Investigating and modeling of re-organization requirements in the municipalities for establishing the spatial urban information systems

Investigating and Modeling of Re-organization Requirements in the Municipalities for Establishing the Spatial Urban Information Systems In our county, local administrations consist of city self administrations, municipalities and villages. It is among the responsibilities of municipalities to provide local types of services. In this context, municipalities should be able to respond daily increasing service demands using information technology (IT). IT-based Information Systems mat are used for collecting, storing, analyzing, and presenting spatial and non-spatial information that are obtained by space-based observations are called Spatial Information Systems (SIS). Planning the current and future needs of people who live in a city can be performed with SIS by providing processes and analysis using resources in a most suitable way. The need for re organization of municipalities based on SIS is clear 77% of the population currently lives in the vacinity of municipalities. Institutional, organizational, and technical difficulties have been confronted with in the municipalities where SIS have been to be established. The goal of this thesis to determine organizational structure and spatial data (SD) flow for municipality technical units by examining the municipality organizational structure. Collecting SD is currently very important; it is equally important from a municipality perspective that data must be in good quality, up to date, and readily available for use. SIS provide advantages such as data sharing, decision making, and planning, and also provide more efficient use of personnel, time, and financial resources. Not being able to provide more rapid, economic, and up to date SD exchange among municipalities' own units shows that information technologies have not been developed enough. The need for dependable spatial information to systematicly carry out urban activities necessisates the use of SD in a most suitable way by using IT. A recent survey was conducted among 105 municipalities in order to investigate the need for SIS in municipalities. Although there have been efforts to build an SIS in all of the metropolitan municipalities several factors have prevented success. These include the expense of investment; lack of specialized personnel; and insufficient infrastructure. As a result, the orientation of local adminisrations of developed countries in national spatial data infrastructure has been investigated. And in order to form the spatial data infrastructure in our country, a proposal has been made to set up a special unit in each municipality that will ensure preparation of municipalities for the information technology and for building SISs and to provide coordinations among them. Rapidly spreading Internet infrastructure and growing need to involve "inside" and "outside" units with which municipalities exchange SD types, such as maps and plans, underscore the increasingly significant role of the private sector in SIS. Key Words: Local Governments, Municipality, Spatial Information Systems, National Spatial Data Infrastructure, Re-organization. VIII