Evaluating Decision Support Systems for PPGIS Applications

“…Such systems provide valuable information to stakeholders managing natural resources on a global [7] regional [8] or local scale [9]. PGIS systems widen public involvement in planning, thus reducing polarization between citizens and decision-makers [14,15] 3. METHODS…”

Section: Relevant Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Soil erosion estimation with a WebGIS-based platform

Song

Liu²,

McClure

2013

2013 Second International Conference on Agro-Geoinformatics (Agro-Geoinformatics)

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper presents a effective WebGIS -based extendable mechanism to support soil erosion estimation and monitoring. A WebGIS platform can collect and integrate relative information from multiple and distributed sources and further derive required information for soil erosion estimation using distributed web services or software components. A prototype system was developed following this mechanism for Yunnan, China and used to estimate soil erosion in that area. The results demonstrate that this mechanism efficiently estimates soil erosion, involves public participation, and is accessible and transparent via the internet. We argue that the WebGIS-based mechanism provide practical solutions for complex projects involving multiple stakeholders.

show abstract

“…When incorporating context, domain, and human-centered approaches in GISci, public participatory GIS (PPGIS) stands out as an exemplary construct (Harvey and Chrisman, 1998;Nyerges et al, 2002;Sieber, 2003;Aggett and McColl, 2006;Sieber, 2006). Like participatory research, PPGIS incorporates end users, research subjects, and researchers into a collaborative environment (MacEachren, 2000) where GIS are structured under the guidance of both the expert and the novice.…”

Section: Public Participatory Gismentioning

confidence: 99%

Public participatory GIS in community-based disaster risk reduction

Kemp

2008

tripleC

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Natural hazards, such as earthquakes and floods, result in disasters for several reasons. One of the important factors is reducing risk before an incident arises. Such efforts are commonly termed disaster risk reduction (DRR Introducing PPGIS tools into community-based DRR is not a neutral effort. The information and communication technologies (ICT) embedded in GIS can both aid the DRR efforts as well as impact the community in unintended ways. ICTs may be common in communities engaged in DRR efforts so the introduction of PPGIS may have minimal impact. What are the societal ramifications, however, of PPGIS methods in DRR efforts when ICTs are a relatively new aspect of a given community? What are the communication methods pertinent to PPGIS in the DRR context? How does the ICT literature address PPGIS methods? The paper addresses these and other influences of ICT on societies prone to natural hazards.Keywords: PPGIS, natural hazards, disaster risk reduction, information organization Acknowledgement: Generous thanks to the anonymous review and helpful feedback from the ICT&S Doctoral Students" Meeting colleagues.he numbers of people impacted by natural hazards is showing an upward trend. More people are displaced and put into health risk from floods, earthquakes, and drought. Humanitarian actors seek to reduce these risks through development strategies and community-based exercises to assess disaster risk. A key input to these exercises is accurate and extensive information from which communities might make decisions, changes, and plans for moving forward.

show abstract

Evaluating Decision Support Systems for PPGIS Applications

Cited by 31 publications

References 0 publications

Comparing text-only and virtual reality discrete choice experiments of neighbourhood choice

Comparing text-only and virtual reality discrete choice experiments of neighbourhood choice

Soil erosion estimation with a WebGIS-based platform

Public participatory GIS in community-based disaster risk reduction

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About