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GEOG3090
Geographical Information Systems GIS for Urban and Regional Planning , Session 2006-2007, semester 2
John Stillwell, Oliver Duke-Williams and Helen Durham

Module Outline
General texts Birkin, M., Clarke, G., Clarke, M. and Wilson, A.G. (1996) Intelligent GIS Location Decisions and Strategic Planning, GeoInformation International, Cambridge. Braail, R.K and Klosterman, R E (eds) (2001) Planning support systems, ESRI Press, California Chang, K-T. (2003) Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Second Edition, McGraw Hill, New York, Geertman, S and Stillwell, J. (eds) (2002) Planning support systems in practice, Springer Greene, R.P. and Pick, J.B. (2006) Exploring the Urban Community A GIS Approach, Pearson/Prentice Hall, Upper saddle River, NJ, pp. 495. Healey, M.J. (ed) (1991) Economic Activity and Land Use. The Changing Information Base for Local and Regional Studies, Longman Scientific and Technical, London. Heywood, I., Cornelius, S. and Carver, S. (2006) An Introduction to Geographical Information Systems, Third Edition, Pearson, Harlow, pp.426. Huxhold, W.E. (1991) An Introduction to Urban Geographic Information Systems, Oxford University Press, Oxford. Longley, P. and Batty, M. (eds) Spatial Analysis: Modelling in a GIS Environment, GeoInformation International, Cambridge. Longley, P. and Batty, M. (eds.) Advanced Spatial Analysis. Then CASA Book of GIS, ESRI Press, Redlands, California, pp. 463. Longley P. and Clarke, G. (eds) GIS for Business and Service Planning, GeoInformation International, Cambridge. Martin, D. (1996) Geographic Information Systems Socioeconomic Applications, Routledge, London. Rees, P, Martin, D. and Williamson, P. (eds) (2002) The Census Data System, Wiley, Chichester, pp.

389. Scholten, H.J. and Stillwell, J.C.H. (1990) (eds) Geographical Information Systems for Urban and Regional Planning, Kluwer, Dordrecht. Stillwell, J. and Clarke, G. (2004) Applied GIS and Spatial Analysis, Wiley, Chichester. Stillwell, J., Geertman, S. and Openshaw, S. (eds) (1999) Geographical Information and Planning Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. Unsworth, R. and Stillwell, J. (eds) (2004) Twenty-first Century Leeds: Geographies of a Regional City, Leeds University Press, Leeds, pp. 395.

Planning, Information and GIS Topics: Geo-planning activities and information needs; trends in planning; geo-information; trends in information provision; geo-technology; trends in geotechnology. Batty, M. (1991) New technology and planning: reflections on rapid change and the culture of planning in the post-industrial age, Town Planning Review, 62, 3, 269-294. Central Information Technology Unit (1996) Government Direct. A Prospectus for the Electronic Delivery of Government Services, The Stationery Office, London. Couclelis, H.(1991) Requirements for planning-relevant GIS: a spatial perspective, Papers in Regional Science, 15, 241-254. Cowen, D.J. (1988) GIS versus CAD versus DBMS: what are the differences?, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 54, 11, 99. 1551-5. Dale, P. (1991) Land and property information systems, Chapter 9 in Healey, M.J. (ed.) Economic Activity and Land Use, Longman Scientific and Technical, Harlow, pp. 156-72. Geertman, S. (1999) Geographical information technology and startegic physical planning, Chapter 4 in Stillwell, J., Geertman, S. and Openshaw, S. (eds) (1999) Geographical Information and Planning, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, pp. 69-86. Martin, D. (1996) Geographic Information Systems Socioeconomic Applications, Routledge, London, Chapter 2, pp. 9-30. Ottens, H.F.L. (1990) The application of geographical information systems in urban and regional planning, Chapter 2 in Scholten, H.J. and Stillwell, J.C.H. (eds) Geographical Information Systems for Urban and Regional Planning, pp. 15-22. Scholten, H.J. and Stillwell, J.C.H. (1990) Geographical information systems: the emerging requirements, Chapter 1 in Scholten, H.J. and Stillwell, J.C.H. (eds) Geographical Information Systems for Urban and Regional Planning, pp. 3-14.

