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‘Children in Need’: Using Geographical Information Systems to Inform Strategic Planning for Social Service Provision
Author(s) -
Noble Michael,
Smith Teresa
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/j.1099-0860.1994.tb00437.x
Subject(s) - legislation , service (business) , business , environmental planning , strategic planning , social welfare , social care , public relations , political science , marketing , geography , medicine , nursing , law
SUMMARY: Recent legislation, requires local authorities to provide services such as day care for children in need. New computer techniques for geo‐spatial analysis—Geographical Information Systems—ore now muck used by local authorities in planning environmental and engineering services. This article explores the extent to which these techniques can be applied to social data and, in particular, whether they are useful for strategic planning of day care and other social service provision.