5 pgp built environment library
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Built Environment Library
• Library for School of Architecture, Planning, and Geomatics and the Department of Construction Economics and Management
• Located in the Centlivres Building on Upper Campus, across from Leslie Social (see map)
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Three dedicated GIS computers in the BEL Technical Library
(located on the South end of the library)
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Cape Town Municipality GIS data of the city of Cape Town from 1998 until 2012
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Tutorials for identifying and extracting data are available on each GIS computer desktop
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Example of GIS in student work - Geomatics Masters Thesis:
THE USE OF GIS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FULLY EMBEDDED PREDICTIVE FIRE MODEL (Bolelang H. Sibolla 2009)
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Other examples of GIS in student work:
• GIS-based decision support approach for selecting a new landfill site for the city of Cape Town (Kimani, Gichobi Justin 2006).
• Conceptual design of a GIS-based land inventory model for urban informal settlement land management (Yirenkyi, Samuel Yaw 2000).
• Incorporating local participation and GIS in assessing flood vulnerability in informal settlements : Masiphumelele case study (Tyler, Rebecca 2011).
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Resources available in BELStatistical Analysis of Geographic Information: with ArcView GIS and ArcGIS
By David W. S. Wong
GIS for Landscape Architects
By Karen C. Hanna
Hypothetical City Workbook: Exercises, Spreadsheets, and GIS Data to Accompany Urban Land Use Planning
By Edward J. Kaiser