1. The application of GIS in urban & regional planning: a review of the North American experience (Harris and Elmes)
Dr. Ahmad BinTouq
URL:
GEO 440: GIS for Urban & Regional Planning

2. Overview Why GIS growth in the US? Scale if planning and GIS
The case of the US political boundaries

3. Review of USA GIS experience
The paper suggests that growth in GIS planning applications in the US is due to:
Growing awareness
Institutional acceptance
Falling system costs
Product diversity

4. GIS in the USA Planning and Society in North America
Policy formulation
Resources allocation
Decision making
Equated regional planning in USA with regional economic development strategies
Individualism
2nd area of environmental protection and risk management

5. Growing Awareness

6. Institutional Acceptance

7. Falling System Cost

8. Product Diversity

9. GIS in planning applications in the USA
Geographical scale is the dominant influences shaping GIS utilization in planning
National
Regional
Trans-regional
Metropolitan
Neighborhood scales

10. Exercise
Discuss how scale of GIS applications influence planning in the USA and give an example?
What are some GIS applications in planning?

11. Next week
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