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Fundamentals of Crime Mapping: Principles and Practice

Fundamentals of Crime Mapping introduces the topic of crime mapping and the history of GIS in law enforcement. This valuable text includes a workbook for hands-on instruction. Special topics...More

GIS for Decision Support and Public Policy Making

Elected officials and department heads are increasingly relying on geographic information system (GIS) technology to make efficient and accurate decisions when and where it counts. GIS for...More

GIS in Public Policy: Using Geographic Information for More Effective Government

Geographic information systems (GIS) are quickly becoming powerful tools in the arsenals of local and national policy makers. This case-study book shows how progressive policy makers have put...More

Managing to Improve Public Services

Public services play a central role in the well-being, sustainability and growth of communities, cities and nations. A group of leading social science and management specialists show how...More

The Collaborative Public Manager: New Ideas for the Twenty-first Century

Today's public managers not only have to function as leaders within their agencies, they must also establish and coordinate multi-organizational networks of other public agencies, private...More

The Collaborative Public Manager: New Ideas for the Twenty-first Century

Today's public managers not only have to function as leaders within their agencies, they must also establish and coordinate multi-organizational networks of other public agencies, private...More

Urban Regions: Ecology and Planning Beyond the City

With land planning, socioeconomics and natural systems as foundations, this book combines urban planning and ecological science in examining urban regions. Writing for graduate students,...More

Land Development Handbook

Land Development Handbook provides a step-by-step approach to any type of project, from rural greenfield development to suburban infill to urban redevelopment. With the latest information...More

GIS For The Social Sciences: Coding, Mapping, and Spatial Analysis

This is the first book to provide sociologists, criminologists, political scientists, and other social scientists with the methodological logic and techniques for doing spatial analysis in their...More

A Better Way to Zone: Ten Principles to Create More Livable Cities

Nearly all large American cities rely on zoning to regulate land use. According to Donald L. Elliott, however, zoning often discourages the very development that bigger cities need and want. In...More