{"title":"GIS-based Approach for Land-Use Analysis: A Case Study","authors":"M. Giannopoulou, I. Roukounis, A. Roukouni.","volume":65,"journal":"International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering","pagesStart":299,"pagesEnd":303,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/9663","abstract":"Geographical Information Systems are an integral part\nof planning in modern technical systems. Nowadays referred to as\nSpatial Decision Support Systems, as they allow synergy database\nmanagement systems and models within a single user interface\nmachine and they are important tools in spatial design for\nevaluating policies and programs at all levels of administration.\nThis work refers to the creation of a Geographical Information\nSystem in the context of a broader research in the area of influence\nof an under construction station of the new metro in the Greek\ncity of Thessaloniki, which included statistical and multivariate\ndata analysis and diagrammatic representation, mapping and\ninterpretation of the results.","references":"[1] Buckley, B., (1997), \u00abThe GIS Primer, An Introduction to\nGeographic Information Systems\u00bb, INNOVATIVE GIS Solutions,\n1998.\n[2] Batty, M., Densham, P. (1996), Decision Support, GIS and Urban\nPlanning, CASA, UCL, London.\n[3] Tzouvadakis, J., Aliefs, A., Vagiotis, K.(2007),\nCommercial Land Use around Urban Railway Stations, Technika\nChronika Scientific Journal of the T.C.G , \u256c\u00d6\u256c\u00d6, v. 1-2, p. 41 - 54.\n[4] Giulliano, G., (2004), \"Land Use Impacts of Transportation\nInvestments: Highway and Transit\", in Hanson S. and Giulliano,\nG. (ed.), Geography of Urban Transportation, 3rd Edition, \u256c\u00f1he\nGuilford Press, New York, 237-273.\n[5] http:\/\/gis.thessaloniki.gr\n[6] GIS solutions for Urban and Regional Planning, ESRI brochures,\nwww.esri.com.","publisher":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology","index":"Open Science Index 65, 2012"}