There is currently a growing interest in the spatial causes of poverty, particularly its persistence. This paper presents methodological innovations that have been developed for investigating the relationship between physical segregation and economic marginalisation in the urban environment. Using GIS to layer historical poverty data, contemporary deprivation indexes and space syntax measures o...

The understanding and assessement of urban complexity from the approach of Urban Quality of Life is essential in order to achieve more sustainable cities, as the perception of citizens is incorporated in urban analysis. This new form of urban study must rely on ICT and GIT technologies, since they enable the gathering and managing of a considerable amount of data that will help characterize urb...

Our objective in this paper is to argue for a new use of geographic information systemsö GIS in local planning as an auxiliary tool for decisionmaking. We review the use of the GIS technique in earlier research studies and represent the empirical findings from using GIS in a quality-of-life study in conjunction with an urban renewal project of a residential area in Stockholm County, Sweden. Spe...

The aim of this study was to quantify the error associated with different accessibility methods commonly used by public health researchers. Network distances were calculated from each household to the nearest GP our study area in the UK. Household level network distances were assigned as the gold standard and compared to alternate widely used accessibility methods. Four spatial aggregation unit...

Urban sprawl refers to the extent of urbanisation, which is a global phenomenon mainly driven by population growth and large scale migration. In developing countries like India, where the population is over one billion, one-sixth of the world’s population, urban sprawl is taking its toll on the natural resources at an alarming pace. Urban planners require information related to the rate of grow...