dr. ahmad bintouq url: geo 440: gis for urban & regional planning
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Topics 1.Introduction to Urban and Remote Sensing 2.RS and GIS in Developing Countries: Case of the UAE 3.The Appropriateness Of GIS for Regional Planning in the Developing World 4.The application of GIS in urban and regional planning: (a review of the North American experience)TRANSCRIPT
Final Exam Review
Dr. Ahmad BinTouqE-mail: [email protected]
URL: http://faculty.uaeu.ac.ae/~abintouq
GEO 440: GIS for Urban & Regional Planning
Overview
1. Topics included in the final exam2. Exam format3. Questions review
Topics
1. Introduction to Urban and Remote Sensing
2. RS and GIS in Developing Countries: Case of the UAE
3. The Appropriateness Of GIS for Regional Planning in the
Developing World
4. The application of GIS in urban and regional planning: (a review of
the North American experience)
Topics
4. Chapter(1):Introduction: Need for GIS in Decision Support
5. Chapter(2):GIS in Decision Support Situations
6. Chapter(3): GIS Decision Support Methods and Workflow
Topics
7. Lab: Remote Sensing and GIS for Urban Population
8. Lab: Where is waste landfill in Al Ain? what type of waste
management there is in Al Ain?
9. Lab: where is it best for the extension of Dubai-Alain road to go
through CBD….?
10. Lab: Spatial Analysis
Topics
11. Dubai Strategic Plan 2021
12. UAE Vision2021 & Government Strategy
13. Abu Dhabi Vision 2030
Definitions
• What is Urban Planning? (Future wish-list for cities)
• What’s GIS for Urban Regional Planning
• Planning is the Art of the politically possible
What is it UP
• Urban planning refer to the process by which cities draw future goals and objectives…
• Urban planning is a mixture of science and art. It encompasses many different disciplines and brings them all under a single umbrella.
Simple Definition of Urban Planning
• Location/allocation discussions/decisions
• It is the organization of all elements of a town or other urban environment (region).
GIS for UP
Application of GIS for UP; 4 M
1. Monitoring2. Measuring3. Mapping or managing 4. Modeling
Exam format
• Discuss applications of GIS for UP?
• Describe workflow types and give example?
• Evaluate the use of RS for urban planning
Exam format
Section A: Multiple Choice Section B: Fill the blanks, Define.Section C: List, Evaluate. Section D: Explain, Describe, Discuss.
Questions review
• What's the definition of “GIS for urban and regional planning"?
• Define what we mean by "GIS for Urban Planning" and discuss
some of GIS applications in planning.
• Define what we mean by "GIS for Urban Planning" and discuss in
details the application of Remote Sensing to study urban change,
illustrate by figures.
• What are some of GIS applications in planning?
Questions review
• Identify of problems for GIS implementation within the UAE.
• The main points of remote sensing and GIS case study of the UAE
are?
• List the four components of the GIS technology “package” good
for developing countries according to R.F. Klosterman?
• List the scales of GIS use in planning applications in the USA?
Questions review
• What are the three perspectives for defining GI Systems?
• What are the Conventional Approaches to Decision Support
Situations?
• What five dimensions might we use for integrating decision
support situations?
• List the GIS Capabilities?
Questions review
• The three types of GIS-based workflow are?
• Define what we mean by “Decision Support Approach for GIS”?
• The maturing of GIS can be described in terms of three realms of
development, what are those?
Questions review
• What‘s the aim of AD 2030 plan?
• Evaluate Abu Dhabi 2030 Plan?
• List the main principles of UAE vision Plan 2021.
Questions review
• What are the difference between Dubai Plan 2021, Abu Dhabi Plan
2030, and UAE Vision2021 & Government Strategy? and why?
• Where is wasted landfill in Al Ain?
• What type of waste management there is in Al Ain?
Questions