GIS, integrated solution, for efficient administration of Hunedoara County

Abstract

The local administration became in Romania a very important element for development. The requirements for the management activity in administration has changed as compared with what happened 10 years ago. The new issues raised by the complex needs and not always concurrent of the population, business agents and the trends in regional development are increasingly difficult to be managed with traditional tools. The adaptability and the scalability of Geographical Information Systems, represent an opportunity of the responsible from top management of the local administration that cannot be ignored. The intent of this study is to present a model to be followed for the use of GIS in management of the Hunedoara County Council.This model can change, the meaning of the idea of management at the local administration level by using the foresight as a support for decision making, through the access to the current and complete information and through the involvement of the GIS beneficiaries in providing updated data and in their transformation from simple beneficiaries of the management of the local administration in partners or even intervenients in the decisional process.