The SAGE handbook of GIS and society [electronic resource] / edited by Timothy Nyerges, Helen Couclelis and Robert McMaster
- Additional Titles
- GIS and society
- Published
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2011.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 559 pages)
- Additional Creators
- Nyerges, Timothy L., Couclelis, Helen, and McMaster, Robert Brainerd
Access Online
- SAGE knowledge: ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I INTRODUCTION -- 1.Geographic Information Systems and Society: A Twenty Year Research Perspective / Helen Couclelis -- pt. II GIS AND SOCIETY RESEARCH -- SECTION 1 FOUNDATIONS OF GIS AND SOCIETY RESEARCH -- 2.Concepts, Principles, Tools, and Challenges in Spatially Integrated Social Science / Michael F. Goodchild -- 3.Geographic Ontologies and Society / Margarita Kokla -- 4.The Social Potential of GIS / Stacy Warren -- 5.Critical GIS / Matthew W. Wilson -- SECTION 2 GIS AND MODERN LIFE -- 6.Connecting Geospatial Information to Society Through Cyberinfrastructure / Dawn Wright -- 7.Environmental Sustainabality: The Role of Geographic Information Science and Spatial Data Infrastructures in the Integration of People and Nature / Gilberto Camara -- 8.GIS and Population Health: An Overview / Nathaniel Bell -- 9.Cogito Ergo Mobilis Sum: The Impact of Location-based Services on Our Mobile Lives / Martin Raubal -- SECTION 3 ALTERNATIVE REPRESENTATIONS IN GIS AND SOCIETY RESEARCH -- 10.Human-scaled Visualizations and Society / Danny Dorling -- 11.Indigenous Peoples' Issues and Indigenous Uses of GIS / Melinda Laituri -- 12.Spatial Modeling of Social Networks / Ryan M. Acton -- 13.GIS Designs for Studying Human Activities in a Space-Time Context / Shih-Lung Shaw -- SECTION 4 GIS IN ORGANISATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS -- 14.Emerging Frameworks in the Information Age: The Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) Phenomenon / Ian Masser -- 15.Spatial Data Infrastructure for Cadastres: Foundations and Challenges / Francis Harvey -- 16.A GIS-based Computer-supported Collaborative Work Flow System in Urban Planning / Kenneth S.S. Tang -- 17.GIS and Emergency Management / Paul J. Weschler -- SECTION 5 GIS IN PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT -- 18.Designing Public Participation Geographic Information Systems / Piotr Jankowski -- 19.Online Public Participation GIS for Spatial Planning / Richard Kingston -- 20.Participatory Approaches in GIS and Society Research: Foundations, Practices, and Future Directions / Sarah Elwood -- 21.PPGIS Implementation and the Transformation of US Planning Practice / Laxmi Ramasubramanian -- 22.Politics and Power in Participation and GIS Use for Community Decision Making / Rina Ghose -- SECTION 6 VALUE, FAIRNESS AND PRIVACY IN A GIS CONTEXT -- 23.Geographic Information Value Assessment / Roger Longhorn -- 24.Geovisualization of Spatial Equity / Emily Talen -- 25.Natural Resource Conflicts, Their Management, and GIS Applications / Peter A. Kwaku Kyem -- 26.Legal and Ethical Issues of Using Geospatial Technologies in Society / Daniel Z. Sui -- pt. III CONCLUSION -- 27.GIS and Society Research: Reflections and Emerging Themes / Robert McMaster.
- Summary
- This title emphasizes the theoretical, methodological and substantive diversity within GIS and society research.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781446201046 (ebook)
- Related Titles
- SAGE reference online
- Audience Notes
- Specialized.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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