GIS and Evidence-Based Policy Making (Innovations in GIS)

Although much has been written on evidence-based policy making, this is the first volume to address the potential of GIS in this arena. GIS and Evidence-Based Policy Making covers the development of new methodological approaches, emphasizing the identification of spatial patterns in social phenomena. It examines organizational issues, including the development of new tools for policy making. This text brings together the results of researchers working across the entire spectrum of evidence-based policy making, focusing on the exploration for new data sources and examining ways to bring GIS-based methods to the public and to policy-makers.Written by authorities in Public Affairs & Administration, GIS and Evidence-Based Policy Making (Innovations in GIS) by Stephen Wise and Max Craglia provides an excellent foundation for Public Affairs & Administration studies. Stephen Wise and Max Craglia's style is excellently suited towards Public Affairs & Administration studies, and will teach students the material clearly without overcomplicating the subject. What's more, the text is available in the Hardcover format shown above (ISBN 9780849385834), as well as a number of other formats. As of December 2007, this revision raises the bar for GIS and Evidence-Based Policy Making (Innovations in GIS)'s high standard of excellence, making sure that it stays one of the foremost Public Affairs & Administration studies textbooks