BURISA (British Urban and Regional Information Systems Association) was an informal,
non-profit organisation
A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...
, unincorporated association of practitioners, based in the UK, whose common interest is the use and management of information and the development of
information system
An information system (IS) is a formal, sociotechnical, organizational system designed to collect, process, store, and distribute information. From a sociotechnical perspective, information systems are composed by four components: task, people ...
s for
public service
A public service is any service intended to address specific needs pertaining to the aggregate members of a community. Public services are available to people within a government jurisdiction as provided directly through public sector agencies ...
s.
Its interests covered a wide range of
information system
An information system (IS) is a formal, sociotechnical, organizational system designed to collect, process, store, and distribute information. From a sociotechnical perspective, information systems are composed by four components: task, people ...
s for public planning, policy making and service provision. BURISA aimed to promote better communication between people concerned with information and information systems within local and central government, the health services, utilities and the academic world through its regular newsletter and also periodic conferences and workshops.
BURISA was affiliated to the
Royal Statistical Society
The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) is an established statistical society. It has three main roles: a British learned society for statistics, a professional body for statisticians and a charity which promotes statistics for the public good.
...
(RSS) through its membership of the Statistics User Forum.
In 2013 the organisation merged with the Local Area Research + Intelligence Association (LARIA).
See also
* ''
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society''
*
Urban and Regional Information Systems Association
The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) is a nonprofit organization, non-profit association of professionals using geographic information systems (GIS) and other information technology, information technologies to solve cha ...
(URISA)
References
External links
BURISA official websiteRSS official websiteStatement on merger of BURISA with LARIA (2012)
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Statistical societies
Learned societies of the United Kingdom
Regional science
Organizations disestablished in 2012