Public Participatory GIS

Mukherjee, Falguni

doi:10.1111/gec3.12223

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“…These fields have experienced significant growth as evidenced in the number of applications and academic publications (Brown and Kyttä ). The growing interest in PPGIS/PGIS/VGI over the last two decades has been accompanied by multiple conferences, workshops, and special journal issues devoted to the subject (Mukherjee ). And yet, the social impact attributable to these spatial mapping methods has not been evident due to multiple social and institutional constraints, including a lack of trust in the origin and quality spatial data generated (Brown ).…”

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A Review of Sampling Effects and Response Bias in Internet Participatory Mapping (PPGIS/PGIS/VGI)

Brown

2016

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Global interest in participatory mapping described as public participation GIS (PPGIS), participatory GIS (PGIS), and volunteered geographic information (VGI) continues to grow, but systematic study of spatial data quality and sampling effects is limited. This article provides a review and meta-analysis of Internetbased PPGIS studies conducted during the period 2006-2015 (n526) to answer the following research questions: (1) How does mapping effort, as a proxy measure for spatial data quality, differ by sampling group? (2) Does the purpose and context of PPGIS influence mapping results? (3) What is the potential for mapping bias through sampling design? (4) Given the results, what should be the focus of future PPGIS research? Mapping effort was highest in sampling groups whose livelihoods were closely related to the purpose of the study, there was greater mapping effort in household sampling groups compared to volunteer groups, and participant domicile had strong effects on mapped results through spatial discounting. The use of online Internet panels provides higher response rates but lower spatial data quality. Future research should focus on increasing sampling response rates, assessing social trade-offs using alternative spatial weighting schemes, and examining the capacity of the public to select land use alternatives as a complement to traditional expert-driven planning systems.

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A Review of Sampling Effects and Response Bias in Internet Participatory Mapping (PPGIS/PGIS/VGI)

Brown

2016

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“…While the increasing availability of high-quality, open source software and open data can reduce financial barriers, affording the hardware on which to run a GIS can continue to be a problem for disadvantaged groups. This increased financial barrier may be why disadvantaged groups tend to be underrepresented in PPGIS/PGIS studies (Brown, 2012) even though PPGIS/PGIS is often aimed to help such groups participate in urban planning (Mukherjee, 2015). Open data and open source software may reduce the financial barrier and may increase PPGIS/ PGIS use but they do not resolve the need for an expert and the time to implement a project (Brown & Kyttä, 2014).…”

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Five classes of geospatial data and the barriers to using them

Reynard

2018

Geography Compass

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Geospatial technologies implemented through the World Wide Web (Geoweb) have improved steadily over the last decade. This Geoweb has the potential to allow citizens to collect and use geospatial data in an effort to influence urban planning in a bottom‐up manner—a stark departure from traditional top‐down public consultation in urban planning. This article reviews five classes of geospatial data available to citizens trying to influence urban planning. These classes have been reviewed in the academic literature before, but not at the same time and not with respect to urban planning. Looking at them together allows for examination of the interconnection as well as the boundaries between them. This paper establishes an understanding of these Geoweb data classes and examines the main barriers citizens face when trying to use geospatial data—with a focus on technological and financial barriers. Despite improvements in the Geoweb that help in reducing these barriers, preliminary evidence suggests that the voices of citizens are still not being fully heard in urban planning. This article tells the story of a Geoweb project by Paths for People, a biking and walking advocacy group in Edmonton, Canada. Paths for People initiated a Public Participatory Geographic Information Systems (PPGIS) project to inform the development of biking infrastructure in Edmonton, but this was largely ignored by city council, which adopted a top‐down cycling plan. This paper highlights the large gap between the promises of the Geoweb, the current practice of urban planning, and grassroots capabilities of this form of community engagement.

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“…The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries www.ejisdc.org National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) in 1996 to describe how GIS technology could support public participation for a variety of applications (Sieber, 2006;Mukherjee, 2015). The term participatory GIS (PGIS) and its practice was the outcome of a spontaneous merger of Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) methods with geographic information technologies (Rambaldi et al, 2006).…”

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An Evaluation of Participatory GIS (PGIS) for Land Use Planning in Malaysia

Zolkafli

Brown

Liu

2017

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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Public participation for land use planning in developing countries is challenged by multiple barriers including low public awareness and engagement with the process. This paper evaluates the capacity of the general public to effectively contribute to land use planning outcomes in Malaysia using Participatory GIS (PGIS). Spatial attributes that identify place values and land use preferences were collected from the public through a web-based PGIS using facilitated and self-administered methods and compared with land use zones developed by planning experts. We assessed the quality of the PGIS mapped data by analysing participants' mapping effort and the consistency of the mapped data with existing land use zones. The results indicate logical consistency between the mapped attributes-place values and preferences-and land use zones contained in the expert-driven land use plans. The results further indicate that the facilitated PGIS process produced higher quality spatial data compared with the self-administered PGIS survey. Our results suggest that PGIS can provide planning authorities with a viable platform to enhance public participation for land use planning in Malaysia, but that a facilitated PGIS process will be required to increase public participation and the quality of spatial data generated.

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Public Participatory GIS

Cited by 48 publications

References 64 publications

A Review of Sampling Effects and Response Bias in Internet Participatory Mapping (PPGIS/PGIS/VGI)

A Review of Sampling Effects and Response Bias in Internet Participatory Mapping (PPGIS/PGIS/VGI)

Five classes of geospatial data and the barriers to using them

An Evaluation of Participatory GIS (PGIS) for Land Use Planning in Malaysia

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