Mapping Global Cities GIS Methods in Urban Analysis Pamuk

"Pamuk shows how GIS analyses can provide a powerful new perspective in addressing urban research and policy questions, and how it enhances our understanding and efforts in solving urban planning problems. She draws on her extensive fieldwork in developing countries, as well as her work as a university professor."

–APADE, Indiana University

"Mapping Global Cities successfully establishes clear connections between practical issues, research questions, and mapping techniques. Some common research problems and analytical fallacies that exist in the application of GIS and spatial analysis, such as the modifiable area unit problem and the ecological fallacy, are skillfully addressed in the book. Offering a thumbnail history of the use of GIS in urban mapping, the book will be useful to readers who are new to urban mapping and planning. Meanwhile, like many ESRI Press books, this book serves as an entry point to GIS and urban mapping for subject matter specialists. The book’s accompanying CD contains data, printable step-by-step exercises, and a self-directed project, which makes it helpful in enabling readers to make maps and explore themes covered in the chapters.

—Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing (PE&RS)