“GIS A JOB”: WHAT USE GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN SPATIAL ECONOMICS?

Applying Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to Environmental and Resource Economics

Many of the analyses undertaken by environmental and resource economics are intimately concerned with spatial variations. This article examines the contribution which Geographical Information Systems (GIS) may provide in incorporating the complexities of the spatial dimension within such analyses. The paper introduces the reader to the types of data handled by a GIS and overviews the practical ...

An Introduction To Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

Temporal and spatial epidemiology of sleeping sickness and use of geographical information system (GIS) in Kenya.

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES In Kenya, sleeping sickness (SS) caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense is confined to the Nyanza and Western Provinces tsetse belts. Over the last two decades, the disease has exhibited great spatial variability in its spread and distribution. The objectives of the study were to map the spatial and temporal distribution of SS and determine possible risk factors associ...

Applications of geographical information systems (GIS) for spatial decision support in aquaculture

Geographical information systems (GIS) are becoming an increasingly integral component of natural resource management activities worldwide. However, despite some indication that these tools are receiving attention within the aquaculture community, their deployment for spatial decision support in this domain continues to be very slow. This situation is attributable to a number of constraints inc...

New perspectives on the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in environmental health sciences.

At first glance, the domain of health is no typical area to applicate Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Nevertheless, the recent development clearly shows that also within the domains of environmental health, disease ecology and public health GIS have become an indispensable tool for processing, analysing and visualising spatial data. In the field of geographical epidemiology, GIS are use...