described as the features or attributes the park area possess that inspire people to go to and stay there. In Stockholm, Sweden these values are connected to sociotopes, a delimited area containing a set of user values with social meaning (Ståhle, 2006). User values thus describes an activity or an experience that is present at a location. There exists a lack of and a desire for more detailed mapping of user values of green areas as well as a potential need for finding an efficient method for aiding in citizen dialogue when green areas are planned for urban development. The purpose of this thesis is thus to try to incorporate geographical information science (GIS) in urban planning by investigating if it is possible to measure the physical accessibility of user values of a green area before and after its urban development in lines with the recommendations on accessibility from the municipality. Then, try to create a visual tool to be used in the designing phase of urban planning and in citizen dialogue when developing a new urban area. To do this, a case study was done of Årstafältet, a green area in Stockholm that is planned for urban development and improvement of existing and creation of new user values. By using GIS, the user values were defined spatially, and geographical data based on the study area currently as well as after the development where found or created based on descriptions of the new area in planning documents. Accessibility was defined as the physical distance a resident must walk from their home to the closest access point of a user value. Based on previous research, 1000m was deemed the largest distance a resident can walk to be considered a potential user of a user value. An access analysis was made for all residents within the study area to the closest access point of every user value. The results of the analysis were visualized in two ways, one regarding urban design and another regarding citizen dialogue in the form of bivariate maps and a GIS web application. Apart from the visual maps, some numerical results regarding distance, distance change and number of accessed user values were calculated. The maps point out the areas that are mostly affected both in the negative and positive sense. More research needs to be done to decide the best way of deriving and using the numerical measures. Because of the many assumptions and generalizations made in the study it is difficult to make any overall conclusions about the accessibility of user values at Årstafältet. What is more interesting is the reception by people in the field of GIS and urban planning; which was in general positive. They noted upon the important aspect of concretize the design phase of the urban planning process, which often is based on feeling, and create a solid ground to base more informed decisions upon. The visualization methods presented were well received as tools for enabling more people access into the planning process as well as an easy way of exploring geographical data. Also, the possibility to extend this type of access analysis beyond sociotopic user values was deemed as very useful. Lastly, they expressed that this type of analysis is desired by the workers in the field and highly relevant in today’s urban planning process.
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Fang, Yi. "An urban traffic network model using GIS technology." Virtual Press, 1992. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/845978.
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This creative project was proposed to develop a GIS model for transportation planning purposes with the ARC/INFO software. The urban street network in the GIS model was based on urban arterial systems in the city of Muncie, Indiana. The model was also expected to demonstrate the applicability of GIS technology in transportation planning. Several transportation planning techniques were tested with the model which included road and traffic data inventory, optimum pathing, road capacity analysis, traffic shift study modeling, and graphic presentation. The case study was targeted on road capacity analysis of urban arterial network as well as study of alternative traffic route for the urban route of State Road 32 in Muncie. The project began with an discussion of GIS technology, GIS application in planning, and ARC/INFO software programs. Then an urban street information model was developed in form of digital network in the computer database which could perform the functions of data inventory, spatial traffic analysis, and mapping manipulation. Finally the case studies were performed to demonstrate the application of this GIS network model. The findings and analysis results generated by GIS operation were used to evaluate the traffic conditions as well as to determine the feasibility of alternative route for State Road tables, ARC/INFO macro programs, traffic maps, and print-out of analysis results.Department of Urban Planning
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Kumar, Chitra M. 1977. "GIS methods for screening potential environmental justice areas in New England." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68384.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2002.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-85).
Over the past decade scholars, scientists, and community advocates have argued that minority and low-income communities have been exposed to disproportionate amounts of hazardous pollution as a result of systematic biases in policy making and discriminatory market forces. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is an important tool used to assist regulatory agencies in identifying these potentially vulnerable or "potential environmental justice" areas so that programmatic decision-making can incorporate EJ concerns. Yet, few studies have documented or evaluated methodologies for EJ-GIS analyses utilized by public agencies. This paper explores various methodologies that approximate where communities at risk of disproportionate burden may be with respect to the unique character and composition of New England. Specific variables explored are race/ethnicity, poverty, and population density. For each variable a scale and threshold/reference value is determined; also, the possibility of establishing a ranking system was contemplated. The importance of investigating spatial clustering and integrating variables into combined criteria was also discussed. This research began with the problem being framed. Then, a survey of the literature and public institutions was done to identify relevant practices and state-of-the-art technology in environmental justice analysis. Next, a process was designed to develop and select an appropriate methodology. This process included meeting systematically with members of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency New England GIS team and Mapping Workgroup of the Environmental Justice Council to discuss and compare various methods of analysis. Based on research results, recommendations were made to the EPA New England regional office on how to improve their demographic mapping system. These recommendations are hoped to be adopted by EPA New England and introduced in a desktop GIS tool by the end of 2002.
