Geography 461 Winter, 2008
Urban Geographic Information Systems: A Decision Support Approach

http://courses.washington.edu/geog461

 

Course Schedule

 

Readings: Nyerges and Jankowski GIS and Decision Support (GISDS)  Table of Contents

 

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 Holiday – No Class

 

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

GISDS Chapter 3 Section 3.3

GIS DB Primer Chapter 2, Chapter 3

 

1/28 Lec 09 Information Needs and Green County GIS Modeling LOO-09.pdf

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 County Multi-Criteria Data Analysis Case Study LOO-11.pdf

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 Holiday -  No Class

 

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