In the process of analysing and monitoring the growth and development work, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a useful tool. GIS maps can explain the world by putting spatial aspects in relation to each other. The County Council of Västernorrland was converted into a Region in 2017 and thus received responsibility for the regional development work. Currently, the region does not have a GIS operation of its own but has realized that a regional GIS management would facilitate by more efficient analyses and better decision support. The purpose of this study is to compare and describe how GIS is used in similar Regions and how GIS can be used in Region Västernorrland. A value table with selected factors such as area and population has been created to identify similar regions to Region Västernorrland. The study examines how GIS is handled in Region Kalmar län and Region Dalarna. Interviews with GIS users in each Region have been compared with theories on GIS usage in public and regional activities to discuss how the regional GIS usage can be developed. The result shows that the regional GIS use has a development potential in several areas shown in previous studies. Lack of data, knowledge and organizational coordination are some of the areas that GIS users handle. The interviews also show that there are interests and opportunities for regional GIS management.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-171841 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Furberg, Daniel |
| Publisher | Umeå universitet, Institutionen för geografi |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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