Mapping Global Cities
Subtitle: GIS Methods in Urban Analysis
Edition: Pap/Cdr edition
Publisher: Esri Press
Published: April 1, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9781589481435
Subjects: Cartography, geodesy & geographic information systems (GIS); Urban & municipal planning; Urban Planning; Political Science; Information Systems (Geography); Politics / Current Events; Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev; Politics/International Relations; Programming - General; Earth Sciences - Geography; Computers / General; Political Science / City Planning & Urban Development; Science/Earth Sciences - Geography; City planning; Geographic information systems
Description: "Mapping global cities : GIS methods in urban analysis shows how the analysis of relevant data with GIS can provide a powerful new perspective in addressing urban research and policy questions, and it enhances our understanding and efforts in solving urban planning problems. Author Ayse Pamuk draws upon her extensive fieldwork in developing countries, as well as more than ten years of work as a university professor, and extends those in new ways by using the power of spatial analysis with GIS.

Mapping global cities is an invaluable resource for urban studies and planning students, international development professionals, human settlement experts in the developing world, and urban planning practitioners, as well as researchers and scholars concerned with housing and human settlements policy analysis."--Book jacket.