Stillwell, J.C.H., Geertman, S. and Openshaw, S. (1999) Developments in Geographical Information and Planning, Chapter 1 in Stillwell, J.C.H., Geertman, S. and Openshaw, S. (eds) Geographical Information and Planning, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, pp. 3-22. Town and Country Planning Association (1999) Your Place and Mine: Reinventing Planning, TCPA, London, pp. 52.

Data Types and Digital Data Sources Topics: Types of data; types of geographic data storage; digital geographic data sets topographic, boundary; remote sensing data; types of attribute data; products of the Census of Population; sectoral data: examples including migration (NHSCR), house prices (Land Registry), school performance (DfEE) of journey to school (PLASC); NOMIS; EU data. Digital or Geographical Data Cassettari, S. (1993) Introduction to Integrated Geo-information Management, Chapman and Hall, London, Chapters 1-3, pp. 1-68. Donnay, J-P. (1999) Use of remote sensing information in planning, Chapter 13 in Stillwell, J., Geertman, S. and Openshaw, S. (eds) Geographical Information and Planning, Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 242-260. Huxhold, W.E. (1991) An Introduction to Urban Geographic Information Systems, Chapter 4, pp. 127146. Martin, D. (1992) Postcodes and the 1991 Census of Population: issues, problems and prospects, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, NS 17, 3, 90-97. Martin, D. (1996) Geographic Information Systems Socioeconomic Applications, Routledge, London, Chapters 5 and 6, pp. 71-115. Martin, D. and Longley, P. (1996) Data sources and their geographical integration, Chapter 2 in Longley, P. and Clarke, G. (eds) GIS for Business and Service Planning, Geoinformation International, pp.15-32. Raper, J., Rhind, D.W. and Shepherd, J.W. (1992) Postcodes: The New Geography, Longman, Harlow.

Internet sites DIGIMAP: http://edina.ac.uk/digimap/ Getmapping project: http://getmapping.com LANDSAT: http://landsat7.usgs.gov/ Ordnance Survey: http://www.ordsvy.gov.uk/

Space Imaging: http://www.geoeye.com/ SPOT: http://www.spotimage.fr/

Attribute Data, Sources and Information Systems Boden, P., Stillwell, J.C.H. and Rees, P.H. (1992) How good are the NHSCR data?, Chapter 2 in Stillwell, J, Rees, P. and Boden, P. (eds) Migration Processes and Patterns Volume 2 Population Redistribution in the United Kingdom, Belhaven Press, London, pp. 2-27. Dale, A. and Marsh, C. (eds) (1993) The 1991 Census Users Guide, HMSO, London. Healey, M.J. (ed) (1991) Economic Activity and Land Use. The Changing Information Base for Local and Regional Studies, Longman Scientific and Technical, London. Openshaw, S. (ed) (1995) Census Users Handbook, Longman, London. Rees, P, Martin, D. and Williamson, P. (eds) (2002) The Census Data System, Wiley, Chichester, pp. 389. Stillwell, J. and Duke-Williams, O. (2003) A new web-based interface to GB Census of Population origindestination statistics, Environment and Planning A, 35, 113-132. Stillwell, J.C.H. and Duke-Williams, O. (2006) Understanding the 2001 Census interaction data: the impact of small cell adjustment and problems of comparison with 1991, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, 170(2): 1-21. Townsend, A.R., Blakemore, M. and Nelson, R. (1987) The NOMIS database: availability and uses for geographers, Area, 19, 43-50. Internet sites EUROSTAT: http://europa.eu/index_en.htm DfEE: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/index.shtml HM Land Registry: http://www.landreg.gov.uk/propertyprice/ MIMAS: http://www.mimas.ac.uk/ National Statistics online: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ NOMIS: http://www.nomisweb.co.uk US Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/