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Eckert, Jeanette Elizabeth. "Food Systems, Planning and Quantifying Access: How Urban Planning Can Strengthen Toledo’s Local Food System." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1271266072.
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Lemon, Jamie. "Using GIS to Measure Walkability in Cincinnati, OH." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337887649.
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Reece, Kristie M. "Fighting Urban Blight through Community Engagement and GIS." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1544810680015951.
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LI, YU. "PLANNING DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM WITH GIS AND VIRTUAL REALITY." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin997811721.
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Wong, Kok Wai. "Planning proposals and land value change : a case study of Singapore using GIS." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70699.
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陳柏慧 and Pak-wai Patty Chan. "Applications of the GIS to urban design in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31980338.
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Patel, Hetal A. "Institutionalising geographic information systems (GIS) : an integrating tool for sustainable urban land management in Ahmedabad, India." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.273694.
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Huang, Tao. "An Internet Based GIS Database Distribution System." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin983364015.
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El, Nabbout Khaled. "Geo-Visualization Tools for Participatory Urban Planning - The Case of Tripoli, Lebanon." Doctoral thesis, Dresden : Technische Universität, Institut für Kartographie, 2007. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:swb:14-1181302716111-30643.
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Azar, Kamal T. (Kamal Toufic). "Strategies for building, managing and implementing geographic information systems (GIS) capabilities in transit agencies." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/11078.
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Chung, Jee-seong 1969. "Pedestrian environment as an urban indicator : developing a GIS model for measuring pedestrian friendliness." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65261.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2003.Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-123).
Recently, the pedestrian environment has been recognized as an important factor for sustainable urban development movements such as the New Urbanism (NU) movement and Transit Oriented Development (TOD). Consequently, many pedestrian initiatives have been implemented throughout the US while the necessity for measuring the existing pedestrian environment has increased. Despite the increased attention to the pedestrian environment, little effort has been made to evaluate its performance. Level of Service (LOS) models have been developed and widely used, but these provide insufficient information about the pedestrian environment of an area. In this study, a grid-based GIS model proposed for measuring pedestrian friendliness of an area is developed and applied to the City of Boston. The proposed method uses already existing data to measure performance with respect to the condition of pedestrian facilities and their attractiveness to walkers. Unlike other pedestrian models, it evaluates the performance of street segments by considering not only the characteristics of the immediate vicinity but also those of adjacent road segments within a certain distance. The approach also avoids the problem of defining arbitrary spatial areas and boundaries, which may generate a false sense of precision by arbitrarily dissecting the urban pattern into zones. By distinguishing between ease of pedestrian movement and abundance of desirable destinations, we are able to differentiate between the potential for and reality of pedestrian friendliness. The results for Boston indicate the relevance of quantifying multiple dimensions of pedestrian friendliness. They also highlight the importance of land use context in calibrating meaningful measures of accessibility and level of service. While much sensitivity analysis and model tuning remains to be done, the prototype suggests that these types of models can be useful in shaping local policy decisions and contributing to a better understanding of pedestrian environments in the urban scale. This understanding will aid planners in evaluating, designing, and implementing pedestrian-friendly projects that enhance the sustainability of the urban environment.
by Jee-seong Chung.
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Baxmann, Matthias. "Spatial consensus-building through access to web-based GIS : an online planning tool for Leipzig." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64538.
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Harriel, Holly Elizabeth. "The information technology revolution at the neighborhood level : public participation GIS and the Community Development Corporation." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66797.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2003.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-85).
PPGIS is a connector concept that focuses on the developing approaches and applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and related computer technologies. It incorporates the interest of less powerful members in society while attempting to empower marginalized groups. On a small scale GIS has emerged as a tool within the CDC sector. This thesis is organized around the central question: How GIS can be used as a tool for civic engagement/public participation in the Community Development Corporation sector?, and examines three CDCs that employ civic engagement/public participation strategies, and who are also using GIS. Both the traditional neighborhood revitalization model and comprehensive community change model of CDCs are examined. As a collective the three cases presented in this study suggest that the impact of public participation on GIS is more evident when CDCs include their constituents in the planning process of GIS development.
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El, Nabbout Khaled. "Geo-Visualization Tools for Participatory Urban Planning - The Case of Tripoli, Lebanon." Doctoral thesis, Technische Universität Dresden, 2006. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A24964.
