Essays about: "using GIS in City management"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 23 essays containing the words using GIS in City management.

  1. 16. Creating an Environmental Geographic Information System for the City of Kumasi, Ghana

    University essay from Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Felix Engelhardt; [2012]
    Keywords : environmental information system; geographic information system; Ghana; Kumasi; environmental transparency; sustainable development;

    Abstract : The city of Kumasi in Ghana struggles with a number of environmental issues, including excessive road traffic, air and water pollution, flooding, and inadequate solid waste management. If there is a group that is directly affected by these issues, it certainly is the city’s population. READ MORE

  3. 17. Land use Change Detection of the Buriganga River Using GIS Tools and its Water Management for Promoting a Sustainable Environment

    University essay from KTH/Miljöbedömning och -förvaltning

    Author : Syed Mahmud-ul-Islam; [2011]
    Keywords : Buriganga River; Land use Change; Water Pollution; IWRM; River Basin; Sustainable Management;

    Abstract : The Buriganga River has dramatically been disrupted due to extreme reduction of its water flow and encroachment of the banks and rigorous pollution due to human waste, industrial garbage and solid waste dumping. Thus Buriganga poses serious environmental threats to the Dhaka city.s sustainable environment. READ MORE

  4. 18. A two-factor evaluation of bus delays based on GIS-T database and simulation

    University essay from Avdelningen för Industriell utveckling, IT och Samhällsbyggnad

    Author : Li Zhang; Xi Ren; [2010]
    Keywords : Geographic information system GIS ; Transportation Information System TIS ; Geographic information system for Transportation GIS-T ; Simulation; Traffic congestion index; Passengers’ waiting time; Two-factor evaluation;

    Abstract : During the urbanization process, vehicles quantity increase with expansion in population. Under this situation, bus transportation system also suffers from bus delay. Bus delay could be caused by a series of factors, for instance, overload passengers, traffic jam, traffic accident and other unpredictable situations. READ MORE

  5. 19. Rainfall and Flood Frequency Analysis in Pahang River Basin, Malaysia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Ashenafi Tekolla; [2010]
    Keywords : Flood Frequency Analysis; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : In the past years different parts of the Pahang River basin have been affected by problems related to flooding. Many people died or were dislocated from their place, and government and private properties have been damaged causing huge impact on the country’s economy. READ MORE

  6. 20. Feasibility study: Biogas in Sonderborg

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Merwyn Lopes; [2009]
    Keywords : Biogas; bioenergy Sønderborg; biogas from livestock waste; biogas from pig farming; GIS mapping; SWOT;

    Abstract : The purpose of this feasibility study has been to guide decision makers in the implementation of abiogas project for the region of Sønderborg, Denmark. The project has been part of Feasibility studies envisioned in the Master Plan for Sønderborg to go carbon neutral by 2029. READ MORE