Geography 461
Winter, 2008
Urban Geographic Information Systems: A Decision Support Approach
http://courses.washington.edu/geog461
Course Schedule
Part 1. Situating GIS and
Decision Support
1/7 Lec 01 Course Introduction LOO-01.pdf
GISDS Chapter 1 Section 1.1
1/9 Lec 02 Decision Support for LUTWR in PPI Decision Situations LOO-02.pdf
GISDS Chapter 1 Section 1.2 through and including 1.2.2
1/11 Lec 03 Conventional and Integrative Decision Approaches LOO-03.pdf
GISDS Chapter 1 Section 1.2.3 through and including 1.3
1/14 Lec 04 GIS Decision Problems and Basic Workflow for
GIS LOO-04.pdf
GISDS Chapter 2 Section 2.1 through and including 2.3.1.4
1/16 Lec 05 Nuanced Workflow for GIS LOO-05.pdf
GISDS Chapter 2 Section 2.3.2 through and including 2.3.3
1/18 Lec 06 Decision Situation Assessment LOO-06.pdf
GISDS
Chapter 2 Section 2.4
1/21
Part 2 GIS-based Modeling for
Decision Support
1/23 Lec 07 Data,
Data Models, and Database Models LOO-07.pdf
GISDS Chapter 3 Section 3.1 through and including 3.2
1/25 Lec 08
Geospatial Database Design LOO-08.pdf
GIS DB Primer Chapter 2, Chapter 3
1/28 Lec 09
Information Needs and
GISDS Chapter 4 Section 4.1 through and including 4.3
1/30 Lec 10
Multi-criteria Data Analysis Techniques LOO-10.pdf
GISDS Chapter 4 Section 4.4
2/1 Lec 11 Green
GISDS Chapter 4 Section 4.5
2/4 Mon. Learning Objectives Review 1 – See course
homepage for handhout
2/6 Wed. Exam 1
2/8 Lec 12 GIS Data
Analysis in Planning Decision Situations LOO-12.pdf
GISDS Chapter 5 Section 5.1 through and including 5.2
2/11 Lec 13 Planning Case Studies LOO-13.pdf
GISDS Chapter 5 Section 5.3
2/13 Lec 14 GIS Data Analysis in Improvement Programming
Decision Situations LOO-14.pdf
GISDS Chapter 6 Section 6.1 through and including 6.2
2/15 Lec 15 Improvement Programming Case Studies LOO-15.pdf
GISDS Chapter 6 Section 6.3
2/18
2/20 Lec 16 GIS Data
Analysis in Implementation Decision Situations LOO-16.pdf
GISDS Chapter 7 Section 7.1 through and including 7.2
2/22 Lec 17
Implementation Case Studies LOO-17.pdf
GISDS Chapter 7 Section 7.3
Part 3. Integrated Data Analyses
2/25 Lec 18
Integrated, Watershed Planning Analysis LOO-18.pdf
GISDS Chapter 8 Section 8.1
2/27 Lec 19
Integrated, Transportation Improvement Programming Analysis LOO-19.pdf
GISDS Chapter 8 Section 8.2
2/29 Lec 20 GIS-based
Intergrated Analysis for Improvement Projects LOO-20.pdf
GISDS Chapter 8 Section 8.3
3/3 Lec 21 Linked Analysis for Planning-Level and
Programming-Level Decision Situations LOO-21.pdf
GISDS Chapter 9 Section 9.1
3/5 Lec 22 Linked
Analysis for Programming-Level and Project-Level Decision Situations LOO-22.pdf
GISDS Chapter 9 Section 9.2
3/7 Lec 23 Challenges
in Integrated and Linked Analysis – the Sustainability Analysis Challenge LOO-23.pdf
GISDS Chapter 9 Section 9.3
Part 4. Conclusions for
GIS-based Decision Support
3/10 Lec 24
Reflections on GIS Decision Support Situations LOO-24.pdf
GISDS Chapter 10 Section 10.1 through and including 10.3
3/12 Lec 25 Future
Directions for GIS-based Decision Support LOO-25.pdf
GISDS Chapter 10 Section 10.4
3/14 Learning
Objectives Review 2 – See course homepage for handout
3/19 Wed Final Exam
8:30-10:20AM in lecture room