Designing new electoral districts for the city of Edmonton

Bozkaya, Burçin and Erkut, Erhan and Haight, Dan and Laporte, Gilbert (2011) Designing new electoral districts for the city of Edmonton. Interfaces, 41 (6). pp. 534-547. ISSN 0092-2102

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Abstract

Every few years, the City of Edmonton, Canada must review and evaluate changes to its electoral district boundaries. The review process that was completed in 2009 resulted in modifying the district plan from a 6-ward system with two council members in each to a single-member 12-ward system. The authors of this paper designed the redistricting plan. This paper describes the algorithm we applied to solve the problem and the decision support system we used. The algorithm is based on a multicriteria mathematical model, which is solved by a tabu search heuristic embedded within a GIS-based decision support system. The resulting district plan meets districting criteria, including population balance, contiguity, compactness, respect for natural boundaries, growth areas, and integrity of communities of interest. This plan was formally approved as a city bylaw and used in the municipal elections in 2010.
Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: political districting; decision support system; GIS
Divisions: Sabancı Business School
Sabancı Business School > Operations Management and Information Systems
Depositing User: Burçin Bozkaya
Date Deposited: 28 Mar 2012 12:06
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2019 10:25
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/18934

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