GIS in Public Policy
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Using Geographic Information for More Effective Government
Innovation, flexibility, and
responsiveness, the new criteria for success in the digital economy, have
also become the new mandates for successful public
administration.
GIS in Public Policy: Using Geographic
Information for More Effective Government tells the stories of how
those on the front lines of public service--such as teachers,
administrators, analysts, legislators, and police--are bringing new power
and vitality to their missions. GIS is allowing them to distribute tax
money more fairly, to protect life and property more effectively, to serve
urban and rural constituencies in new and more efficient ways.
In
policy areas that voters consistently say concern them most, such as
education, public safety, and the environment, GIS is making a difference
that forward-thinking policy makers cannot ignore. GIS can not only
implement legislators' and voters' decisions with remarkable
effectiveness--its ability to analyze and to demonstrate graphically the
policy decisions themselves makes it an indispensable tool of good
governing.
With a foreword by Ann Azari, a former mayor and member
of the board of the National League of Cities, GIS in Public Policy
shows vividly the very real benefits of this technology for anyone with an
interest in, or influence over, the ways our institutions shape our
lives.
About the author:
R. W. Greene, staff writer and editor at ESRI Press, is a graduate of the Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Reporting at The Ohio State University, and author of GIS in Public Policy and Open Access: GIS in e-Government