The 2001 Census and the Future of National Level Data Sets
Themes: 2001 Census as part of historic sequence; possible futures for the UK Census; alternatives to the Census; freedom of information and freedom of data; eGovernance and eDemocracy; surveillance society. Chadwick, A (2003) Bringing e-Democracy back, Social Science Computer Review, 21 (4): 443-455. Martin D (2006) Last of the censuses? The future of small area population data, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 31 (1): 6-18. Luebke, D, and Milton, S (1994) Locating the victim: an overview of census-taking, tabulation Technology, and persecution in Nazi Germany, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 16 (3):.25-39 Redfern, P (1989) Population registers: some administrative and statistical pros and cons, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society), 152 (1): 1-41.

GIS analysis functions Topics: Analysis functions available in proprietary systems; Examples of applications of analysis in planning: crime database queries in Tacoma, new sites for housing in Randstad Holland, building inspection balancing in workloads in Milwaukee, planning applications in Sedgemoor. Byrne, P.A.E. and Strachan, A. (1992) The use of GIS in the preparation of mineral extraction planning applications: a case study/evaluation, Chapter 8 in Rideout, T. (ed.) Geographical Information Systems and Urban and Rural Planning, pp. 88-99 . Cassettari, S. (1993) Introduction to Integrated Geo-information Management, Chapman and Hall, Chapter 8, pp. 138-154. Gar-on, Y.A. (1988) Micro computers in urban planning: applications, constraints and impacts, Environment and Planning B, Planning and Design, 15, 241-254. Geertman, S.C.M. and Toppen, F.J. (1990) Regional planning for new housing in Randstad, Holland, Chapter 9 in Scholten, H.J. and Stillwell, J.C.H. (eds) Geographical Information Systems for Urban and Regional Planning, pp 95-106. Geertman, S.C.M. and Toppen, F.J. (1990) The application of a GIS for the allocation of land for housing in the Randstad, Holland, Chapter 9 in Scholten, H.J. and Stillwell, J.C.H. (eds) Geographical Information Systems for Urban and Regional Planning, pp 95-106. Hirschfield, A., Brown, P. and Marsden, J. (1992) Targeting Urban Programme resources: a GIS-linked decision support system, Chapter 4 in Rideout, T.W. (ed.) Geographical Information Systems and Urban and Rural Planning, pp. 41-57. Huxhold, W.E. (1991) An Introduction to Urban Geographic Information Systems, Chapter 3, pp. 64-146. Prastacos, P.and Karjalainen, P. (1990) Intelligent information systems for accessing planning databases: the San Francisco experience, Chapter 4 in Scholten, H.J. and Stillwell, J.C.H. (eds)

Geographical Information Systems for Urban and Regional Planning, pp 33-42. Kidner, D., Sparkes, A. ad Dorey, M. (1999) GIS and wind farm planning, Chapter 11 in Stillwell, J, Geertman, S. and Openshaw, S. (eds) Geographical Information and Planning, Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 203-223. Longley , P Goodchild, M , Maguire, D and Rhind, D (2001)...Geographic information systems and science Wiley, London Chapters 13-15, pp.277-323 Maquire, D., Goodchild, M.F. and Rhind, D. (eds) (1991) Geographic Information Systems: Principles and Applications, Volume 1, Section 2: Principles. Martin, D. (1996) Geographic Information Systems Socioeconomic Applications, Second Edition, Routledge, London. Martin, D. (1999) The use of GIS in census planning, Chgapter 15 in Stillwell, J., Geertman, S. and Openshaw, S. (eds) Geographical Information and Planning, Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 283-298. Stillwell, J. and Clarke, G. (eds.) Applied GIS and Spatial Analysis, Wiley, Chichester. Stillwell, J.C.H. and Langley, R. (1999) Information and planning in the education sector, Chapter 17 in Stillwell, J, Geertman, S. and Openshaw, S. (eds) Geographical Information and Planning, Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 316-333. Internet sites SURPOP: http://census.ac.uk/cdu/software/surpop/ FLOWMAP: http://flowmap.geog.uu.nl/ FLOW MAPPER: http://csiss.ncgia.ucsb.edu/clearinghouse/FlowMapper/ ZDES: http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/software/zdes/

