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(1)Creating an Environmental Geographic Information System for the City of Kumasi, Ghana. Examensarbete i Hållbar Utveckling 99. Creating an Environmental Geographic Information System for the City of Kumasi, Ghana. Felix Engelhardt. Felix Engelhardt. Uppsala  University,  Department  of  Earth  Sciences Master  Thesis  E,  in  Sustainable  Development,  30  credits Printed  at  Department  of  Earth  Sciences, Geotryckeriet,  Uppsala  University,  Uppsala,  2012.. Master’s Thesis E, 30 credits.

(2) Examensarbete i Hållbar Utveckling 99. Creating an Environmental Geographic Information System for the City of Kumasi, Ghana. Felix Engelhardt. Supervisor: Cecilia Sundberg Evaluator: Tomas Thierfelder.

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(4) Contents 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 1 2 Aim and research questions .............................................................................................................................. 2 3 Methodology ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 4 Background ........................................................................................................................................................ 5 .XPDVL (QYLURQPHQWDODQGJHRJUDSKLFLQIRUPDWLRQV\VWHPV 6WDQGDUGVLQJHRJUDSKLFLQIRUPDWLRQWHFKQRORJ\ 7\SHVRIJHRJUDSKLFGDWD 6WDQGDUGWHFKQRORJ\DQGDUFKLWHFWXUH 3UHYLRXVDWWHPSWVWRHVWDEOLVKVLPLODUV\VWHPVLQ*KDQD 5 Results ................................................................................................................................................................. 9 5HTXLUHPHQWVDQDO\VLV 6RIWV\VWHPVDQDO\VLV 6WDNHKROGHUV $FWRUVDQGWKHLUUROHV &KDUDFWHULVLQJHQYLURQPHQWDOLQIRUPDWLRQ 6XPPDU\ 6RIWZDUHGHVLJQ 'DWDVWUXFWXUHV 8VHFDVHVDQGZRUNIORZV ,PSOHPHQWDWLRQ (,6ZHEDSSOLFDWLRQ *HR6HUYHU 3RVWJUH64/GDWDEDVH (QYLURQPHQWDOGDWDXVHGLQWKHLPSOHPHQWDWLRQSURFHVV 6 Discussion.......................................................................................................................................................... 22 7 Conclusions ....................................................................................................................................................... 23 Acknowledgements.............................................................................................................................................. 24 References ............................................................................................................................................................ 25 Appendix. Screenshots of the EIS prototype .................................................................................................... 27. . L.

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