Ian Masser (ed.)

GIS Diffusion

The Adoption And Use Of Geographical Information Systems In Local Government in Europe
Herausgeber: Masser, I.; Craglia, Massimo; Campbell, Heather

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This work, part of the "GISDATA" series, focuses on the use of geographical information systems GIS in European local government. It explores the extent to which diffusion of innovations like GIS are sensitive to national issues such as cultural

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 170mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9780748404957
• ISBN-10: 0748404953
• Artikelnr.: 23885373

Autorenporträt

Professor Ian Masser is Professor of Town & Regional Planning at the University of Sheffield and is currently the co-director of the European Science Foundation's GISDATA scientific programme. Dr Heather Campbell is a lecturer in the Department of Town & Regional Planning at the University of Sheffield. Dr Massimo Craglia lectures in Information Management and GIS in Planning in the Department of Town & Regional Planning of the University of Sheffield, and is the research co-ordinator of the European Science Foundation GISDATA programme.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Editors' Preface
Editors' Preface
Contributors
Notes on Contributors
European Science Foundation
1 Introduction /Massimo Craglia and Ian Masser
PART I Reflections on GIS diffusion research
2 Brave new GIS worlds /Michael Wegener and Ian Masser
3 Theoretical perspectives of the diffusion of GIS technologies /Heather Campbell
PART II GIS in local government in five European countries surveyed using a similar methodology
4 Great Britain: the dynamics of GIS diffusion /Ian Masser and Heather Campbell
5 Germany: a federal approach to land information management /Hartwig Junius, Michael Tabeling and Michael Wegener
6 Italy: GIS and administrative decentralization /Luisa Ciancarella, Massimo Craglia, Enzo Ravaglia, Piero Secondini and Edi Valpreda
7 Portugal: GIS diffusion and the modernization of local government /Antonio M. Arnaud, Lia T. Vasconcelos and Joao D. Geirinhas
8 Denmark: Local autonomy, register based information systems and GIS /Hans Kiib
PART III GIS in local government in four other European countries
9 Greece: the development of a GIS community /Dimitris Assimakopoulos
10 France: a historical perspective on GIS diffusion /Philippe Miellet
11 Poland: methodological doubts and practical solutions /Malgorzata Bartnicka, Slawomir Bartnicki and Marek Kupiszewski
12 Netherlands: the diffusion of graphic information technology /Ad Graafland
PART IV Evaluation
13 A comparative evaluation of GIS diffusion in local government in nine European countries /Ian Masser and Massimo Craglia Index.