Shivanand Balram

Shivanand Balram is a Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Spatial Analysis and Modelling Research Laboratory, Simon Fraser University, Canada. He has a PhD degree from McGill University, Department of Geography with a focus on collaborative approaches to spatial analysis and decision making. His Masters degree was completed at the University of Cambridge, England with a focus on GIS and the spatial diffusion of contagious diseases in urban communities. His Undergraduate degree was done at the University of Guyana, Department of Physics where he worked on the design of photovoltaic power systems for sustainable urban and rural electrification. Shivanand has accumulated more than 12 years of academic, industry, and consulting experience in the areas of geographic information systems and science, collaborative decision-making, and environmental modeling. He has published in these areas and developed the “collaborative spatial Delphi methodology” for spatial environmental planning. His research has been published in the Journal of Geographical Systems, Biodiversity and Conservation, and Landscape and Urban Planning journals. His other research interests include spatial statistics and problem-based learning.

Publications

Collaborative Geographic Information Systems: Origins, Boundaries, and Structures
Collaborative Geographic Information Systems: Origins, Boundaries, and Structures
Shivanand Balram. © 2009. 18 pages.
This chapter describes the origins, boundaries, and structures of collaborative geographic information systems (CGIS). A working definition is proposed, together with a...
Collaborative Geographic Information Systems: Origins, Boundaries, and Structures
Collaborative Geographic Information Systems: Origins, Boundaries, and Structures
Shivanand Balram, Suzana Dragicevic. © 2008. 17 pages.
This study describes the origins, boundaries, and structures of collaborative geographic information systems (CGIS). A working definition is proposed, together with a discussion...
An Embedded Collaborative Systems Model for Implementing ICT-based Multimedia Cartography Teaching and Learning
An Embedded Collaborative Systems Model for Implementing ICT-based Multimedia Cartography Teaching and Learning
Shivanand Balram, Suzana Dragicevic. © 2008. 16 pages.
Information and communication technologies (ICT) have created many new opportunities for teaching, learning and administration. This study elaborates a new embedded collaborative...
An Embedded Collaborative Systems Model for Implementing ICT-based Multimedia Cartography Teaching and Learning
An Embedded Collaborative Systems Model for Implementing ICT-based Multimedia Cartography Teaching and Learning
Shivanand Balram, Suzana Dragicevic. © 2008. 23 pages.
Information and communication technologies (ICT) have created many new opportunities for teaching, learning and administration. This study elaborates a new embedded collaborative...
Collaborative Geographic Information Systems
Collaborative Geographic Information Systems
Shivanand Balram, Suzana Dragicevic. © 2006. 364 pages.
Many advances in the integration of group spatial modeling, geographic information systems (GIS), and the Internet have occurred in recent years, however there is a lack of...
Collaborative Geographic Information Systems: Origins, Boundaries, and Structures
Collaborative Geographic Information Systems: Origins, Boundaries, and Structures
Shivanand Balram, Suzana Dragicevic. © 2006. 23 pages.
This study describes the origins, boundaries, and structures of collaborative geographic information systems (CGIS). A working definition is proposed, together with a discussion...
Extending Objects to Model Agents: A Collaborative Group Design Framework Using the Agent UML Extension
Extending Objects to Model Agents: A Collaborative Group Design Framework Using the Agent UML Extension
Shivanand Balram, Suzana Dragicevic. © 2006. 13 pages.
Incorporating the agent paradigm into geographic information science is one approach to modeling the complex interactions between natural and human systems. In the agent...
Collaborative Geographic Information Systems and Science: A Transdisciplinary Evolution
Collaborative Geographic Information Systems and Science: A Transdisciplinary Evolution
Suzana Dragicevic, Shivanand Balram. © 2006. 10 pages.
The relevant research literatures, together with the issues articulated by chapter authors in this book, are used to characterize some of the conceptual and technical hurdles of...
An Embedded Collaborative Systems Model for Implementing ICT-based Multimedia Cartography Teaching and Learning
An Embedded Collaborative Systems Model for Implementing ICT-based Multimedia Cartography Teaching and Learning
Shivanand Balram, Suzana Dragicevic. © 2005. 21 pages.
Information and communication technologies (ICT) have created many new opportunities for teaching, learning and administration. This study elaborates a new embedded collaborative...