Geographic Information Systems are becoming increasingly relevant tools for spatial decision support. Whether in planning or quantitative analytics of different socio-economic issues, with the advances in spatial modeling and computation, geocomputation excels as the new frontier for accurate and efficient understanding of resilience and health. This special issue organized for the Journal of Spatial and Organizational Dynamics covers these topics systematically, offering an integrative vision of the importance of mapping and location analytics to foster a better and more sustainable human and environmental future while sharing novel methods in the field. Spatial decision support systems allied with regional intelligence rally the core values of our new planning instruments. Modern and functional as well as smarter regions.
Eric Vaz