Emerging Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities in Urban E-Planning

By Carlos Nunes Silva

Recent advances in information and communication technologies have enhanced the standards of metropolitan planning and development. These innovations have led to new opportunities in this evolving profession. Emerging Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities in Urban E-Planning brings together the efficiency of web-based tools and digital technologies with the practice of spatial planning. Focusing on the utilization of geographic information systems, computer-assisted design, visualization concepts, and database management systems, this book is a pivotal reference source for planners, policymakers, researchers, and graduate students interested in how recent technological advancements are enhancing the traditional practices in urban planning.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1466681500
• ISBN13: 9781466681507
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Engineering Science Reference
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 2.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 11.0"