Books in the Spatial Information Systems series

Land Administration overviews recent advances in building formal property systems throughout the world and examines the land administration infrastructure required to support such systems. It gives particular attention to the survey, registration, valuation and land use control functions, and provides an extended discussion of the associated information management challenges.

Major advances in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have been made in both anthropology and archaeology. This book will bring together users of GIS in these fields to describe research that was either too difficult, or impossible, to achieve using any other tools.

Evolutionary models (e.g genetic algorithms, artificial life) are emerging as an important tool for geographic information systems for a number of reasons. This book is proposed to serve as a guide to the evolutionary modelling of spatial phenomena.

This work focuses on integrating land-use location science with the technology of geographic information systems (GIS). The text describes the basic pronciples of location decision and the means for applying them in orer to improve the real estate decision.

GIS-T, an increasingly popular field, is the branch of GIS related to transportation. This professional reference/graduate level text presents a comprehensive and rigorous analysis of GIS-T applications in the analysis and planning of transportation systems.

Spatial statistics provide ways to analyse spatial data, and this book aims to meet a need for a compilation of data sets. It presents a summary discussion of the theoretical basis of techniques, numerical evidence and a variety of data examples.

The impact of the Internet on environmental science and engineering activities is the focus of this book. It covers a wide range of topics, such as monitoring, information system design, and modelling and interactive visualisation. It also contains information on hundreds of relevant Web sites, information which will be regularly updated through access to the book's own Web site.

The popularity of urban initiatives suggests many think transport problems can be fixed by neighbourhood design. An assessment of attempts to solve these problems through urban design, this study asks and answers three questions: Can such efforts work? Will they be realized? Are they a good idea?

In an effort to further investigation into critical development facets of Geographic Information Systems, this text explores the reasoning processes that apply to geographic space and time. Essays have been contributed from scholars from a broad spectrum of disciplines.

The most significant cost element in GIS exploitation is the establishment and maintenance of the relevant standardized databases. This book aims to provide a clear conceptual framework, consistent terminology, reference cases, and recommended practices for standardization.

Spatial change occurs whenever objects possess different spatial attributes at different times. This book discusses in detail the ingredients for a theory of qualitative spatial change: time, space, objects, their spatial attributes, and how these can vary. It provides a solid formal and theoretical basis for the computational modelling of spatial change.

This textbook teaches students and professionals in land administration and management to successfully solve the organizational, managerial and technical issues involved in designing, implementing and maintaining GIS within an organization.