
Microcomputer Applications in City Planning and Management
Praeger Publishers Inc
Published on 7. July 1989
Book
Hardback
347 pages
978-0-275-92866-7 (ISBN)
Description
Effective use of microcomputers can greatly aid professional city planners and managers in the exacting duties they perform. Microcomputers are a low-cost, high-powered means of mechanizing both routine and sophisticated analytical operations. This text demonstrates how to incorporate microcomputer technology in a range of city planning problems and situations. The authors link a variety of methods and applications to concrete examples and exercises. Their hands-on approach is designed specifically for professional planners and managers in both the public and private sectors. It covers everything from inserting a floppy disk into the processing unit to producing typed copy of results from predictive modeling and forecasting future trends.
The study begins with a basic introduction to the technical jargon associated with PCs and an explanation of the Input-Process-Output cycles. A series of chapters follow, explaining specific software packages and their functions and operations. Specific applications using spreadsheets, graphics, and database management schemes are extremely useful. Further chapters introduce graphics and database systems. The book's learn-by-example format will prove extremely useful to time-pressed practitioners and students in city planning and management, as well as students preparing to enter the field.
The study begins with a basic introduction to the technical jargon associated with PCs and an explanation of the Input-Process-Output cycles. A series of chapters follow, explaining specific software packages and their functions and operations. Specific applications using spreadsheets, graphics, and database management schemes are extremely useful. Further chapters introduce graphics and database systems. The book's learn-by-example format will prove extremely useful to time-pressed practitioners and students in city planning and management, as well as students preparing to enter the field.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
690 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-275-92866-7 (9780275928667)
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Persons
STEVEN I. GORDON is Professor of City and Regional Planning at The Ohio State University, where he teaches courses on microcomputer applications, environmental management and environmental modeling, and quantitative techniques.
RICHARD F. ANDERSON is Environmental Affairs Manager for Wheelabrator Environmental Systems, Inc., a division of Wheelabrator Technologies Inc., located in Danvers, Massachusetts.
RICHARD F. ANDERSON is Environmental Affairs Manager for Wheelabrator Environmental Systems, Inc., a division of Wheelabrator Technologies Inc., located in Danvers, Massachusetts.
Content
Microcomputer Fundamentals and Computer Literacy Spreadsheet Software Review and Comparison Spreadsheet Applications in Planning and Management Database Management Spreadsheet Graphics Capabilities Communications and Commercial Databases Appendix Bibliography Index