Empowerment, Marginalization, and "Community-integrated" GIS

Harris, Trevor; Weiner, Daniel

doi:10.1559/152304098782594580

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“…Overall, the review of the literature and findings about barriers (including institutional and organizational factors) to GIS adoption by nonprofits and local government agencies reinforces the following observation made by Harris and Weiner (1998): . .…”

Section: Ann-margaret Esnardsupporting

confidence: 66%

Active Transportation, Neighborhood Planning and Participatory GIS (Geographic Information System)

Schlossberg

Larco²

2008

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On the Cover:A common and humorous test of mental dexterity is the ability to walk and chew gum at the same time. These two simple tasks rarely conflict and are performed without thought. Over the past 10 years a new test of mental dexterity has arisen with vast implications in the field of geospatial technology; can one walk and collect data at the same time?Research on walking and the built environment has accelerated by an increased interest in the relationship between urban form and public health. As the research has progressed, so has the interest in developing ways to collect data at a very fine scale-in essence, to be able to collect data at the streetscape level and link this data to transportation behavior. An article by Marc Schlossberg, Asha Weinstein, and Katja Irvin entitled An Assessment of GISenabled Walkability Audits examines the development and implementation of a GIS-based pedestrian audit tool that allows users to collect data in electronic form using a handheld computer. The paper, which highlights Volume 19, Number 2 of the URISA Journal, identifies current shortcomings with walkability audit tools but concludes that appropriately applying GIS-enabled pedestrian audit tools can be an efficient way to collect and quickly analyze pedestrian infrastructure characteristics so that planners, practitioners, policy makers, and community members can make more effective decisions. SUBMISSIONS: This publication accepts from authors an exclusive right of first publication to their article plus an accompanying grant of nonexclusive full rights. The publisher requires that full credit for first publication in the URISA Journal is provided in any subsequent electronic or print publications. For more information, the "Manuscript Submission Guidelines for Refereed Articles" is available on our website, www.urisa. org, or by calling (847) 824-6300. SUBSCRIPTION AND ADVERTISING: All correspondence about advertising, subscriptions, and URISA memberships should be directed to: Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, 1460 Renaissance Dr., Suite 305, Park Ridge, Illinois, 60068-1348; Voice (847) 824-6300; Fax (847) 824-6363; E-mail info@urisa.org.URISA Journal is published two times a year by the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association.© 2007 by the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use, or the internal or personal use of specific clients, is granted by permission of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association.Educational programs planned and presented by URISA provide attendees with relevant and rewarding continuing education experience. However, neither the content (whether written or oral) of any course, seminar, or other presentation, nor the use of a specific product in conjunction therewith, nor the exhibition of any materials by any party coincident with the educational event, should be construed as indicating endorsement or approval of the views presented, the products used, or the materials exhi...

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Section: Ann-margaret Esnardsupporting

confidence: 66%

Active Transportation, Neighborhood Planning and Participatory GIS (Geographic Information System)

Schlossberg

Larco²

2008

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“…The solution utilises digital spatial technologies, in particular Geographic Information Systems (GIS), which are often used for problem solving and information dissemination, especially by community organisations during the wind projects public consultation process [26][27][28][29]. In the Visualisation Dome, experience is enriched through:…”

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Visualisation and Immersion Dome Experience for Inspired Participation

Gawlikowska¹,

Marini²,

Chokani³

et al. 2017

J. sustain. dev. energy water environ. syst.

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Public protests, which lead to increased administrative and permission procedures, are amongst the most important obstacles in development of wind energy projects. The community's fears of visual and acoustic impacts of new power plants are commonly recognized as the weakest aspects of public acceptance. To address these issues Visualisation Dome has been designed to better communicate the economic, political, spatial, ecological and social benefits of wind power plants and the associated risks to local communities. The approach combines the experimental and simulation method. The integrated analysis software tool, which allows assessing the impacts of planed wind power plants underpins their 360-degree video and audio simulations. The Visualisation Dome demonstration resulted in 57% of the interviewed participants improving their opinion of wind power following the experience. Visualisation Dome's novel approach for improving procedural justice of wind energy projects development forms innovative, interactive and streamlined processes, and enables constructive participation of audiences.

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“…Participatory GIS has also been a key component of empowering people living in slum communities to influence formal decision-making processes (Abbott, 2003;Sen, Hobson, & Joshi, 2003;Sliuzas, 2003). Scholars, however, recognize the asymmetric access to GIS skills and data among various groups, so that GIS could be empowering for some groups, while disempowering others (Elwood, 2008;Harris & Weiner, 1998). Kyem (2001) argues that empowerment requires shifts in power relations, in which PPGIS proponents face deeply entrenched political structures.…”

Section: Empowermentmentioning

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Public Participation Geographic Information Systems: A Literature Survey

Ganapati

2010

Integrated Series in Information Systems

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Empowerment, Marginalization, and "Community-integrated" GIS

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Active Transportation, Neighborhood Planning and Participatory GIS (Geographic Information System)

Active Transportation, Neighborhood Planning and Participatory GIS (Geographic Information System)

Visualisation and Immersion Dome Experience for Inspired Participation

Public Participation Geographic Information Systems: A Literature Survey

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