GIS in National, Regional and Local Planning Contexts Themes: National planning: Dutch integrated environment for GIS; examples - RUDAP and RIA; regional planning - changing UK institutions and structures, regional information systems and databases; local planning - GIS adoption by local authorities in GB, results of surveys and typology of implementation, problems with adoption. Campbell, H. and Masser, I. (1995) GIS and Organisations: How Effective are GIS in Practice?, Taylor and Francis, London. Cowen, D.J. and Shirley, W.L. (1991) Integrated planning information systems, in Maguire, D.J., Goodchild M.F. and Rhind D.W. (eds) Geographical Information Systems, Principles and Applications, Publisher: Longman Scientific and Technical, pp. 297-310.

De Jong, W.M. (1990) Geographical information systems database design: experiences of the Dutch National Physical Planning Agency, Chapter 5 in Scholten, H.J. and Stillwell, J.C.H. (eds) Geographical Information Systems for Urban and Regional Planning, pp. 43-56. Holmberg, S.C. (1994) Geoinformatics for urban and regional planning, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 21(1), 5-20. Nijkamp, P. and Scholten, H.J. (1993) Spatial Information Systems: design, modelling and use in planning, International Journal of Geographical Information Systems, 7(1), 85-96. Pettit, C Shyy, T-K and Stimson, R (2002) An online planning support system to evaluale urban and regional planning scenarios, Chapter 18 in Geertman, S and Stillwell, J (eds) Planning support systems in practice, Springer Regional Assembly for Yorkshire and Humberside (1999) Advancing Together: Towards a Spatial Strategy, Draft Regional Planning Guidance, County Hall, Wakefield Advancing Together - the vision and strategic framework for Yorkshire and Humber . http://www.yhassembly.gov.uk/p_contentDocs/215_1.pdf See also: http://www.yhassembly.gov.uk/index.cfm?routine=content&channel=Regional %20Strats&view=summary Scholten, H.J. and Meijer, E. (1988) From GIS to RIA: a user-friendly microcomputer-orientated regional information system for bridging the gap between researcher and policymaker, Paper presented at the URSANET Conference, Patras (only available from JCHS). Stillwell, J.C.H. and Winnett, C. (1999) Geographic intelligence for regional planning, chapter 14 in Stillwell, J.C.H., Geertman, S. and Openshaw, S. (eds) Geographical Information and Planning, Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 263-282. Stillwell, J. and Rees, P. (2001) Applied population projection for regional and local planning, Chapter 7 in Clarke, G. and Madden, M. (eds) Regional Science in Business, Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 115-136. Internet sites Bradford Community Statistics Project: http://www.communitystats.org.uk/ City Knowledge: http://hull.localknowledge.co.uk/ Leeds Initiative: http://www.leedsinitiative.org/ Shaping Dane: http://www.lic.wisc.edu/shapingdane/ Yorkshire Futures: http://www.yorkshirefutures.com/

eGovernance and Local Authority Use of Spatial Data


Topics: local and national eGovernance; prevalence of spatial data; use of spatial data in websites; Campagna and Delano's content matrix; local authority geography of UK; use of spatial data in

eGovernance by UK local authorities. Campagna, M. and Delano, D. (2004) Evaluating geographic information provision within public administration websites, Environment and Planning B, 31 (1): 21-37. Craig, W., Harris, T. and Weiner, D. (eds.) (2002) Community Participation and Geographical Information Systems, Taylor and Francis, London, pp. 380 Mathys, T., Cumming, M. and Jerome, J, (2003) UK GEMINI: A Geo-spatial Metadata Interoperability Initiative 2003-2004. http://www.gigateway.org.uk/metadata/pdf/gemini_position_paper_finalv2.pdf. Last visited 12/1/2007 Cross. M (2006) The tangled web of government, The Guardian, Nov 2. http://society.guardian.co.uk/epublic/story/0,,1936728,00.html,last accessed 12/01/2007