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Geo-data visualization has always been an important tool in the urban planning process. Recent trends in geo-information technology are, however, offering additional opportunities for the development of new visualization tools. In parallel, developments have also taken place in the field of urban planning, which has evolved from the rational planning model towards a more strategic planning process with a greater emphasis on collaboration and inclusiveness. This study investigates how an innovative geo-data visualisation tool can be used to develop more inclusive and participatory planning processes, and it tests this approach by means of a case study in Tripoli, Lebanon. The study compared two geo-data visualization techniques regarding their potential for an increased involvement of different types of stakeholders in the urban planning processes: The first technique employed coloured printed transparency maps of the present land-use and the 2000-2020 Master Plan, both geo-referenced to a mosaic of QuickBird satellite imagery used to assist the participant’s orientation. The second technique was the Lenticular Foil Display (LFD) using the so-called flip effect, also based on the geo-coding of the same three “layers”. By tilting this product the observer was easily able to interpret the changes between present and planned state. The LFD technology is particularly useful for true-3D (auto-stereoscopic) viewing. Statistical evaluations of questionnaires concerning sociological and perception-scientific aspects revealed interesting details regarding the role of the new visualization method in the participatory city planning process. The result of the interviews revealed that all stakeholders were readily able to participate in the planning process and to contribute their ideas by sketch-map drawing and writing, using the LFD technology. Regarding the possibilities to stimulate the participation of different stakeholders in the planning process, the LFD was found to be more effective than the conventional approach using transparencies overlaid over orthophotos. Non-experts, in particular, preferred the LFD technology to the transparent overlays which were, however, the preferred approach for the professionals and experts familiar with Master Plan map-reading. One conclusion of the present study is that an efficient participatory urban-planning process should explicitly consider the level of map-reading skills of the stakeholders. Geo-data visualization products like the Multi-Flip-LFDs and other innovative approaches offer possibilities to improve stakeholder participation. The monograph closes by making concrete suggestions for further research into the development and optimization of LFDs.
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Guo, Zhan 1973. "Assessment of the transfer penalty to transit trips in Downtown Boston : a GIS-based disaggregate modeling approach." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66798.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2003.Includes bibliographical references (p. 101).
This research aims to examine the impacts of transfers since transfer activities have significant implications not only for the daily operation of a transit system, but also the integration and coordination between transit lines. Transfers affect transit system performance in at least two respects. On the one hand, the use of transfers in the design of transit services provides more options for the transit operator in terms of area coverage, resource allocation, and flexibility. These factors result in better overall service. On the other hand, transit users do not seek to make transfers on their trips unless there is no alternative or the transfer offers a compelling performance advantage for a given trip. Exploring this trade off associated with transfers helps in understanding passenger dissatisfaction with the transfer, or the transfer penalty. A trade off between making a transfer and extra walking time is explored using a binary logit choice model to review the existence of the transfer penalty, the components inside the penalty, the effects of the urban environment outside the transit system, and the variation of the penalty across trip and personal characteristics. The MBTA subway system in Downtown Boston is used for the analysis, and GIS techniques are used extensively for data processing and results display. The study shows that there is indeed a perceived transfer penalty among MBTA subway riders. Transfer walking time, transfer waiting time, the change of level, and the existence of concession capture the majority of the penalty. The remaining part is explained by the general condition of the subway transfer station, and the in-vehicle travel time spent on making a transfer. The study also shows there is a variation of the transfer penalty across different transfer stations. The urban environment in Downtown Boston as explained by measures, such as sidewalk width, land use, open space, and topology, also has a significant impact on the transfer penalty. In particular pedestrian friendly Downtown area encourage riders to leave the subway system early and walk further. The penalty is found to be largely independent on the trip and demographic characteristics though this finding may be affected by the population being limited to those who already choose the subway system to reach their final destinations in Downtown Boston.
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Yirenkyi, Samuel Yaw. "Conceptual design of a GIS-based land inventory model for urban informal settlement land management." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4978.
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Igergård, Fanny. "Addressing the urban heat island effect in Stockholm : An analysis of its presence and relation to land cover and urban planning." Thesis, KTH, Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-297702.
