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Abstract
GIS as Bulldozer: Using GIS for a Massive Urban Demolition Project
Track: State and Local Government
Author(s): Yongmin Yan, Kevin Switala
A challenging future faces many of our post-industrial cities. One of these challenges concerns the ability to successfully address their deteriorating housing infrastructure. The City of Philadelphia faces just such an issue today. With approximately 8,000 buildings that are imminently dangerous and an additional 60,000 vacant lots and buildings, the City has turned to GIS technology to assist its Neighborhood Transformation Initiative Project to schedule more than 14,000 demolitions over the next 5 years. A Decision Support Model employs raster modeling to develop and assign priority to decision-making criteria. The model then generates a demolition schedule-informing output for this massive undertaking.
Yongmin Yan
Gannett Fleming Engineers and Planners
GeoDecisions
1515 Market Street, Suite 1530
Philadelphia , PA 19102
USA
Phone: 215-557-0106
Fax: 215-557-0337
E-mail: yyan@gfnet.com
Kevin Switala
Gannett Fleming
GeoDecisions
1515 Market Street
Suite 1530
Philadelphia 19102
USA
Phone: 215-557-0106
Fax: 215-557-0337
E-mail: kswitala@gfnet.com