Lesson 6

SMT201 Geographic Information Systems for Urban Planning

About

Weekly Session

Take Home Exercises

GIS Project

Course Resources

Urban Application of Vector-based GIS Analysis

Content

Trade Area Analysis

• Defining trade areas
• Examples of trade areas
• Factors that influence trade area
• GIS-based trade area analysis process
• GIS-based trade area delineation techniques

Urban Analysis and Monitoring

• Development control
• Urban growth monitoring
• Urban change detection

References

Trade Area Analysis

• Retail Trade Area Analysis: Concepts and New Approaches

• Cui, Can ; Wang, Jiechen ; Pu, Yingxia ; Ma, Jinsong ; Chen, Gang (2012) "GIS-based method of delimitating trade area for retail chains". International Journal of Geographical Information Science, Vol.26(10), pp.1863-1879.

• The Evaluation of Trade Area Models and Analysis Methods for Site Selection from International Quick Service Restaurants’ (QSR) Perspective

• Spatial Delineation of Market Areas: A Proposed Approach

• Shopping Mall Trade Area Analysis

• Downtown and Business District Market Analysis -> Understand the Market: Trade Area Analysis

Sample Trade Area Report

• Grafici Trade Area Report

GIS-based Urban Analysis

• GIS-based analysis of urban land-use changes

• Floodplain Management in Urban Developing Areas. Part II. GIS-Based Flood Analysis and Urban Growth Modelling

• Urban analysis with GIS