Population Information Support System with Particular Reference to the Requirements of Urban-Regional Planning
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1994-05
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
In developing countries the demand for reliable and
adequate information in general and population
information in particular has increased more than ever
for purposes of development planning, and for formulating
and monitoring population
Ethiopia is no exception.
From the surveys and interviews carried out for this
study. it became evident that establishment of a national
population information support system that can collect.
organize and process such information to meet users
requirements had become crucial to development planning
in the country .
An attempt has been made to assess users of population
information (their information needs. the sources they
used. their information seeking behavior, etc.) and the
existing support facilities. Interviews, onsite study.
reviewing of relevant documents and questionnaire survey
were the methods employed for the purpose of data and
fact collection
. The results of the survey generally indicated that users
have problems in timely access to reliable. and adequate
To provide a conceptual and structural framework for the
establishmnt of a population information support system .
the study proposes
network
and elaborates a population
information (POPINET) to be established.
providing a better foundation f o r the information support
system. Use of GIS in population activities and
population project ion support system with special
emphasis on urban -regional planning and the development
of related databases are proposed and discussed .
Recommendations to enhance the level of population
information support and recommendations specific to the
population information network (POPINET) are presented.
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Information Science