Between Consultation and Collaboration: Self-Reported Objectives for 25 Web-Based Geoparticipation Projects in Urban Planning

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/10/11/783/htm" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/10/11/783/htm</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10110783" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijgi10110783</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Between Consultation and Collaboration: Self-Reported Objectives for 25 Web-Based Geoparticipation Projects in Urban Planning

Original language description

Web-based participatory mapping technologies are being increasingly harnessed by local governments to crowdsource local knowledge and engage the public in urban planning policies as a means of increasing the transparency and legitimacy of planning processes and decisions. We refer to these technologies as &quot;geoparticipation &quot;. Current innovations are outpacing research into the use of geoparticipation in participatory planning practices. To address this knowledge gap, this paper investigates the objectives of web-based geoparticipation and uses empirical evidence from online survey responses related to 25 urban planning projects in nine countries across three continents (Europe, North America, and Australia). The survey adopts the objectives of the Spectrum for Public Participation that range from information empowerment, with each category specifying promises about how public input is expected to influence decision-making (IAP2, 2018). Our findings show that geoparticipation can leverage a &apos;middle-ground&apos; of citizen participation by facilitating involvement alongside consultation and/or collaboration. This paper constitutes a pilot study as a step toward more robust and replicable empirical studies for cross-country comparisons. Empowerment (or citizen control) is not yet a normative goal or outcome for web-based geoparticipation. Our evidence also suggests that information is pursued alongside other objectives for citizen participation, and therefore functions not as a &quot;low-hanging fruit &quot; as portrayed in the literature, but rather as a core component of higher intensities of participation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50702 - Urban studies (planning and development)

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA19-14506S" target="_blank" >GA19-14506S: Geoparticipatory spatial tools in the decision making processes of local administrations</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

ISSN

2220-9964

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

19

Pages from-to

"783-1"-"783-19"

UT code for WoS article

000723363500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85119674309