Geographical Information Systems as a Tool for Non-Profit Organizations

Webb, Amy

dc.contributor.author	Webb, Amy
dc.date.accessioned	2015-05-13T00:35:44Z	en
dc.date.available	2015-05-13T00:35:44Z	en
dc.date.issued	2015-05-12	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10150/552682	en
dc.description	Sustainable Built Environments Senior Capstone	en
dc.description.abstract	The study is on non-profit organizations use of data to analyze and plan projects. It looks at Geographical Information Systems as a tool that could benefit organizations in their data management, project creation, and community collaboration. Case study research was used to analyze three different tree maps created by non-profit organizations. The case studies looked specifically at the organizations’ use of GIS in the data management, project creation, and community collaboration aspects of the maps. By looking at these aspects, it was concluded that GIS is a beneficial tool for non-profit organizations, even on the most basic level. As the organizations become more financially able to afford better software, the GIS capabilities become more beneficial. Non-profits should try to incorporate GIS at any level into their organization.
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	The University of Arizona.	en
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dc.rights.uri	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
dc.subject	GIS
dc.subject	Non-profit
dc.subject	Data sharing
dc.subject	trees
dc.title	Geographical Information Systems as a Tool for Non-Profit Organizations	en_US
dc.type	thesis
dc.type	poster
dc.type	text
dc.contributor.department	College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture	en_US
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Arizona	en_US
thesis.degree.level	bachelors	en_US
thesis.degree.discipline	Sustainable Built Environments	en_US
thesis.degree.name	B.S.	en_US
dc.description.collectioninformation	This item is part of the Sustainable Built Environments collection. For more information, contact http://sbe.arizona.edu.	en
dc.contributor.mentor	Dhruv, Eric	en
dc.contributor.instructor	Keith, Ladd	en
dc.contributor.instructor	Iuliano, Joey
refterms.dateFOA	2018-09-07T04:45:35Z
html.description.abstract	The study is on non-profit organizations use of data to analyze and plan projects. It looks at Geographical Information Systems as a tool that could benefit organizations in their data management, project creation, and community collaboration. Case study research was used to analyze three different tree maps created by non-profit organizations. The case studies looked specifically at the organizations’ use of GIS in the data management, project creation, and community collaboration aspects of the maps. By looking at these aspects, it was concluded that GIS is a beneficial tool for non-profit organizations, even on the most basic level. As the organizations become more financially able to afford better software, the GIS capabilities become more beneficial. Non-profits should try to incorporate GIS at any level into their organization.