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As urbanization and global warming increase, an increasing importance is set on that urban planning processes take the possible effects of urban heat islands into account. In order to provide local city planners with site specific knowledge of the current situation in Stockholm, this study has explored the intra-urban heat island effect in Stockholm municipality by identifying major problem areas as well as addressing the statistical relationship between temperature and factors relating to land cover and urban planning strategies. Remotely sensed land surface temperature (LST) and the Swedish National Land Cover Database (NMD) have formed the data basis for the analyses that were carried out using GIS. The LST and land cover information have been extracted from randomly placed circle polygons in order to create a sample for the statistical analyses. The results show that there exist differences in temperature within Stockholm municipality, both within the municipality as a whole and between various urban characters. In both cases, land cover is identified as an important, but not sole, factor to explain the differences. On land areas, artificial non-vegetated surfaces and forest is identified as the land cover classes of most relevance when it comes to the urban heat island effect. For both land cover classes, a strong correlation to LST is seen. Even though certain uncertainties and limitations are embedded in the data as well as in the method choices, the study can conclude in that the urban heat island effect is present in Stockholm municipality and that it can be derived from both land cover and urban characters.I takt med att urbaniseringen och den globala uppvärmningen ökar kommer högre krav ställas på att stadsplaneringen tar hänsyn till de effekter som väntas uppstå kopplat till urbana värmeöar. I syfte att bistå lokala stadsplanerare med platsspecifik kunskap om den nuvarande situationen i Stockholm har den här studien utforskat intraurbana temperaturvariationer i Stockholms stad genom att identifiera de mest utsatta områdena samt genom att undersöka det statistiska sambandet mellan temperatur och faktorer kopplat till marktäcke och stadsutformning. Markens yttemperatur uppmätt från satellit och Nationella marktäckedata (NMD) har utgjort det främsta dataunderlaget för analyserna som genomförts med hjälp av GIS. Genom att extrahera information om yttemperatur och marktäcke från slumpmässigt placerade cirkelpolygoner kunde ett urval till de statistiska analyserna skapas. Resultaten från studien visar att det finns skillnader i temperatur inom Stockholms stad, både inom kommunen som helhet och mellan olika stadsbyggnadskaraktärer. I båda fallen kan marktäcke identifieras som en viktig, men inte ensam, faktor till att förklara skillnaderna. På landområdena identifieras exploaterad mark och skog som de marktäcken med störst betydelse när det kommer till urbana värmeöar. För båda marktäckena ses i studien en stark korrelation till yttemperatur. Trots att vissa osäkerheter och begräsningar kan kopplas till både använd data och de metoder som använts kan slutsatsen att effekten från urbana värmeöar finns i Stockholms kommun dras. Dessutom kan konstateras att effekten kan härledas både till marktäcke och stadsbyggnadskaraktär.
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Siemers, Andreas. "The use of GIS by economic development agencies in facilitating the process of service and retail firm location." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70274.
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Erol, Gokhan. "Gis-based Microzontion Of Niksar (tokat) Settlement Area For The Purpose Of The Urban Planning." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12611370/index.pdf.
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Niksar (Tokat), is an urban area located in a seismically active zone of Turkey. The aim of this thesis is to prepare GIS-based microzonation map of Niksar settlement area for the purpose of urban planning. Liquefaction, activity, slope, aspect, fault proximity, ground amplification and lithology are considered during the overlay analysis by using Multicriteria Decision Making Analysis (MCDA) of Simple Additive Weighing (SAW) and Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) methods. Based on the evaluations, the study area is divided into four different zones, namely, (1) areas suitable for settlement(2) provisional settlement areas
(3) areas requiring detailed geotechnical investigation
(4) unsuitable areas. Two microzonation maps obtained from analyses are compared. Maps prepared by SAW and AHP methods are found to be consistent with each other. However, the microzonation map prepared by AHP method is recommended for the purpose of urban planning because it has the ability to check consistency itself.
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Grotbo, Jeremy. "The "ADaM Cube" : Categorizing Portland, Oregon's Urbanization Using GIS and Spatial Statistics." PDXScholar, 2016. http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3002.
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Transportation availability and land use intensity demonstrate a strong relationship, with intense development concentrated near significant transportation investment. Transportation networks evolved in response to emergent transportation technologies and changing urban land uses. The irregular distribution of transportation systems reinforced patterns of land use development, shaping urban form. Understanding the relationships between transportation and the intensity of land uses allows urban geographers and city planners to explain the urbanization processes, as well as to identify areas historically susceptible to future development. The goal of this research is to develop a quantitative framework for the analysis of the development of urban form and its relationship to urban transportation systems. This research focuses on transportation accessibility, building density, and the structural massing as the basic metrics in the categorization of urban form. Portland, Oregon serves as the case study environment, while the research methodology examines the spatial and statistical relationship between these metrics for much of the city's urban area. Applying geographic information systems (GIS) and k-means cluster analysis, urban form metrics are compared within the ADaM (Accessibility, Density, and Massing) cube, a model demonstrating comparative relationships, as well as the geographic distribution and patterns of urban form in Portland, Oregon's neighborhoods. A finalized urban form catalog describes existing urban environments, but also indicates areas of impending transition, places having the strong potential for reorganization with respect to higher levels of transportation accessibility. The ADaM Cube is a tool for characterizing Portland's existing urban form, and describing the vulnerabilities of urban neighborhoods to the pressure of redevelopment.
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Hsie, Tung-Shen. "Utilising climate maps in the planning process : a GIS-based approach to urban morphology parameterisation and urban wind environment studies." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.549494.
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Zen, Ismawi Bin Hj. "Integrating urban landscape resources into the urban planning systems in Malaysia, with a special reference to the use of GIS." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/20882.
