Reviews: Energy Policy in the United States: Social and Behavioral Dimensions, Coal and Crisis: The Political Dilemmas of Energy Management, Harvard Papers on Geographic Information Systems. First International Advanced Study Symposium on Topological Data Structures for Geographic Information Systems, Economics of Space and Time, the Taxation of Urban Property in Less Developed Countries, Regional Economics, Walking is Transport, Residential Patterns in American Cities: 1960, Western European Cities in Crisis, Transport Mobility and Deprivation in Inter-Urban Areas, the Interpretation of Ordinary Landscapes, Housing Construction and the State;, Not Much Improvement: Urban Renewal Policy in Birmingham

Geographic information systems can be defined as a intelligent tool, to which it relates techniques for the implementation of processes such as the introduction, recording, storage, handling, processing and generation of spatial data. Use of GIS in urban planning helps and guides planners for an orderly development of settlements and infrastructure facilities within and outside urban areas. Continued growth of the population in urban centers generates the need for expansion of urban space, for its planning in terms of physical and social infrastructures in the service of the community, based on the principles of sustainable development. In addition urbanization is accompanied with numerous structural transformations and functional cities, which should be evaluated in spatial context, to be managed and planned according to the principles of sustainable development. Urban planning connects directly with land use and design of the urban environment, including physical and social infrastructure in service of the urban community, constituting a challenge to global levels. Use of GIS in this field is a different approach regarding the space, its development and design, analysis and modeling of various processes occurring in it, as well as interconnections between these processes or developments in space.

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Safety Evaluation Method of Evacuation Routes in Urban Areas in Case of Earthquake Disasters Using Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm and Geographic Information Systems

Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering - A ◽

10.17265/2162-5298/2017.09.004 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (9) ◽

Author(s):

Kayoko Yamamoto ◽

Ximing Li

Keyword(s):

Information Systems ◽

Geographic Information Systems ◽

Ant Colony Optimization ◽

Optimization Algorithm ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Evaluation Method ◽

Safety Evaluation ◽

Geographic Information ◽

Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm ◽

Evacuation Routes

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Disparities in Air Pollution Exposure in the United States by Race-Ethnicity and Income, 1990 – 2010

10.33774/chemrxiv-2021-xdh0x-v4 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jiawen Liu ◽

Lara P. Clark ◽

Matthew Bechle ◽

Anjum Hajat ◽

Sun-Young Kim ◽

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Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Air Pollution ◽

Information Systems ◽

Geographic Information Systems ◽

Demographic Data ◽

The United States ◽

Geographic Information ◽

Air Pollution Exposure ◽

Race Ethnicity ◽

Pollution Exposure

All data used are publicly available. Demographic data are available via IPUMS National Historic Geographic Information Systems [<a href="http://www.nhgis.org/" target="_blank">www.nhgis.org</a>]; air pollution estimates are available via the EPA CACES project [<a href="http://www.caces.us/" target="_blank">www.caces.us</a>]).

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