Information Systems for Urban Planning A Hypermedia Cooperative Approach

'Information Systems for Urban Planning is one of the first books of its kind to give a clear and comprehensive picture of recent development in urban information technologies to professionals and academics alike. It offers a thorough listing of the elements comprising urban information systems, which are not limited to, but include GPS, groupware, and a range of visualization techniques that have been recently developed for many different but related purposes. It is well composed and is accessible to the non-specialist, yet will provide useful insights and information to more sophisticated readers In sum, this monograph provides a comprehensive introduction to frameworks in systems analysis, data acquisition and GIS that are required for designing urban information systems. It will soon be regarded as the pioneering work within a stream of literature that will likely to follow in the years to come.' - Narushige Shiode - International Journal of Geographical Information Science.

Urban planners who need to design information systems require an understanding of systems analysis, data acquisition and GIS. In recent times the need has been to make computer-based maps by using a GIS, but planners now need tools for co-operative work using groupware systems, for global visualisation and real-time monitoring of urban activities and phenomena. Planners have moved beyond drawing land use plans, to examining the evolution of urban activities to monitor and analyse urban societal and environmental problems.
Both practitioners and students will find this book useful, provided they have an adequate grounding in computing, data analysis and GIS and they are looking to use and design computer systems for developing maps and written statements for city planning. Therefore, novel tools like using multimedia information systems and GIS will become an increasingly important, eventually essential part of the job.
Key Features: * further reading for those will little knowledge of the subject * very little relevant material currently on the market * gives a thorough run-through of the methodologies