Description
Authored by accomplished urban geographers and GIS experts, Exploring the Urban Community: A GIS Approachleverages the modern geographer’s toolset, employing the latest GIS methodology to the study of urban geography. The Second Edition expands upon this timely, applied approach by incorporating new “internet GIS” Google Earth™ activities, which do not require students to own expensive software or travel to a school lab. New exercises are also provided for ArcGIS 9.3 and 10, the latest version of the industry-dominant software. Coupled with current examples and applications from around the world, including a greater focus on India and China, Exploring the Urban Community: A GIS Approach presents an engaging and uniquely hands-on applied approach to the study of urban geography.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Spatial Display of Urban Environments
Chapter 2 Defining the Metropolis
Chapter 3 The Internal Structure of Cities
Chapter 4 Systems of Cities
Chapter 5 Neighborhoods
Chapter 6 Migration and Residential Mobility
Chapter 7 Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Poverty
Chapter 8 Industrial Location and Cities
Chapter 9 Urban Core and Edge City Contrasts
Chapter 10 Environmental Problems
Chapter 11 Urban and Regional Planning
Chapter 2 Defining the Metropolis
Chapter 3 The Internal Structure of Cities
Chapter 4 Systems of Cities
Chapter 5 Neighborhoods
Chapter 6 Migration and Residential Mobility
Chapter 7 Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Poverty
Chapter 8 Industrial Location and Cities
Chapter 9 Urban Core and Edge City Contrasts
Chapter 10 Environmental Problems
Chapter 11 Urban and Regional Planning
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Exploring the Urban Community: A GIS Approach, Coursesmart eTextbook, 2nd Edition
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$62.99 | ISBN-13: 978-0-321-70971-4
