Larger municipalities often have an administrative department (for example, the building authority), which also handles planning activities, or they may even have a separate
spatial planning department.
«The data, information and knowledge on long - term trends of surface water bodies across the CONUS at high
spatial resolution are valuable for
planning and management of surface water resources, however, they are not widely available yet,» said Xiao, professor of ecology and remote sensing in the
Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, OU College of Arts and Sciences.