The SAGE handbook of GIS and society research. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Timothy Nyerges, Helen Couclelis and Robert McMaster.
• Other Names: Nyerges, Timothy L; Couclelis, Helen; McMaster, Robert Brainerd
• Contents: PART ONE: INTRODUCTION; Geographic Information Systems and Society - Timothy L. Nyerges, Robert McMaster, and Helen Couclelis; A Twenty Year Research Perspective; PART TWO: GIS AND SOCIETY RESEARCH; SECTION ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF GIS AND SOCIETY RESEARCH; Concepts, Principles, Tools, and Challenges in Spatially Integrated Social Science - Donald G. Janelle and Michael F. Goodchild; Geographic Ontologies and Society - Marinos Kavouras and Margarita Kokla; The Social Potential of GIS - Stacy Warren; Critical GIS - Sarah Elwood, Nadine Schuurman, and Matthew W. Wilson; SECTION TWO: GIS AND MODERN LIFE 107; Connecting Geospatial Information to Society Through Cyberinfrastructure - Marc P. Armstrong, Timothy L. Nyerges, Shaowen Wang, and Dawn Wright; Environmental Sustainability - Clodoveu A. Davis, Jr., Frederico T. Fonseca, and Gilberto Camara; The Role of Geographic Information Science and Spatial Data Infrastructures in the Integration of People and Nature; GIS and Population Health - Nadine Schuurman and Nathaniel Bell; An Overview; Cogito Ergo Mobilis Sum - Martin Raubal; The Impact of Location-based Services on Our Mobile Lives; SECTION THREE: ALTERNATIVE REPRESENTATIONS IN GIS AND SOCIETY RESEARCH; Human-scaled Visualizations and Society - Dimitris Ballas and Danny Dorling; Indigenous Peoples' Issues and Indigenous Uses of GIS - Melinda Laituri; Spatial Modeling of Social Networks - Carter T. Butts and Ryan M. Acton; GIS Designs for Studying Human Activities in a Space-Time Context - Hongbo Yu and Shih-Lung Shaw; SECTION FOUR: GIS IN ORGANISATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS; Emerging Frameworks in the Information Age - Ian Masser; The Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) Phenomenon; Spatial Data Infrastructure for Cadastres - Francis Harvey; Foundations and Challenges; A GIS-based Computer-supported Collaborative Work Flow System in Urban Planning - Anthony G.O. Yeh and Kenneth S.S. Tang; GIS and Emergency Management - Christopher T. Emrich, Susan L. Cutter and Paul J. Weschler; SECTION FIVE: GIS IN PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; Designing Public Participation Geographic Information Systems - Piotr Jankowski; Online Public Participation GIS for Spatial Planning - Richard Kingston; Participatory Approaches in GIS and Society Research - Sarah Elwood; Foundations, Practices, and Future Directions; PPGIS Implementation and the Transformation of US Planning Practice - Laxmi Ramasubramanian; Politics and Power in Participation and GIS Use for Community Decision Making - Rina Ghose; SECTION SIX: VALUE, FAIRNESS AND PRIVACY IN A GIS CONTEXT; Geographic Information Value Assessment - Roger Longhorn; Geovisualization of Spatial Equity - Emily Talen; Natural Resource Conflicts, Their Management, and GIS Applications - Peter A. Kwaku Kyem; Legal and Ethical Issues of Using Geospatial Technologies in Society - Daniel Z. Sui; PART THREE: CONCLUSION; GIS and Society Research - Helen Couclelis, Timothy L. Nyerges, and Robert McMaster; Reflections and Emerging Themes;
• Publisher Details: London : SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (576 pages)
• Subjects: 910.285; Geographic information systems; Sociology -- Data processing
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781446209622; 1446209628
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