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The Development of a bi-level geographic information systems (GIS) database model for informal settlement upgrading
Bibliography : leaves 348-369.
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/9920 The Development of a bi-level geographic information systems (GIS) database model for informal settlement upgrading Martinez, Iuma A Abbott, John Civil Engineering Bibliography : leaves 348-369. Existing Urban GIS models are faced with several limitations. Firstly, these models tend to be single-scale in nature. They are usually designed to operate at either metropolitan- or at the local-level. Secondly, they are generally designed to cater only for the needs of the formal and environmental sectors of the city system. These models do not cater for the "gaps" of data that exist in digital cadastres throughout the world. In the developed countries, these gaps correspond to areas of physical decay or economic decline. In the developing countries, they correspond to informal settlement areas. In this thesis, a new two-scale urban GIS database model, termed the "Bi-Ievel model" is proposed. This model has been specifically designed to address these gaps in the digital cadastre. Furthermore, the model addresses the short-comings facing current informal settlement upgrading models by providing mechanisms for community participation, project management, creating linkages to formal and environmental sectoral models, and for co-ordinating initiatives at a global-level. The Bi-Ievel model is comprised of a metropolitan-level and a series of local-level database components. These components are inter-linked through bi-directional database warehouse connections. While the model requires Internet-connectivity to achieve its full potential across a metropolitan region, it recognises the need for community participation-based methods at a local-level. Members of the community are actually involved in capturing and entering informal settlement data into the local-level database. 2014-12-10T07:54:44Z 2014-12-10T07:54:44Z 1999 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9920 eng application/pdf Department of Civil Engineering Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town |
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| title | The Development of a bi-level geographic information systems (GIS) database model for informal settlement upgrading |
| title_full | The Development of a bi-level geographic information systems (GIS) database model for informal settlement upgrading |
| title_fullStr | The Development of a bi-level geographic information systems (GIS) database model for informal settlement upgrading |
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| title_short | The Development of a bi-level geographic information systems (GIS) database model for informal settlement upgrading |
| title_sort | development of a bi level geographic information systems gis database model for informal settlement upgrading |
| topic | Civil Engineering |
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