Economic Development Strategies, GIS, and Disasters Discussion Description Please post to Discussion - Module #6 - Economic
Question:
Economic Development Strategies, GIS, and Disasters
Discussion Description
Please post to Discussion - Module #6 - Economic Development Strategies and GIS by completing the following:
Discussion Part 1:
Looking back at the economic development plan examples that you examined in Module 4, which of the eight economic development strategies found in Learning Activity 6-3 were incorporated in these plans?
Discussion Part 2:
Examine the following websites to learn about GIS and its linkage to economic development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_information_system
http://www.gis.com/
Is GIS a useful and practical tool in the field of economic development? Why?
Discussion Part 3:
Consider the impact of a disaster on the economic development strategies of a community or region. First, define what is a disaster from an economic development practitioner's point of view? Secondly, if you were the local economic development practitioner, what would you do in the event of a disaster in your community?