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From a modest beginning as practical steps for fire prevention in the 1890s, urban planning in Malaysia has matured into a profession concerned with all aspects of development. As in many other developing countries, there are many problems and issues that need almost immediate and simultaneous attention. With limited resources, emphasis has tended to be on socio-economic goals. In the process environmental aspects such as landscape resources have not been given due consideration. The loss of much of these resources as the result of a rapid urban development highlights the need for a new approach to be adopted. The thesis discusses the need for a model to ensure that the concerns of these resources are fully integrated into the urban planning process, and for an approach that must allow for the development of a systematic landscape resources inventory, its presentation and analysis. The dynamic nature of urban development means that the system must also be able to incorporate almost daily updating and analysis. The versatility of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is well placed to serve this purpose. The study starts with an understanding of the importance of the various landscape resources within the historic Kuala Lumpur Old Town, proceeding to sketch a model that would help to integrate these resources into the existing urban planning system. Using ARC/INFO software, the model demonstrates in sketch outline and by example typical variables of an urban landscape database for Kuala Lumpur Old Town. Using the available planning data applied to 3 case studies. The first of these looks at the Bukit Nenas Forest Reserve, the second at the Kelang-Gombak Rivers Corridor, and the third at the so-called colonial shophouses.
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Li, Ran, and Ran Li. "Activity Space and Accessibility: Characterizing Complex Urban Activity-Travel and Optimizing Service Provision Planning." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/620988.
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Research on urban travel represents an important area in geography, transportation planning and urban studies. Compared to the traditional trip based approach, the activity based approach offers a better understanding of the motivations underlying travel, that is, activity participation. Urban activity-travel is complex as it takes place both in space and time. Building upon the time geography framework, this study provides new ways to characterize urban activity-travel and examine the association with accessibility. A new optimization model incorporating complex urban travel is also proposed for service provision planning. Activity space represents an important concept for understanding human activity-travel. The geometry based approaches widely used for delineating activity spaces are limited in fully characterizing real-world travel behavior. To address the issue, Chapter 2 proposes a new time geography based approach to more accurately portray urban activity spaces. The proposed approach takes into account the full complexity of real-world travel and underlying urban structures. Results of an empirical study are presented based on the 2008 Add-on National Household Travel Survey conducted in Tucson, Arizona. Activity spaces of 1,164 sample travelers are delineated and analyzed. Results show the effectiveness of the new approach in more realistically depicting urban activity-travel. Understanding the impact of the built environment on travel is important for formulating effective travel reduction policies. In Chapter 3, a study is presented to examine the relationship between accessibility to urban opportunities and urban travel. Activity spaces are drawn to characterize the spatial extent of activity-travel, and a new accessibility measure is introduced to account for the complexity of urban travel. An empirical study based on a travel survey dataset in Tucson, Arizona shows that improved accessibility is generally associated with reduced travel, but such an effect varies across different activity types. In addition, employment status and trip-chaining behavior can be used to explain the varying influences on the accessibility-travel relationship. In Chapter 4, a new multi-objective location model is developed with the goal of accessibility maximization. The model extends the classic p-median problem (PMP) to account for accessibility in a more realistic manner. Trip chaining and activity space are incorporated into the location model. In addition to fixed home locations, stops along chained trips are allowed for potential service site visits. The model is applied to locate service facilities in Tucson, AZ. Alternative versions of the objective function are solved exactly with the resulting sets of optimal facility locations displayed and analyzed. Decision makers are given flexibility to determine the relative importance for each of three sub-objective, based on the type of services being located, their preferences and practical needs.
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Terner, Michael G. (Michael George). "A geographic information system (GIS) assisted approach for assessing environmental equity in the EPA RCRA program's site inspection selection process." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70226.
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Chen, Yan 1976. "GIS-based Planning Support System for transportation and industrial location analyses : a case study of the cokemaking sector in Shanxi Province, China." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8018.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2003.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-97).
I created a Shanxi Province GIS -based Planning Support System (SPGPSS) for transportation and industrial plant location studies of the cokemaking sector in Shanxi Province. By integrating database, map viewer, scripts, and professional models in the GIS environment, on the provincial level, I designed the SPGPSS to have capabilities of optimizing plant locations, transport routes and modes under the different scenarios and computing the corresponding cost, energy consumption, and pollution emissions in the transportation process. Policy makers and industrial organizations can utilize the SPGPSS to value the economic and environmental impacts from different policy possibilities and assist their planning decisions on location rearrangements and structural changes. On the plant level, a plant manager can use the SPGPSS to conduct spatial analyses and multi-plan valuations for an individual plant in the planning of transport routes and new plant location. By the applications of SPGPSS, I tested my hypothesis that combining cokemaking plants into several large-capacity plants or industrial parks is preferable to having them distributed throughout the area. From the perspective of total cost, the large-capacity plants and industrial parks instead of the distributed small-capacity plants would reduce the total cost both from the transportation and cokemaking process. From the perspective of total energy consumption and pollution emissions, however, the large-capacity plants and industrial parks would increase the total energy consumption and pollution emissions. Thus, my hypothesis is only partially proven.
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Langlois, Paul. "A GIS Approach for Evaluating Municipal Planning Capability: Residential Built Form in Markham and Vaughan, Ontario." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/2910.