GIS and Urban Planning Batty, M. and Densham, P. (1996) Decision support, GIS and Urban planning, Sistema Terra, 5(1), 7276. -Not held at Leeds University Library Batty, M., Dodge, M., Jiang, B. and Smith, A. (1999) geographical information systems and urban design, Chapter 3 in Stillwell, J.C.H., Geertman, S. and Openshaw, S. (eds) Geographical Information and Planning, Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 43-65. Gouveia, C and Camara, A. (1999) Multimedia and urban planning, Chapter 21 in Stillwell, J.C.H., Geertman, S. and Openshaw, S. (eds) Geographical Information and Planning, Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 391-402. Hopkins, L.D. (1999), Structure of a planning support system for urban development, Environment and Planning B, 26: 333-343. Huxhold, W.E. (1991) An Introduction to Urban Geographic Information Systems, Oxford University Press, Oxford. Masser, I. and Ottens, H. (1999) Urban planning and geographic information systems, Chapter 2 in Stillwell, J.C.H., Geertman, S. and Openshaw, S. (eds) Geographical Information and Planning, Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 25-42. Shiffer, M.J. (1992) Towards a Collaborative Planning System, Environment and Planning B, 19, 709722. Shiffer, M. (1994) A geographically-based multimedia approach to city planning, in Plaisant, C. (ed.) Human Factors in Computing Systems, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, pp. 265-266 (http://0-portal.acm.org.wam.leeds.ac.uk/citation.cfm?doid=259963.260480) Shiffer, M. (1995) Interactive multimedia planning support: moving from standalone systems to the World

Wide Web, Environment and Planning B, 22, 649-664. Wood, S.J. (1990) Geographic information system development in Tacoma, Chapter 8 in Scholten, H.J. and Stillwell, J.C.H. (eds) Geographical Information Systems for Urban and Regional Planning, Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp. 77-91.

Model-based GIS for Use in Planning Topics: Use of models in planning; functions of modeling; proprietary versus model-based GIS; intelligent GIS; linkage between models and GIS. Birkin, M., Clarke, G.P., Clarke, M. and Wilson, A.G. (1990) Elements of a model-based information system for the evaluation of urban policy, Chapter 7 in Worrall, L. (ed.) Geographic Information Systems Developments and Applications, pp. 133-62. Birkin, M., Clarke, G., Clarke, M. and Wilson, A.G. (1996) Intelligent GIS Location Decisions and Strategic Planning, GeoInformation International, Cambridge. Clarke, M. (1990) Geographical information systems and model based analysis: towards effective decision support systems, Chapter 15 in Scholten, H.J. and Stillwell, J.C.H. (eds) Geographical Information Systems for Urban and Regional Planning, Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp. 165-175. Clarke, G and Clarke M. (2001) Applied spatial interaction modelling, Chapter 8 in Clarke, G, and Madden, M (eds) Regional science in Business, Springer Heidelberg, pp.139-157 Debenham, J., Clarke, G. and Stillwell, J. (2003) Extending geodemographic classification: a new regional prototype, Environment and Planning A,, 2003, volume 35, (6) June, pages 1025 - 1050 Densham, P J (1994) Integrating GIS and spatial modelling: visual interactive modelling and location selection: Geographical Systems, 1(3), 203-219. Longley, P. and Batty, M. (eds) Spatial Analysis: Modelling in a GIS Environment, GeoInformation International, Cambridge. Longley P. and Clarke, G. (eds) GIS for Business and Service Planning, GeoInformation International, Cambridge. Rees, P.H. and Duke-Williams, O. (1997) Methods of estimating missing data on migrants in the 1991 British Census, International Journal of Population Geography, 3(4), 323-368. Stillwell, J., Birkin, D., Ballas, D., Kingston,R. and Gibson, P. (2004) Simulating the City and Alternative Futures, Chapter 15 in Unsworth, R. and Stillwell, J. (eds) Twenty-first Century Leeds: Geographies of a Regional City Leeds University Press, Leeds, pp. 345-364. Internet sites GIGALOPOLIS/SLEUTH: http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/projects/gig/

