Book Review: Spatial Analysis and Spatial Policy using Geographic Information Systems LES WORRALL (Ed), 1991 London: Belhaven Press 236 pp., £42.00 hardback

Huxhold, William E.

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“…The adoption of GIS by cities as their information processing solution has led to its technological advancement. Currently, most city-provided GIS includes urban map data, topology, land and property records, and spatial characteristics (Huxhold, 1991). Many GIS archives contain vector drawing materials.…”

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Interplay and Implications of Urban Renewal under Dual Laws - An Agent-Based Simulation

Yu,

Chie

2024

Advances in Management and Applied Economics

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This article focuses on the impact of the simultaneous implementation of dual laws on urban renewal implementation. Especially when the two laws have different case success rates. We refer to the agent-based model used by Acevedo et al. (2003) for the Los Angeles City Development Study. We used the Geographic Information System (GIS) data to replace the virtual grid. We selected the data of Taipei City for simulation. Compare with the "Urban Renewal Act" and the "Statute for Expediting Reconstruction of Urban Unsafe and Old Buildings" that are currently being implemented simultaneously. Simulations and studies were conducted based on the case success rate and the gap between the two laws. The study results show that only by widening the gap between the two laws can the "Urban Renewal Act" be used at a higher rate. This means clearer enforcement scope and conditions should be set in both regulations to avoid direct conflict. JEL classification numbers: C15, C63, L38, P25, R52. Keywords: Urban Renewal, Agent-based modeling, NetLogo, GIS.

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Interplay and Implications of Urban Renewal under Dual Laws - An Agent-Based Simulation

Yu,

Chie

2024

Advances in Management and Applied Economics

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“…The idea of using information technology to deal with troubling urban challenges, such as overcrowding, slums, unhealthiness, and the deterioration of cities, was first introduced in the second half of the twentieth century (Huxhold, 1991). Up until 1951, when the first computers for commercial use were introduced in the public sector, planners had reluctantly started to embrace computer-based information technologies to support their planning activities (Shiode, 2000;Brail, 1987).…”

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“…First, conflicting values and interests arising in the 1970s greatly increased the data and information input in the planning process (Klosterman, 1994). It was argued that better computer-based information systems would be useful for managing information and revealing unrecognized controversies and faults in planning processes (Huxhold, 1991). When the minicomputer was developed and introduced, computer-based information technologies were mainly developed to deal with information management in planning.…”

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“…However, planning practitioners face the difficulty of understanding and dealing appropriately with the issues at hand (Innes and Booher, 2010) when aspects of the issues are complex and they do not possess the considerable amount of information and knowledge required to deal with them (Friedmann, 2019;De Roo and Hillier, 2016). Thus, in the urban planning field, there is a strong consensus that the information and communication revolutions can be seized by planners to support planning and create possible solutions to these urban problems (Harris and Batty, 1993;Huxhold, 1991;Geertman and Stillwell, 2004).…”

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Planning First, Tools Second: Evaluating the Evolving Roles of Planning Support Systems in Urban Planning

Jiang

Geertman

Witte

2022

Journal of Urban Technology

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Planning support systems (PSS), as geo-information technology instruments, have been developed to support planning as urban planning is becoming highly complex. Recent advances in new information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the context of smart cities have provided new potentials to enrich PSS-support functions, but they do not constitute a "silver bullet;" in fact, PSS's potential roles in practice are impeded by fundamental and structural factors. This article argues that the evolving perceptions of planning together with the changing roles of PSS in supporting planning provide the foundations for solving these structural restrictions. It presents a genealogical exploration of planning thoughts and associated PSS supports over the past 70 years, which is cross-checked by the results of expert interviews. The analysis indicates that for a factual planning supportive role: (1) the focus on the urban planning issue at hand should be strengthened, since it determines the planning mode and the relevant PSS choice; (2) there is a need for a user-centered, demand-induced approach toward PSS developments in planning, aimed at better serving the real needs of PSS users and planning practices; and (3) and there is also a need for more sensitivity toward contextual factors in PSS developments and applications, since the specific contextual characteristics help to identify the complexity faced by planners and influence the relevant planning rationality and specific PSS to be applied. This article thus highlights the importance of considering planning support as a socio-technical innovation shaped through challenges in urban contexts and the relevant planning approaches applied to handle these challenges. Further recommendations are proposed for PSS developments and applications in future planning practice.

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“…This leads to the duplication of data and waste of national resources in terms of money, manpower and time. Urban information systems combine map images with other kinds of information (like tabular data) for the purpose of analyzing spatial relationships among data related to locations in the city (Huxhold, 1999). An urban information system is the combination of talented persons (Geographic Information System team), spatial and descriptive data, analytic methods and computer software and hardware -all organized to automate, manage and deliver information through geographic presentation (Zeiler, 1999).…”

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Ruis - A Web Based Geographical Information System for Rishikesh Area, India

Mondal,

Garg,

Garg

et al. 2023

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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Abstract. An attempt has been made to develop Rishikesh Urban Information System (RUIS) with this concern in mind so that efforts made during data collection and acquisition of latest data on resources available in the Rishikesh township and its environs can be used by the administrators, town planners, tourists and even common man to locate and appraise of the areas of their interest. The study of Rishikesh township and its environs carried out in this work would be useful in formulating developmental planning strategies in the area, as the spatial and attribute information about various utilities-facilities and geoenvironmental parameters is available in a georeferenced GIS mode. RUIS is a GIS based application system that amalgamates Visual Basic .Net, ESRI MAP OBJECT 2.0, and Microsoft Access. This system allows linkage of spatial and attributes data with suitable visual display of both the data types. RUIS supports on screen map viewing with attribute information to provide meaningful insights into the geo-aspects of the region for updating the knowledge of planners and tourists interested in this area. Anyone can easily access it anytime, anywhere by using internet.

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Book Review: Spatial Analysis and Spatial Policy using Geographic Information Systems LES WORRALL (Ed), 1991 London: Belhaven Press 236 pp., £42.00 hardback

Cited by 4 publications

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Interplay and Implications of Urban Renewal under Dual Laws - An Agent-Based Simulation

Interplay and Implications of Urban Renewal under Dual Laws - An Agent-Based Simulation

Planning First, Tools Second: Evaluating the Evolving Roles of Planning Support Systems in Urban Planning

Ruis - A Web Based Geographical Information System for Rishikesh Area, India

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