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This research describes a methodology for measuring built form patterns using spatial data and GIS that is amenable to the study of large geographical areas. This methodology was used to investigate the capability of municipal planning to influence residential development. In the early 1990s, the Town of Markham, Ontario, Canada adopted a residential development philosophy inspired by New Urbanism. An adjacent municipality, the City of Vaughan, has employed a conventional development approach. By calculating several built form measures derived from the design prescriptions associated with New Urbanism, this study seeks to discern if Markham's adoption of an unconventional development philosophy has resulted in a residential built form distinct from that in Vaughan. Built form measures are calculated for both municipalities for two eras. Development from 1981 to 1995 represents the "before" or baseline configuration, while development from 1996 to 2003 is used to characterize built form created when Markham's New Urbanist-inspired approach was in force. Period over period comparisons are carried out for each municipality, as are within-period comparisons between municipalities.
Findings indicate that development patterns are distinct in the two study periods. From the early period to the more recent, street networks take on a more grid-like organization while building lots and blocks become smaller. These changes are accompanied by an overall decline in accessibility to amenities. However, development patterns were found to be quite similar in both municipalities in the recent study period, exhibiting differences in degree, not in kind. The findings appear to indicate that planning's influence over residential built form is limited to moderately accelerating positive trends, and moderately retarding negative trends.
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Malcolm, Neil. "The Integration of Remote Sensing and GIS to Facilitate Sustainable Urban Environmental Management: The Case of Bangkok, Thailand." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/996.
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Cities in developing countries are facing serious problems as a result of rapid urban population growth. Not the least of these problems is the creation of environmental stresses at the rural-urban fringe of these cities as they increase in area and envelop fertile surrounding agricultural lands. Because of this rapid rate of growth, sustainable urban environmental management (SUEM) policies and practices are often difficult to develop and implement proactively. This thesis argues that rapid population growth and subsequent urban expansion occurs such that urban form and function are built around the transportation network. In this context, a basic requirement for the facilitation of SUEM is the ability to be able to detect and extract indicators of urban expansion, in particular the road network, from available satellite remote sensing (RS) data. Subsequently, the indictors of growth derived from RS imagery can be integrated into a multi-source GIS database with ground-based census data to facilitate potential environmental stress analysis. The extraction of useful data from RS imagery for GIS-based analysis of urban growth is achieved through an integrated conceptual and operational framework presented in the thesis. This framework allows for environmental stress analysis at the urban periphery that can assist with the design of policies to contain urban growth.
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Yip, Kin-man Ernest, and 葉健文. "Developing a city skyline for Hong Kong using GIS and urban design guidelines." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B27049802.
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Canepa, Claudia. "New information technologies in the old political economy : an exploration of community-based GIS for improving basic services for the poor in New Delhi, India." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33012.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2005.Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-223).
Rapid urbanization, limited neighborhood-level data, and the multiplicity of overlapping agencies in mega-cities in the developing world are creating a significant gap between citizens, particularly the poor, and government. Rising poverty rates have led NGOs and government actors to explore the role of community-based geographic information systems (GIS) in improving service provision to the poor. These participatory GIS applications focus on collecting neighborhood-level information directly from residents and providing this information to government for more need-based planning and policy-making. This thesis examines the development of three such applications in New Delhi, India, that illustrate the potential of participatory GIS production and implementation processes in strengthening communities and creating organizational change within government. However, these three projects also suggest that a stronger understanding of the political economy of information gathering and policy- making is needed if the use of resident perceptions and other types of local knowledge is to be institutionalized in government resource allocation and policy-making processes. Findings suggest, first, that, contrary to the popular belief that government lacks sufficient knowledge about the needs of the poor and that the role of participatory GIS is simply to inform "government," frontline workers have much information on the poor, and it is the higher-level officials who lack the knowledge. This knowledge differential highlights the need to deconstruct the state and consider the political economy issues that prevent information sharing between different levels of government.
(Cont.) Second, due to differences in ideology between NGOs and government, these two actors collect data on the poor for very different reasons. These differences may act as major impediments to GIS co-production unless special processes are set up and intermediaries are brought in to help generate common motivations between the two groups. Third, the NGOs' participatory approach to gathering local knowledge, which is deeply rooted in the flexible nature of NGOs, contrasts sharply with the standardized data collection methods that government officials and policy-makers value. This contrast, coupled with the fact that policy-making processes are often structured in ways that prevent easy incorporation of local knowledge, presents a challenge for NGOs and governments who seek to work together to create more need-based planning and policy-making.
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McMillan, Andrew James Mr. "Multifamily Units in the Dispersed City: Measuring Infill and Development by Neighborhood Type in the Kansas City Region." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1367857439.
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Ho, Lee-kin Joe. "Incorporating GIS and CAD technologies in the modelling of three-dimensional urban landscape of Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42575229.
