Socio-economic Applications of Geographic Information Science

To date, no one volume in the Innovations in GIS series has addressed the use of up-to-date GIS-based techniques in a range of socio-economic applications. Socio-Economic Applications of Geographic Information Science begins with a short introductory chapter on the fundamental principles of GIS, followed by an examination of recent innovative research in the areas of crime applications, planning, urban and rural policy, and finally the use of GIS to examine various aspects of socio-economic policy. The ninth book in the series, it is based on contributions at the 2001 GIS Research UK conference, which includes innovative papers at the cutting edge of GIS research in the UK and beyond.