Zorica Nedović-Budić

Professor of Urban and Regional Planning
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1993

What is the role and impact of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in urban planning; how does a social system achieve an effective diffusion of GIS technology; and what are the processes and factors that determine the quality of urban environment and its spatial organization are the questions that drive Dr. Nedović-Budić's research. Teaching students about GIS technology emphasizes the need for critical awareness about both the planners' needs and the technological capabilities.

Extending her Ph.D. research on human, organizational, and management determinants of GIS implementation success, Dr. Nedović-Budić's current focus is on coordinating development and use of geographic databases and on building spatial data infrastructures (SDI). Evaluation of benefits planning agencies derive from introducing GIS technology and from accessing the SDIs are related areas of research.

A physical planner by training, with an international background and love for cities, Dr. Nedović-Budić is also engaged in the comparative study of urban development and planning practice in the U.S., Central/Southern Europe and other world regions.

Dr. Nedović-Budić serves as the coordinator of the Bachelor of Arts in the Urban Planning program.

Contact Information
Room 316 Temple Buell Hall
611 Taft Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: 217.244.5402
Fax: 217.244.1717
E-mail: budic@uiuc.edu

Current Research

Diffusion of geographic information systems (GIS) technology; management, institutional, organizational and human factors in GIS technology transfer [more]

Development and utility of spatial data infrastructures (SDIs) [more]

Evaluation of impacts of GIS technology on urban planning functions and process  [more]

GIS applications in urban planning: land use inventory and planning; urban and open space development and impact; comprehensive planning   [more]

Comparative urban development and planning practice in East Central European countries and other world regions   [more]

Selected Publications

Budhathoki, Nama Raj, and Zorica Nedović-Budić. 2007. Towards an Extended SDI Knowedge Base and Conceptual Framework. In Onsrud, Harlan (ed) Research and Theory in Advancing Spatial Data Infrastructure Concepts. Redlands, CA: ESRI Press.

Nedović-Budić, Zorica and Nama Raj Budhathoki. 2006. Technological and Institutional Interdependences and SDI - The Bermuda Square? Editorial, International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructure Research 1: 36-50.

Nedović-Budić, Zorica, Raymond G. Kan, Douglas M. Johnston, Richard E. Sparks and David C. White. 2006. CommunityViz-Based Prototype Model for Assessing Development Impacts in a Naturalized Floodplain - EmiquonViz. Journal of Urban Planning and Development 132(4): 201-210.

Tsenkova, Sasha, and Zorica Nedović-Budić. 2006. Urban Mosaic of Post-socialist Europe - Space, Institutions and Policy. Heidelberg: Springer.

Nedović-Budić, Zorica and Branko Cavric. 2006. Waves of Planning: Framework for Studying the Evolution of Planning Systems and Empirical Insights from Serbia and Montenegro. Planning Perspectives 21: 393-425.

Maeng, Da-Mi, and Zorica Nedović-Budić. 2004. Chicago and Seoul: A Comparative Study of the Impact of Information and Communications Technologies on Urban Land Use and Regulation. Journal of Urban Technology 11(2): 61-92.

Nedović-Budić, Zorica, Mary-Ellen F. Feeney, Abbas Rajabifard, and Ian Williamson. 2004. Are SDIs Serving the Needs of Local Planning? Case Study of Victoria, Australia and Illinois, USA. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 28(4): 329-351.

Nedović-Budić, Zorica, Jeffrey K. Pinto, and Lisa Warnecke. 2004. GIS Database Development and Exchange: Interaction Mechanisms and Motivations. Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association 16(1): 15-29.

Cavric Branko I., Zorica Nedović-Budić, and Horatio G. Ikgopoleng. 2003. Diffusion of GIS Technology in Botswana: Process and Determinants. International Development Planning Review 25(2): 195-219.

Nedović-Budić, Zorica, and Jeffrey K. Pinto. 2001. Organizational (Soft) GIS Interoperability: Lessons From the U.S. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 3(3): 290-298.

Nedović-Budić, Zorica. 2001. Adjustment of Planning Practice to the New Eastern and Central European Context. Journal of the American Planning Association 67(1):38-52.

Nedović-Budić, Zorica. 2000. Geographic Information Science Implications for Urban and Regional Planning. Journal of Urban and Regional Information Systems Association 12(2): 81-93.

Nedović-Budić, Zorica, and Jeffrey K. Pinto. 2000. Information Sharing in an Interorganizational GIS Environment. Environment and Planning B 27(3): 455-474.

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