community participation and geographic information systems

... regions and included applications in urban and community development, environmental management, and development planning This volume on Community Participation and Geographic Information Systems ... Santa Barbara, February Craig, W and Elwood, S (1998) ‘How and why community groups use maps and geographic information , Cartography and Geographic Information Systems 25(2): 95–104 Cultural Survival ... Taylor & Francis Community participation and GIS 15 Harris, T and Weiner, D (1998) ‘Empowerment, marginalization and communityintegrated GIS’, Cartography and Geographic Information Systems 25(2):...

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... may assist community groups, by making local-area Census information even more widely available 2.2.1 Geographic scale At what geographic scale would a community GIS activity operate? Community ... customized tables), and (c) provide this information to local nonprofit community- based groups at low or no cost This can include local non-profit community groups that are collecting and processing ... Library and Information Resources (CLIR) The Right-to-Know Network (RTK NET) Food Research and Action Center DC Agenda Project Federal City Council Poverty and Race Research Action Council GIS and...

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... Syndrome’, Geographical Systems 2(2): 83–101 Craig, W J and Elwood, S (1998) ‘How and why community groups use maps and geographic information , Cartography and Geographic Information Systems 25(2): ... (1988) ‘Who is designing geographic information systems for the public?’ Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, pp 37–45 Elwood, S and Leitner, H (1998) ‘GIS and community- based planning: ... Conference on Geographic Information and Society, 20–22 June, Minneapolis, MN Barndt, M (1998) ‘Public participation GIS – Barriers to implementation’, Cartography and Geographic Information Systems...

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... to cause an unforeseen demand for industrial land and, consequently, in conflicts between existing inhabitants and newcomers In a short time, complaints about noise and truck traffic were commonplace, ... Taylor & Francis 62 C Parker and A Pascual fact-based argument or vision In response to the proposed city-wide landuse and re-zoning study, which invited no community participation, the SOS group ... informed and sophisticated group of community activists At the core of this effort was the GISgenerated living neighbourhood map, which empowered the community, educated community members, and offered...

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... attached significance to colour differently and used its own classification schemes and categories, and symbology We realized there were no standards and no ‘symbology vocabulary’ for mapping the ... the shocking degree of abandonment and dissipation in some of the neighborhoods Crumbled buildings, burned out abandoned cars, trash strewn lots and streets, broken glass and graffiti are in evidence ... program’s success, it failed For all the distribution of PCs and software, the cleaning and organizing of the data, and the hours of training and handholding, there is still an insignificant use of GIS...

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... on Geographic Information and Society, 20–22 June, Minneapolis, MN Harris, T and Weiner, D (1998) ‘Empowerment, marginalization, and “communityintegrated” GIS’, Cartography and Geographic Information ... Kansas), pp 96–111 Ghose, R (1999) ‘Use of information technology for community empowerment: transforming geographic information systems in community information systems , © 2002 Taylor & Francis 88 ... (1998) ‘GIS and community- based planning: exploring the diversity of neighborhood perspectives and needs’, Cartography and Geographic Information Systems 25(2): 77–88 Elwood, S (2000) Information...

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... Mcnamara, P., 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 planning: ... input open to all members of the community at a time when most can participate, and providing information and local opinion that can be of use to both the community and local authorities in future ... Kingston REFERENCES Carver, S and Peckham, R (1999) ‘Internet-based applications of GIS in planning’, in Geertman, Openshaw and Stillwell (eds) Geographical information and planning: European perspectives,...

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... quality, and availability of land information and analysis in a jurisdiction with an on-going and highly charged land-use decision-making scene We will attempt to gauge the influence and impact ... have been providing information and analysis tools while observing how decision-makers and interested citizens and organizations react to and use geospatial technologies and information products ... access information about land-use and to determine if there are changes in perceptions about the issues While true experiments comparing the influence and impact of land information analysis and...

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... • • value a sense of community, favour the preservation of natural areas, farm and forest lands, desire quiet neighbourhoods and accessibility to shopping, schools, jobs and recreational opportunities, ... Area Disaster Geographic Information System (MAD GIS) CDROM to risk managers and emergency managers ensures that these natural hazard and risk data will be used for risk assessment and disaster ... boundaries), community (such as neighbourhood and school district boundaries), environmental (such as 100-year flood plain, wetlands, steep slopes and watershed basin boundaries), and infrastructure...

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... Surveying and Land Information Group enabled development of an information kit by staff from CSIRO and HRIC The kit included a history and list of achievements of HRIC, as well as guidelines and resources ... spatial data and meta data directories and comply with industry standards such as the Australian Surveying and Land Information Group (AUSLIG) Australian Spatial Data Infrastructure (ASDI) standards ... catchment by providing and allowing access to geographic information, GIS tools, and expertise The organization is intended to facilitate a common geographic view of the catchment and enable synergistic...

