Community Participation and Geographic Information Systems - Chapter 4 ppt

... enforced.72 L. Casey and T. PedersonFigure 5 .4 The neighbourhood information system.© 2002 Taylor & Francisredevelopment of vacant land and buildings in Philadelphia (Figure 5 .4) .It is based ... and trash strewn lots(Figure 5.1). They are tormented by crime, drugs and unemployment.© 2002 Taylor & FrancisThe themes, symbology and classifications will all be pre-set and unalter-able. ... strategic plan-ning. If used correctly, GIS could help allow politicians and decision-makerssee both the problems and the potential in proposed neighbourhood-basedplanning efforts, and to see...

... Geographic Information and Society, 20–22 June, Minneapolis, MN.Harris, T. and Weiner, D. (1998) ‘Empowerment, marginalization, and community- integrated” GIS’, Cartography and Geographic Information ... (1998) ‘GIS and community- based planning: exploringthe diversity of neighborhood perspectives and needs’, Cartography and Geographic Information Systems 25(2): 77–88.Elwood, S. (2000) Information ... pp. 96–111.Ghose, R. (1999) ‘Use of information technology for community empowerment:transforming geographic information systems in community information systems ,The impacts of GIS use in...

... S. and Peckham, R. (1999) ‘Internet-based applications of GIS in planning’,in Geertman, Openshaw and Stillwell (eds) Geographical information and plan-ning: European perspectives, Springer-Verlag, ... Elson, M. and Doak, A. (1988) Land use planning and the mediation of urban change, Cambridge University Press.Howard, D. (1998) Geographic information technologies and community plan-ning: spatial ... PPGIS, a realdecision-making problem was used to develop, live test, and monitor pub-lic participation in local environmental decision-making. Traditional meth-ods of public participation were...

... land-use decision-making by purposefully improving thetype, quality, and availability of land information and analysis in a jurisdic-tion with an on-going and highly charged land-use decision-making ... to gauge the influence and impact this has on land-use deci-sion-making processes and outcomes through first-hand observation, post-decision reconstruction, surveys, and other methods. Key ... including four County-sponsored ‘land-useforums’, civic groups meetings, and a University-based seminar serieson the role of geospatial technologies in land-use planning. The Countyland-use forum series...