Human geography, economic geography, sustainable development, local development, transportantion networks, landscape , environmental indicators, GIs, GIscience, volunterred geographic information

Un indice di qualità per il trasporto publico locale

by marcucci edoardo

Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) For Spatial Planning and Environmental Management in India: Critical Considerations

by Martin Bunch

Bunch, M.J., T. Vasanthakumaran, and R. Joseph (2012) Using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for spatial planning and environmental management in India: Critical Considerations. International Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 2(2):40-54.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are computer-based tools used to collect, store, manipulate and display... more Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are computer-based tools used to collect, store, manipulate and display spatially-referenced information. They are used to support decision-making in a wide variety of contexts, including spatial planning and environmental management. Because the process of GIS production, from software development to visualization of GIS output, is characterized by political, economic and social motivations, it is important that GIS practitioners are aware of issues such as access to data and the political economy of information, and the nature of GIS epistemologies vis-à-vis multiple coexisting perceptions of reality. Lack of such appreciation can lead to social and spatial marginalization of communities. Use of GIS in a research program for environmental management of the Cooum River in Chennai, and in support of participatory processes for managing environment and health in slums are used to demonstrate appropriate applications of GIS in India. Internet-distributed GIS as a potential avenue to address issues of public access to data is also considered.

local public transport service quality and tendering contracts

by marcucci edoardo

Neither dashboard nor ‘mashup’ indices: an empirical wealth approach as a pathway to a comprehensive measure of development

by Emanuele Felice

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d’Economia i d’Història Econòmica. UHE Working Paper 2012_01, 2012

The article is composed of two sections. The first one is a critical review of the three main alternative indices to... more The article is composed of two sections. The first one is a critical review of the three main alternative indices to GDP which were proposed in the last decades – the Human Development Index (HDI), the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI), and the Happy Planet Index (HPI) – which is made on the basis of conceptual foundations, rather than looking at issues of statistical consistency or mathematical refinement as most of the literature does. The pars construens aims to propose an alternative measure, the composite wealth index, consistent with
an approach to development based on the notion of composite wealth, which is in turn derived from an empirical common sense criterion. Arguably, this approach is suitable to be conveyed into
an easily understandable and coherent indicator, and thus appropriate to track development in its various dimensions: simple in its formulation, the wealth approach can incorporate social and ecological goals without significant alterations in conceptual foundations, while reducing to a minimum arbitrary weighting.

Coğrafi İşaretler ve Küresel Piyasalarda Yerelleşen Tarım Ürünleri: Ege Pamuğu Logosu Üzerine Bir Saha Çalışması

by Derya Nizam

published in Journal of Praksis, 2011