Think Globally, Act Regionally : GIS and Data Visualization for Social Science and Public Policy Research

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• ISBN13: 9781589481244
• ISBN10: 1589481240
• Edition: CD
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2005-07-28
• Publisher: ESRI

Summary

Giving social scientists and students a solid introduction to Geographical Information Systems (GIS), this study focuses on some of society's most pressing issues, including growth, pollution, and economic development. By calling upon such high-end analytical tools as Global Positioning System navigation and satellite imagery, GIS can be a critical tool in examining social problems. This study encourages readers to be visionary and even utopian in imagining better urban futures by concentrating on three related topicsurbanization, conflicts between natural and built environments, and regional equity. The introductory and spatial analysis chapters expand this understanding so that readers see both urban problems and urban opportunities more clearly.

Author Biography

Richard LeGates is a professor of urban studies at San Francisco State University. He is an expert on teaching GIS, regional planning, housing, and land use. He lives in San Francisco, California.

Table of Contents

List of maps	vii
List of figures	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	xv
Part I Urbanization, GIS, and data visualization	1	(108)
Urbanization and its discontents	3	(30)
Introduction to GIS	33	(20)
Managing urbanization with vector GIS	53	(42)
Visual images and data graphics	95	(14)
Part II Raster GIS, multivariate data graphics, and balancing the natural and built environments	109	(82)
Urbanization in harmony with the earth	111	(26)
Introduction to raster GIS	137	(18)
Using raster GIS to resolve conflicts between the natural and built environments	155	(24)
Visualizing relationships with multivariate data graphics	179	(12)
Part III Promoting spatial equity and regional integration with GIS and data visualization	191	(76)
Spatial equity and regional integration	193	(26)
Symbolizing map features and creating map layouts	219	(32)
Multiple media and the theory and practice of graphic communication	251	(16)
Part IV GIS in regional planning	267	(22)
Bringing it all together in the Portland, Oregon, region	269	(20)
Exercises An orientation to the exercises	289	(164)
Exercise 1 Introduction to GIS	295	(22)
Exercise 2 Taming urbanization with vector GIS	317	(24)
Exercise 3 Introduction to raster GIS	341	(26)
Exercise 4 Balancing nature with raster GIS	367	(26)
Exercise 5 Creating map symbology	393	(32)
Exercise 6 Creating map layouts	425	(18)
Exercise 7 Bringing it all together in the Metro region	443	(10)
References	453	(10)
Map credits	463	(10)
Figure credits	473	(6)
Data credits	479	(6)
Other credits	485	(2)
Appendix A Data license agreement	487	(4)
Appendix B Installing the software	491	(4)
Index	495