文档介绍：Changing Geography
by Design
Selected Readings in GeoDesign
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Changing Geography by Design 3
Designing Our Future 9
Is GeoDesign an Activity, a Practice, or a
Software-Enabled Modeling Approach? 21
Making Smart Growth Smarter with GeoDesign 25
Bibliography 33
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Introduction
Geographic information system (GIS) technology has a long history of driving
environmental understanding and decision making. Policy makers, planners, scientists, and
many others worldwide rely on GIS for data management and scientific the
challenges facing our natural and human environments evolve to new levels of complexity,
our tools must also evolve. To this end, a dedicated group of people has been actively
pursuing the development of GeoDesign theory, concepts, and tools.
Design is about purpose and intentions; it's about seeing in our mind's eye what could
be, then creating it. Based on concepts found in Ian McHarg's seminal Design With
Nature, GeoDesign integrates geographic science with design, resulting in a systematic
methodology for geographic planning and decision making. GeoDesign brings geographic
analysis into any design process, resulting in designs that more closely follow natural
systems. This benefits both people and nature and provides a more synergistic
coex