TRANUS: http://www.modelistica.com/tranus_english.htm UrbanSim: http://www.urbansim.org What-if: http://www.what-if-pss.com/ SimLucia: http://www.riks.nl/projects/SimLucia

Planning Support Systems Topics: What are planning support systems?; PSS components - multimedia technologies; information use in planning; human-computer interface; Collaborative Planning System (CPS); examples; WWW and urban planning. Champion, A, Fotheringham, S., Rees, P., Boyle, P. and Stillwell, J. (1998) The Determinants of Migration Flows in England: A Review of Existing Data and Evidence, Report for DETR, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Committee on Spatial Development (1999) ESDP European Spatial Development Perspective, Towards Balanced and Sustainable Development of the Territory of the European Union, European Commission, Luxembourg. http://europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/sources/docoffic/official/reports/pdf/sum_en.pdf Engelen, G., Geertman, S., Smits, P. and Wessels,C. (1999) Dynamic GIS and strategic physical planning support: a practical application, Chapter 5 in Stillwell, J., Geertman, S. and Openshaw, S. (eds) Geographical Information and Planning, Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 87-111. Geertman, S. and Stillwell, J. (eds) (2003) Planning Support Systems in Practice, Springer, Heidelberg. Geertman, S. and Stillwell, J. (2004) Planning support systems: an inventory of current practice, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 28(4): 291-310. Hilferink, M. and Rietveld, P. (1999) Land Use Scanner, Journal of Geographical Systems, 1(2), 155-178. Hopkins, L.D. (1998), Progress and prospects for planning support systems, Environment and Planning B, Anniversary Issue: 29-31. Klosterman, R.E. (1998), Computer applications in planning, Environment and Planning B, Anniversary Issue: 32-36 Klosterman, R.E. (1999a), Guest editorial: New perspectives on planning support systems, Environment and Planning B, 26: 317-320. Klosterman, R.E. (1999b), The What if? Collaborative planning support system, Environment and Planning B, 26: 393-408. Office of the Deputy prime Minister (2002) Development of a Migration Model, Report by University of Newcastle, University of Leeds, GLA and LRC, ODPM, London.

Scholten, H., van Velde, R., Rietveld, P. and Hilferink, M. (1999) Spatial information infrastructure for scenario planning: the development of a Land Use Planner for Holland, Chapter 6 in Stillwell, J., Geertman, S. and Openshaw, S. (eds) Geographical Information and Planning, Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 112-134. Stillwell, J (1994) Monitoring intercensal migration in the United Kingdom, Environment and Planning A, 26, 1711-1730. Stillwell, J.C.H. and Scholten, H.J. (eds) (2001) Land Use Simulation for Europe, Kluwer, Dordrecht.

Internet sites SIMILOR Web site: http://www.feweb.vu.nl/gis/research/Similor/default.htm Dane County PSS: http://www.lic.wisc.edu/shapingdane/ Envisioning Utah PSS: http://www.lic.wisc.edu/shapingdane/ Wide Bay PSS: http://www.ahuri.uq.edu.au/ http://www.ahuri.uq.edu.au/wide_bay/default.htm Sketch GIS: http://www.nexpri.nl Dane County PSS: http://www.lic.wisc.edu/shapingdane/ Envisioning Utah PSS: http://www.lic.wisc.edu/shapingdane/ Gavle virtual campus: http://www.hig.se/t-inst/virtualrc/virtual_campus/ I-Plan: http://www.i-plan.nl Maryland : http://www.mdp.state.md.us SIMILOR web site: http://www.econ.vu.nl/re/similor/ Sketch GIS: http://www.nexpri.nl Slaithwaite Virtual System: http://www.ccg.leeds.ac.uk/slaithwaite/ Sustainable development Toolkit: http://www.i4sd.org/toolkit.php WADBOS: http://www.riks.nl/projects/all Library home page Top of page Geography: reading lists

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