GIS in urban planning

Timetable

Module aim (aims)

The aim of the course is to help students gain practical skills allowing them to use geographic information systems (GIS) in spatial planning contexts. Students will learn how to take advantage of existing geographical data sources in solving problems they may encounter when working within local communities.

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

Basic understanding of geographic information systems will be helpful, but a short introduction will be provided for students with no prior GIS experience. A communicative level of English language skills is required.

Syllabus

Week 1. Introduction to QGIS

Week 2. Working with data layers

Week 3. Accessing OpenStreetMap data

Week 4. Simple accessibility analysis

Week 5. Adding demographic information

Week 6. Calculating statistics

Week 7. Troubleshooting & summary

Reading list

Suggested literature & course materials:

Van Maarseveen, M., Martinez, J., & Flacke, J. (2018). GIS in sustainable urban planning and management: a global perspective (p. 364). Taylor & Francis.

Xhafa, S., & Kosovrasti, A. (2015). Geographic information systems (GIS) in urban planning. European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 1(1), 74-81.

Yeh, A. G. (1999). Urban planning and GIS. Geographical information systems, 2(877-888), 1.

https://docs.qgis.org/3.40/en/docs/user_manual/index.html

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_features

https://human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu/download.php

https://spatialthoughts.com/2021/03/15/gis-in-urban-and-regional-planning/

Further resources will be provided during the course.