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Dowd, Michael G. "Modeling inundation impacts on transportation network performance : a GIS and four-step transportation modeling analysis." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99567.
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Thesis: M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2015.Thesis: S.M. in Transportation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2015.
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The world's leading climate scientists have reached a consensus that "[w]arming of the climate system is unequivocal" (IPCC, 2007). This warming will carry with it a host of consequences for the global community, including increased occurrence of flooding. Little focus has been placed on the operation of transport systems during, or shortly after inundation events. Inundation affects the availability and quality of network assets (i.e. Transportation Supply) and inhabitable land, which produces and attracts transportation users (i.e. Demand). In this thesis, I apply an altered four-step transportation modeling method to allow for the analysis of impacts in a single set time: modeling an event rather than a future equilibrium scenario. I show how traditional four-step models can be used to produce valuable metrics describing performance of the disrupted transportation system. Such metrics contribute to understanding potential consequences and planning for mitigation and response. Using the Boston Metro Region as a case study, and a four-step model for the year 2010, 1 demonstrate a method (Inundation Impact Assessment) for quantifying transport network impacts under six different inundation levels, one-foot to six-feet. The results indicate that inundation has widespread impacts on the ability of persons to complete trips and the performance of both the auto and transit networks. I then demonstrate how this method can be applied to examine different infrastructure projects in the future, modeling two different demographic scenarios for the year 2030 with two different BRT alignments. The goal is to evaluate potential contribution of BRT to recoup trips lost by the impact of inundation on other transit links. The methods and approaches used in this work show how such four-step models can be used to plan for inundation events. This method provides significant amounts of data that can be used to assess the value of potential interventions, such as the protection of mobility or the reinforcement of transportation network performance.
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Belhadj, Joshua S. "Anticipating Urban Evacuations: A Planning Support System for Impact Reduction." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1203967246.
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Thesis (Master of Community Planning)--University of Cincinnati, 2008.Advisor: Xinhao Wang, PhD (Committee Chair); Heng Wei, PhD (Committee Member) Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed May 8, 2008). Includes abstract. Keywords: Man-made disaster; Planning Support System; GIS Model; Terrorism; Urban Planning; Vulnerability Assessment, Evacuation Includes bibliographical references.
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MANTRI, ANUPAMA. "A GIS Based Approach to Measure Walkability of a Neighborhood." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1205012111.
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Stanley, Christopher. "Flood Visualization for Urban Planning : An exploratory spatiotemporal visualization of storm water runoff in 2D and 3D." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för Industriell utveckling, IT och Samhällsbyggnad, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-21822.
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Modelling hydrologic processes is important for understanding how the water cycle works in different environments. Cities which undergo constant changes are subject to flood hazards resulting from severe rainfall. This paper aims to simulate severe rainfall, visualize the results, incorporating both spatial and temporal dimensions, and to make future recommendations for further studies on flood visualization. Visualizing the results from a rainfall simulation using GIS provides urban planners and others the means to view the dynamics of the surface runoff. At the same time, it makes accessible advanced querying and analytical tools. A hydrological model for the study area in Gävle, Sweden was used to simulate a 100-year rainfall. Through FME, the data was reduced, time-stamped and combined to a shapefile. Both 2D software, ArcGIS, and 3D software, ArcScene, were used for creating an animated flood visualization. This study shows that although 2D tested better by a group of planners and water professionals, the 3D was still considered more intuitive. The heightened sense of realism from 3D outweighs its drawbacks, and further studies are required to test different methods of 3D visualization.
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Sewell, Patrick Dale. "Centers all the way down: a study of centrality in the modern city." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/43594.
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This thesis will empirically examine the distribution of centers of commercial activity in the modern city. Using measures of built space for different types of activity in Atlanta, we will map the distribution of activity in the city; then we will derive the system of centers distributed throughout the city. This system of centers will be sorted into scales, from global to local, so that the morphological properties of the street network associated with each scale may be analyzed using space syntax and other tools. We will then compare the distribution of centers in different portions of Atlanta, both qualitatively and quantitatively. Finally, we will compate the emergent distribution of centers to distributions proposed by Doxiadis, Alexander, Central Place Theory, and others.
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Mezgebe, Bineyam. "Sustainable Stormwater Management: Applying Green Infrastructure Principles in Addis Ababa." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc_num=ucin1258489866.
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Thesis (Master of Community Planning)--University of Cincinnati, 2009.Advisor: Xinhao Wang. Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed Feb. 22, 2010). Includes abstract. Keywords: Storm Water Runoff; Green Infrastructure; Addis Ababa; Urban Planning; Environmental Planning; GIS. Includes bibliographical references.
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Sheng, Xia, and 盛夏. "The influence of urban traffic network on the location of urban commercial center based on GIS and space syntax : a case study of Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/206604.
