附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Community participation and geographic information systems; Surveying the extent of PPGIS practice in the United States; Models for making GIS available to community organizations: dimensions of difference and appropriateness; PPGIS case studies; A voice that could not be ignored: community GIS and gentrification battles in San Francisco; Mapping Philadelphia's neighbourhoods; The impacts of GIS use for neighbourhood revitalization in Minneapolis.
摘要:Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and related technologies are starting to have a significant impact on the communities which use them. This book looks at this impact and how communities have used this technology to their own advantage.