GIS Uses and Constraints on Diffusion in Eastern Europe and the Former USSR

Abstract

A team of American specialists, headed by a prominent human/political geographer, examines the emerging uses of geographic information systems (GIS) in Eastern Europe and the former USSR as well as constraints to their further dissemination. The paper, based on a communications survey, conference participation, and local sources, devotes particular attention to GIS applications in planning and services delivery and to variable rates of adoption of GIS technology in the region, as documented in a table of public-sector applications compiled by the authors. Factors limiting the utility of traditional innovation-diffusion models in understanding current patterns are identified. Journal of Economic Literature, Classification Numbers: C80, O31, O32. 2 figures, 2 tables, 64 references.

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