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With the expansion of cities and economic prosperity, research on the location of commercial center has been increasingly brought to the attention of the relevant scholars. Urban commercial activity affects the city's overall development. Moreover, commercial land directly reflects the urban spatial structure characteristic, and is closely related to the city's social economic activities.
Urban traffic network structure is the basis for land use and economic activity of urban space. Among many factors affecting commercial distribution, urban traffic network and the accessibility of it are the main factors. This study is trying to answer what role the accessibility plays in the development of commercial centers and how. Space Syntax theory provides a new perspective for understanding the complicated urban transportation system, and a set of quantitative analysis method for space configuration. In order to investigate the accessibility of traffic network in Hong Kong, map data will be collected from road network and metro network, and the data will be digitalized before the calculation of accessibility. For the purpose of finding the development of commercial centers, a variety of data will also be collected from the three commercial centers-Tsim Sha Tsui, Causeway Bay, and Mong Kok, such as the operating area of main retail stores in each commercial center.
The first theoretical hypothesis is that the accessibility of traffic network does have an influence on the location and development of commercial centers. After the calculation of metro network accessibility and road network accessibility, the second theoretical hypothesis is that the accessibility of metro network may exert different effect on the location and development of commercial centers, compared with that of road network. The influence of metro network and road network on the location of commercial centers was discussed. It can be concluded that an area of high accessibility is more likely to develop into a commercial center. In another word, commercial centers always have higher accessibility than non-commercial center areas. Another conclusion is that the scope of commercial centers is mainly controlled by accessibility of road network in local configuration.published_or_final_version
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Souza, José Maria de. "Uso do Sistema de Informações Geográficas na análise e otimização do atendimento a locais de potencial de risco de incêndios, para a cidade de São Carlos (SP)." Universidade de São Paulo, 2000. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18137/tde-09022018-184605/.
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As atividades que envolvem planejamento urbano e de transportes vêm sendo cada vez mais introduzidas, diagnosticadas e modeladas em Sistemas de Informações Geográficas (SIG), fornecendo respostas rápidas e racionais às questões levantadas em diversas áreas de atuação. A localização de serviços públicos de emergência, dentre outros, está diretamente ligada ao atendimento à comunidade. Nesta pesquisa apresenta-se o mapeamento de pontos de comércio, manipulação e armazenamento de produtos combustíveis e explosivos, os quais representam grande potencial de risco de incêndio na cidade de São Carlos (SP). Em adição elabora-se estudo de regionalização destes locais considerando as posições geográficas das centrais de atendimento do Corpo de Bombeiros do município. A partir daí, efetuam-se as análises das facilidades oferecidas na implantação do SIG. A implantação de projeto dessa natureza poderá auxiliar também nos atendimentos aos chamados de socorro, com um tempo de resposta mínimo.The activities that involve urban and transportation planning have been introduced, diagnosed and modeled in Geographical Information System (GIS), supplying fast and rational answers to the questions in severaI areas of performance. The location of emergencies public services, among others, this directly envolves the attendance to the community. This research displays mapping of trade, manipulation and storage points of combustible and explosive products, that represent great potential of fire risk in São Carlos (SP). In addition, it is studied regionalization of such points considering the geographical positions of the headquarters of attendance of the fire department of the district. Since then, it is executed analysis of the facilities offered in the stablishment of GIS. The implantation of project of this nature will also be able to aid in the attendances to the calls of help, with a minimum time of answer.
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Ho, Lee-kin Joe, and 何利堅. "Incorporating GIS and CAD technologies in the modelling of three-dimensional urban landscape of Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42575229.
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Prather, Jennifer Lynn. "BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: INTEGRATING SOCIAL AND TECHNICAL CAPACITY WITHIN PARTICIPATORY GIS." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1304016477.
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Narooie, Mahnaz. "Boosting Public Participation in Urban Planning Through the Use of Web GIS Technology : A Case Study of Stockholm County." Thesis, KTH, Urbana och regionala studier, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-147870.
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Providing citizens with the robust and suitable tools to effectively participate in the planning process is a necessity nowadays. Also, changes in the capabilities and popularity of new technologies have dramatically raised the number of technology-based tools that are potentially available for enhancing public participation in the planning process. This study explores both the theoretical aspect of collaborative planning and the effects that Web-based Public Participatory GIS (WPPGIS) applications and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has on the planning process. Findings indicate that the WPPGIS applications have the potential for increasing participation. It is also found that besides the contextual elements like the attitudes of planners and decision makers, the technological features such as proper user interface, price of software, technical and literacy skills are seen as crucial hindrances to bridging the planning process and technology-based solutions. This research also attempts to combine IAP2 Public Participation Spectrum and technological functionalities into a single framework to understand the implementation of WPPGIS applications in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. Finally, based on the given criteria and assessment of the reviewed applications, this study concludes with the design and implementation of a prototype WPPGIS application using Open-Source Technologies (OST).