Summary: Publisher Summary 1 Making Spatial Decisions Using GIS: A Workbook, Second Edition, provides scenario-based lessons that develop GIS skills and critical thinking. Students will use organized workflows, spatial analysis, and visualization to make decisions rooted in real-world issues about crime, hazards, hurricanes, demographics, and urban planning.--Publisher's description.   Publisher Summary 2 Keranen, a retired teacher who introduced GPS, GIS, and remote sensing into a school system's geosystems curriculum, and Kolvoord (integrated science and technology, James Madison U.) provide scenario-based lessons to help college students develop GIS (geographic information system) and critical thinking skills by using organized workflows, spatial analysis, and visualization data to make decisions about crime, hazards, hurricanes, demographics, and urban planning. For each area, two guided and one independent project is detailed. Prior knowledge of GIS and ArcGIS software is assumed. This edition has an updated design, fewer basic instructions, and more introductory information to add context to exercises. The companion DVD contains GIS data, worksheets, and other documents needed for the projects, as well as a trial version of ArcGIS software. Annotation 漏2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)   Publisher Summary 3 Making Spatial Decisions Using GIS: A Workbook, second edition, provides scenario-based lessons that develop GIS skills and critical thinking. Students will use organized workflows, spatial analysis, and visualization to make decisions rooted in real-world issues about crime, hazards, hurricanes, demographics, and urban planning. Designed for a college curriculum, Making Spatial Decisions Using GIS: A Workbook develops GIS skills using step-by-step instructions, guided activities that reinforce learned concepts, and independent projects that encourage students to find local data and situations. The first edition was part of the Our World GIS Education series published by Esri Press, which won the 2008 Geographic Excellence in Media award from the National Council for Geographic Education. Making Spatial Decisions Using GIS: A Workbook includes data for the exercises. A 180-day trial of ArcGIS Desktop 10 and in-depth instructor resources are also provided.