Usability and usefulness of internet mapping platforms in participatory spatial planning

Rzeszewski, Michał; Kotus, Jacek

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2019.01.001

Cited by 54 publications

(43 citation statements)

References 34 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…The research encountered several limitations throughout the process, particularly in relation with the reliability of the data sources. Regarding the security data of MapKibera Trust, it should be noted that the voluntary nature of participatory mapping activities limits a systematic data verification [50,51]. In addition, quantitative data such as the number of crime episodes in relation to the hot-spots is missing.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, quantitative data such as the number of crime episodes in relation to the hot-spots is missing. However, different experiences and authors demonstrated the importance and the contribution of the crowdsourcing platforms in developing strategies for urban security in informal settlements [51,60]. Similarly, data from Space Syntax do not take into consideration some aspects such as the buildings heights, densities and the metric date [76] or the formal and functional dimensions that characterize the urban design and the architecture [77].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The authors consulted other data sources, such as voluntary mapping. Crowdsourcing platforms have been already recognized as a powerful tool to gather qualitative data about security and safety, valuing citizens knowledge [30,50,51]. These mechanisms have been used by local governments to implement policies and interventions to improve urban safety in different contexts [50,[52][53][54].…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Integrating Different Data Sources to Address Urban Security in Informal Areas. The Case Study of Kibera, Nairobi

2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Nowadays, levels of crime and violence appear to be much higher in large cities in developing countries. This is the result of several factors, such as: the speed of urbanization, the inability of cities to provide sufficient infrastructure and the widening disparities in income and access to housing and services. These levels of inequality can have negative consequences from a social, economic and political point of view, with a destabilizing impact on societies and higher risks for the most disadvantaged people, especially those living in informal settlements. The paper presents the results of a study carried out by the Authors at the Department of Architecture and Design of the Polytechnic of Turin. Urban security is investigated in the context of Kibera slum (Nairobi) through the integration of two different tools, namely Participatory Mapping and Space Syntax. The research analyses the relation between criminal activities and the spatial and configurational features of the street network, with the aim to highlight some key environmental factors to take into consideration while constructing the new road Missing link #12. Specifically, the research identifies and studies seven parameters from the literature review: integration, illumination, vitality and diversity, visibility, active facades, territoriality and maintenance and image. The findings show that urban planning and design strongly impact crime occurrence. The crime hot-spots’ distribution in Kibera depends on the simultaneous interrelation of multiple components in the space.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Integrating Different Data Sources to Address Urban Security in Informal Areas. The Case Study of Kibera, Nairobi

2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Internet is the source in which usability testing is evaluated and find out all the parameters of usability [14]. The process of usability testing of engineering university websites of Sindh-Pakistan is shown in Fig.…”

Section: Usability Testing By Using Survey Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…2. Nielsen heuristics method is one of the appropriate methods for post-survey techniques in [11][12][13][14], before the post-survey, it is important to use pre-survey method for the testing usability of websites. From this type of survey issues related to the websites and users are identified, accordingly, these issues may be addressed in search, navigation and information required to the users in [6,15].…”

Section: Usability Guidelinesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Respondent’s Haptic on Academic Universities Websites of Pakistan Measuring Usability

Sodhar¹,

Marina²,

Mirani³

2019

IJACSA

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study based on survey, by using four higher educational (Universities) websites were selected for the usability testing with the help of response to the experience of eighty students of same age group and investigated to make pre-survey and post-survey based on an eight questionnaire for websites usability. The source for the survey was Laptops of windows 8.1 operation system used. The questionnaires were depends on two factors: one factor contains gender, nationality, respondents and second factor contains strongly agree, Agree, Undecided, Disagree, Strongly Disagree. The factor structure replicated across the study with data collected during usability test respectively in survey. There was evidence of usability with existing questionnaires, including the website usability testing by applying guidelines of webcredible. The overall results were acceptable and more meaningful for future researchers and webdevelopers. The questionnaire can be used to understand of websites quality and how well websites work.

show abstract

Urban Protected Areas and Urban Biodiversity

Iojă¹,

Breuste

2020

Cities and Nature

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Usability and usefulness of internet mapping platforms in participatory spatial planning

Cited by 54 publications

References 34 publications

Integrating Different Data Sources to Address Urban Security in Informal Areas. The Case Study of Kibera, Nairobi

Integrating Different Data Sources to Address Urban Security in Informal Areas. The Case Study of Kibera, Nairobi

The Respondent’s Haptic on Academic Universities Websites of Pakistan Measuring Usability

Urban Protected Areas and Urban Biodiversity

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About