GIS, Urban Planning and Management of Cities

[Pages:26]GIS, Urban Planning and Management of Cities

Roberto Chavez TUDUR

rchavez@

7 April 2005

ESSD Learning Week ? Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Applications for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development

GIS, urban planning and the management of cities

? What geographic information? ? For what purpose? ? What GIS?

7 April 2005

ESSD Learning Week ? Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Applications for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development

Context of urban planning and management

? Explosive growth of towns, poverty and environmental degradation

? Decentralization of city management to local governments

? Lack of local capacity to manage urban growth

7 April 2005

ESSD Learning Week ? Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Applications for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development

What geographic information?

? Objective: to locate all buildings, lots, facilities and infrastructure in a town or municipality

? To gather minimum basic information appropriate to the local context

? With a progressive, low cost, user friendly and sustainable system

7 April 2005

ESSD Learning Week ? Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Applications for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development

Street Addressing:

? A system to locate a building or land parcel based on the identification of a street and an entrance number

? Includes installing street signs, numbering doorways, producing city maps and street guide, and data base management.

7 April 2005

ESSD Learning Week ? Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Applications for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development

Manheim Prototype: System used in 19th century European and US Cities

7 April 2005

ESSD Learning Week ? Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Applications for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development

Street Addressing System in Washington, D.C.

7 April 2005

ESSD Learning Week ? Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Applications for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development

Why Street Addressing?

? For people to find their way about town and locate facilities and services (vs. Managua or San Jose)

? Facilitates emergency services such as ambulance, firemen and police

7 April 2005

ESSD Learning Week ? Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Applications for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development

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