Paper Info
Title
GIS-Based Borderlands Modeling and Understanding: A Perspective
Abstract
Borderland regions are special areas and deserve more attention in global sustainable development. Reliable geo-information and effective analysis tools are requested to support borderlands studies through the integrated utilization of geospatial analysis, web service, as well as the other domain-specific expertise. This paper has reviewed the state-of-the-art of geospatial information sciences, (GIS)-based borderlands modeling, and understanding. From the perspective of GIS, integrated data modeling, comprehensive analysis, and collaborative information service are identified as the three major challenges in this filed. A research agenda is further proposed with four topics, i.e., classification and representation of borderland information, derivation of neighborhood information, development of synergetic analysis, and design and development of a geo-portal for borderlands studies. This interdisciplinary study requires a closer and in-depth collaboration of geopolitics, international relation, geography and geo-spatial information sciences.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.3390/ijgi4020661
ISPRS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEO-INFORMATION
Keywords
Field
DocType
borderlands,sustainable development,integrated data modeling,comprehensive analysis,geospatial information science
Analysis tools,Geospatial analysis,Data science,Data modeling,Information science,Geopolitics,Web service,Sustainable development,Geography,Management science
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
4
2
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.40
8
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jun Chen120721.33
Ran Li230.74
Weihua Dong3256.40
Yuejing Ge431.08
Hua Liao5113.68
Yang Cheng630.40