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The Role of GIS in City Competitiveness

The Role of GIS in City Competitiveness

Khan R. Rahaman, Júlia M. Lourenço
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 26
ISBN13: 9781613501740|ISBN10: 1613501749|EISBN13: 9781613501757
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-174-0.ch003
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Rahaman, Khan R., and Júlia M. Lourenço. "The Role of GIS in City Competitiveness." City Competitiveness and Improving Urban Subsystems: Technologies and Applications, edited by Melih Bulu, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 35-60. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-174-0.ch003

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Rahaman, K. R. & Lourenço, J. M. (2012). The Role of GIS in City Competitiveness. In M. Bulu (Ed.), City Competitiveness and Improving Urban Subsystems: Technologies and Applications (pp. 35-60). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-174-0.ch003

Chicago

Rahaman, Khan R., and Júlia M. Lourenço. "The Role of GIS in City Competitiveness." In City Competitiveness and Improving Urban Subsystems: Technologies and Applications, edited by Melih Bulu, 35-60. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-174-0.ch003

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Abstract

Virtually every city and region is engaged in activities to improve their relative global competitiveness. The Geographic Information System (GIS) is one of the powerful tools of information storage and information access, providing spatial data to different stakeholders and cities across the world. This chapter will highlight the role of GIS technology in empirical assessment of the competition among cities or regions, using a variety of data assembled by many different individuals, businesses, and institutions. This valuable information can be used in decision-making by stakeholders who are taking part in the competition and can be disseminated, accessed, and updated in a dynamic way. This chapter discusses the origins of urban competitiveness, dynamics and functions of competition, and current and future research possibilities made possible by GIS.

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