... ‘Boundary objects and the social construction of GIS technology’, Environment and Planning A 30(9): 168 3 169 4 Hutchinson, C F and Toledano, J (1993) ‘Guidelines for demonstrating geographical information ... 291–300 Clark, M J (1998) ‘GIS – democracy or delusion?’ Environment and Planning A 30(2): 303– 316 Couclelis, H and Mark Monmonier (1995) ‘Using SUSS to resolve NIMBY: how spatial understanding ... because community organizations separately use university facilities Community organizations rely strongly on university GIS expertise, rarely maintaining their own systems or making direct use of...
... 30 years of fighting development pressures in the city, this non-profit network established a strong political neighbourhood voice This voice influenced the 1985 San Francisco Planning Department...
... comparative advantages of the local context in which they are situated The City of Minneapolis strongly supports neighbourhood planning and organizing, and as a consequence Minneapolis neighbourhood ... geographic analysis of housing issues in the neighbourhood This comprehensive geographic analysis strongly informed the programmes designed by the Housing and Land-Use committee For instance, a staff...
... available, actual use of the system was clearly skewed toward particular demographic groups There was a strong (70.6/29.4%) male to female bias among users The occupation information collected in the database ... for the public: enhancing participation in local decision-making’, GISRUK Conference Series, 14 16 April, University of Southampton Kingston, R., Carver, S., Evans, A and Turton, I (2000) ‘Web-based...
... THE MAPMAKER’S DREAM In James Cowan’s 1996 national bestseller, A Mapmaker’s Dream, a fictional 16th century Viennese cartographer chronicles his attempt to create a ‘mappa mundi’ – a perfect...
... catchment and a number of agencies provide research and development outputs This area has experienced strong economic growth in the agricultural and tourist sectors The sugar industry dominates the local ... participation of community stakeholders, the community orientation of HRIC is demonstrated by a strong schools programme and documented use of HRIC’s services by a range of community organizations ... clubs and local Aboriginal representative bodies In this sense, HRIC builds on rural Australia’s strong history of active community and representative groups that play a key role in local politics...
... and management of Hawaii’s coral reefs and fishponds’, High Plains Applied Anthropologist 16( 2): 144 164 Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (1992) Guide to the field collection ... coastal resources are implemented; it is from this level that the true effort springs’ (Norrena 1994: 160 ) It is fine to have a conceptual notion of a community-driven inventory, but it is quite another ... interest, coupled with existing relationships and an established rapport made the Eastport group a strong candidate for collaboration Initially, I believed that fishers could provide valuable information...
... competing land uses 14.2.2 Factor 2: strong home rule and limits on local technology development An important force in New Jersey is the state’s tradition of strong home rule As a result, the state ... (as opposed to the more generalized land-cover data as described in Table 14.1) In other states, strong home rule could serve as a negative factor for NGOs who find themselves stymied by the lack ... the municipalities within their jurisdiction to develop databases It should also be noted that strong home rule has contributed to environmental and growth management problems in New Jersey (Mansnerus...
... anti-politics machine: GIS and the reconstruction of the Johannesburg local state’, Political Geography 16( 7): 565–580 Mahiri, I (1998) ‘The environmental knowledge frontier: transects with experts and...
... methodologies and tools, such as a richer data model that makes knowledge more accessible, and a strong and enriched data management technology Software development efforts have focused on usability, ... growth’ theme, which is part of a livability agenda intended to help communities flourish in a strong, sustainable manner The livability agenda is designed to strengthen the federal government’s...
... Taylor and MacEachren (eds) Visualization in Modern Cartography, Oxford: Pergamon Press, pp 149 166 Krygier, J (1995) ‘Visualization, Geography, and Landscape’, Ph.D Dissertation, Pennsylvania...
... organizing and interpreting data for their own needs, access to data is not sufficient Only the strongest organizations tend to benefit when data is only available in undigested formats 26.4.2...