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... and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Calamia, M A (1996) ‘Traditional ecological knowledge and geographic information systems in the use and management of Hawaii’s coral reefs and ... Cod Moratorium’, Ocean and Coastal Management 39: 105–118 Wright, D J and Bartlett, D J (2000) Marine and Coastal Geographical Information Systems, Philadelphia: Taylor and Francis © 2002 Taylor ... knowledge and stock assessment in Newfoundland’, Newfoundland Studies 8(2): 155–178 Neis, B and Felt, L (eds) (2000) Finding Our Sea Legs: Linking Fishery People and Their Knowledge with Science and...

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... built-up land, and rural transportation zones) Forestland Agricultural land (includes cropland, pastureland, and Conservation Reserve Programme land) Water areas Other rural land (includes barren land ... Environmental NGOs and community access to technology 197 ages (by county), including transportation, land-use/land-cover, soils, public lands, open spaces, coastal areas, wetlands, and floodplains, ... GIS Community (1998) Interview with the author, 20 August Tulloch, D L (1999) ‘Theoretical model of multipurpose land information systems development’, Transactions in Geographic Information Systems...

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... happen’ (p 6) Viewing community ecosystem interactions as cybernetic systems can shape our understanding of environmental problems and solutions If exploring land-cover change at the community level ... that the community- based work we had originally proposed sank deeper and deeper into the technical space of our GIS lab and further from the understanding of community partners This limited community ... world – and in so doing made it messier and more susceptible to the vicissitudes of human will – so must communitybased environmental research demonstrate that community participation in information...

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... principles: popular community participation; local, social and spatial differentiation; and regional political ecology Community participation has become a mantra in development planning and field-based ... identifying and comparing ‘expert’ and local understandings of land potential, © 2002 Taylor & Francis 252 T M Harris and D Weiner perceptions of socially appropriate and inappropriate land-use, ... and communityIntegrated GIS’, Cartography and Geographic Information Systems 25(2): 67–76 Harris, T., Weiner, D., Warner, T and Levin, R (1995) ‘Pursuing social goals through participatory geographical...

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... enhance understanding and general explanations of information and spatial technologies Such understanding is crucial for the design of more appropriate, accessible, and democratic ITs and systems 19.2 ... ecologies, political systems, institutions, etc.) and capable of synthesizing information and demonstrating regional and global patterns and conclusions 19.4.3 Technological capacity and training Although ... information about ISA Net, action alerts and news, a list of ISA Net members and their individual websites, an archive of press releases, links to current research and scholars, and contact information...

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... make arrests and follow up with convictions In order to map and perform analysis involving legal jurisdiction, each tract of land must be categorized and attributed with land ownership information ... natural resources management and land and water rights litigation Some examples are listed here 21.3.1 Change in land status In 1987, in land litigation between Zuni Pueblo and the United States, a ... checkerboard land base and the numerous tribal land ownership categories make it an exceptionally labourintensive task © 2002 Taylor & Francis The Cherokee Nation and tribal uses of GIS 287 When the information...

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... governments and private sources of information adopt policies of open access to geographic information, a range of geographic data becomes accessible at reasonable costs And, as standards for ... GIS is facilitating broader public participation and citizen empowerment as data producers begin to collect and manage geographic information more effectively and enable open access to it Adopting ... and increase the effectiveness of HUD programmes The software package designed and implemented by ESRI will improve access to a range of information and expand the dialogue between citizens and...

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... Internet The development of the Internet and the WWW is really a centerpiece addressing the physical inaccessibility of spatial information systems Data and information are no longer tied to a discrete ... gestural and verbal tactics such as waving of hands and copious use of adjectives, to artistic conceptualizations and the employment of linked media The intent has been to close ‘the gap of understanding’ ... Shiffer of a room and what the public understands This gap can lead to misunderstandings, arguments and ultimately mistrust A noise specialist may display a map of noise contours and describe to...

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... for analysing and understanding geographic phenomena For example, many concepts and models and methods for analysing economic data exist and are used by geographers, planners, and regional analysts ... enough to provide existing information via a PPGIS/PPVis application The site must allow users to ‘make and un-make information and thus shape and reshape how they understand and represent their neighbourhood ... provide to PPGIS and PPVis users; the design and construction or the GIS and visualization tools to enhance the user’s understanding of, and participation in shaping, the content and analysis available;...

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... to expand and contract resources as required by demand The costs of a programme can be addressed through a number of innovations such as use of variable and low-cost resources, students and volunteers, ... education, and product to others on demand Community research analysts examining the data to identify patterns and suggest policy conclusions that are driven by questions raised by community participants ... participants Community organizations and participants who are accustomed to integrating community data and research into their strategic planning, programme development, administration, evaluation, and...

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