Analyzing Urban Poverty : GIS for the Developing World.

In developing countries, squatter developments that house more than one-third of the urban population are without infrastructure and built from materials at hand. Analyzing Urban Poverty: GIS in the Developing World demonstrates how geographic information systems (GIS) can be used to improve quality...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Perez, Ramon A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Esri Press 2011.
Temas:
Urban poor.
Squatter settlements.
Geographic information systems.
Pauvres en milieu urbain.
Bidonvilles.
Systèmes d'information géographique.
bidonvilles.
shantytowns.
geographic information systems.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Geographic information systems
Squatter settlements
Urban poor
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A story that began thirty years ago
  • A sustainable approach to problems in urban squatter developments
  • Site analysis of the environment
  • Site analysis of the urban-built
  • Poverty mapping
  • Urban planning for squatter developments
  • Managing improvement projects with GIS
  • Community participation : a requirement for sustainability.

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