World Experience in the Use of GIS Technologies in Solving Problems of Sustainable Development of the City

Abstract

Sustainable development has been discussed since the 1960s and has since been a focused subject in urban development. GIS was used in this purpose for e.g. water, air, and climate change planning and management and sustainable planning. This work is explaining the relationship between Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote sensing (RS) with urban sustainability and sustainable development. Describing and discussing the tools that can be used to monitor urban growth. Specifying the countries and organizations that have developed new tools and methods to help in urban sustainability and urban development endeavour. Also, the methods and tools for rating that are used within a GIS environment for sustainable planning and development. Indicating the dependency of the rating tools on data acquisition accuracy and precision. Highlighting the case that there is no universal method of using GIS in sustainable development yet. And, the part that is played by GIS and RS in planning aspects and stages such as water accessibility, climate impacts, infrastructure planning, air pollution modelling, etc. Attempting to form analysis for economic and social sustainability in urban environments like; population distribution, proximity to recreation centres, school locations, the flow of people and goods, and demographics. In addition, answering if there is a known method for combining all three pillars of sustainability and measuring it and comparing the level of sustainability between cities.