Geography 464/564 GIS and Decision Support
Course Schedule
Spring 2017
http://courses.washington.edu/geog464
Readings: Nyerges and Jankowski Regional and Urban GIS: A Decision Support Approach (aka RUGIS)
Part 1. Situating GIS and
Decision Support
Week 1
3/27 Lec 01 Course Introduction LOO-01.pdf
RUGIS Chapter 1 Section 1.1
3/29 Lec 02 Decision Support for LUTWR in PIPPI Decision Situations LOO-02.pdf
RUGIS Chapter 1 Section 1.2 – 1.5
3/31 Lec 03 Conventional and Integrative Decision Approaches LOO-03.pdf
RUGIS Chapter 2
Week 2
4/3 Lec 04 Basic Capabilities and Workflow for GIS LOO-04.pdf
RUGIS Chapter 3 Section 3.1 through and including 3.2.1
4/5 Lec 05 Geodesign and Synthesized Workflows for GIS LOO-05.pdf
RUGIS Chapter 3
Section 3.2.2 – 3.4
4/7 Lec 06 Decision Situation Assessment LOO-06.pdf
RUGIS Chapter 4
Part 2 GIS-based Modeling
for Decision Support
Week 3
4/10 Lec 07 Perspectives on Data, Data Models, and Database
Models for Decision Support LOO-07.pdf
RUGIS Chapter 5 Section 5.1 - 5.2
4/12 Lec 08 Perspectives on Geospatial Database Design for
Decision Support LOO-08.pdf
4/14 Lec 09 Information Needs for GIS-based Geodesign Modeling LOO-09.pdf
RUGIS Chapter 6
Week 4
4/17 Lec 10 Multi-criteria Decision Analysis Techniques LOO-10.pdf
RUGIS Chapter 7 Section 7.1 – 7.4
4/19 Lec 11 Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Case Study LOO-11.pdf
RUGIS Chapter 7 Section 7.5
4/21 Learning Objectives Review 1 – See course homepage
for review handout
Week 5
4/24 Exam 1
4/26 Lec 12 Multi-criteria Analysis for Transportation Planning
RUGIS Chapter 8
4/28 Lec 13 Multi-criteria
Analysis for Water Resource Planning
RUGIS Chapter 9
Week 6
5/1 Lec 14 GIS Data Analysis
for Improvement Programming Decision Support LOO-14.pdf
RUGIS Chapter 10 Section 10.1 – 10.2
5/3 Lec 15 Improvement
Programming Case Studies LOO-15.pdf
RUGIS Chapter 10
Section 10.3
5/5 Lec 16 GIS Data Analysis in Improvement Project
Implementation Decision Support LOO-16.pdf
RUGIS Chapter 11 Section 11.1 through and including 11.2
Week 7
5/8 Lec 17 Project Implementation Case Studies LOO-17.pdf
RUGIS Chapter 11 Section 11.3
Part 3. Integrated Data Analyses
5/10 Lec 18 Integrated, Watershed Planning Analysis LOO-18.pdf
RUGIS Chapter 12 Section 12.1
5/12 Lec 19 Integrated, Transportation Improvement Programming
Analysis LOO-19.pdf
RUGIS Chapter 12 Section 12.2
Week 8
5/15 Lec 20 Integrated Analysis for Improvement Projects LOO-20.pdf
RUGIS Chapter 12 Section 12.3
5/17 Lec 21 Challenges with
Linked Analysis between Planning and Programming LOO-21.pdf
RUGIS Chapter 13
Section 13.1
5/19 Lec 22 Challenges
with Linked Analysis between Programming and Implementation LOO-22.pdf
RUGIS Chapter 13
Section 13.2
Week 9
5/22 Lec 23 Sustainability Analysis Challenge LOO-23.pdf
RUGIS Chapter 13
Section 13.3
Part 4. Conclusions for GIS-based Decision Support
5/24 Lec 24 Reflections on GIS Decision Support Situations LOO-24.pdf
RUGIS Chapter 14 Section 14.1 through and including 14.3
5/26 Lec 25 Future Directions for GIS-based Decision Support LOO-25.pdf
RUGIS Chapter 14 Section 14.4
5/29
Memorial Day Holiday
5/31 Learning
Objectives Review 2 – See course homepage for handout
6/2 Friday - Exam 2
9:30 AM - 10:20 AM in lecture room