Participatory Apps for Urban Planning—Space for Improvement

Ertiö, Titiana-Petra

doi:10.1080/02697459.2015.1052942

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“…Along with the exponential growth in academic research on VGI, practicing planners and public officials have become interested in the potential to use VGI tools in attempts to make planning more participatory [3,[20][21][22][23], reflecting earlier and continuing interests in public participation geographic information systems (GIS) (PPGIS) [22,23]. The hopes and concerns surrounding VGI in the planning community are similar to those presented in academic discourse.…”

Section: Literature Review: Vgi Planning and Urban Forestsmentioning

confidence: 89%

Citizen Science for Urban Forest Management? Predicting the Data Density and Richness of Urban Forest Volunteered Geographic Information

2017

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Volunteered geographic information (VGI) has been heralded as a promising new data source for urban planning and policymaking. However, there are also concerns surrounding uneven levels of participation and spatial coverage, despite the promotion of VGI as a means to increase access to geographic knowledge production. To begin addressing these concerns, this research examines the spatial distribution and data richness of urban forest VGI in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and San Francisco, California. Using ordinary least squares (OLS), general linear models (GLM), and spatial autoregressive models, our findings reveal that sociodemographic and environmental indicators are strong predictors of both densities of attributed trees and data richness. Although recent digital urban tree inventory applications present significant opportunities for collaborative data gathering, innovative research, and improved policymaking, asymmetries in the quantity and quality of the data may undermine their effectiveness. If these incomplete and uneven datasets are used in policymaking, environmental justice issues may arise.

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Section: Literature Review: Vgi Planning and Urban Forestsmentioning

confidence: 89%

Citizen Science for Urban Forest Management? Predicting the Data Density and Richness of Urban Forest Volunteered Geographic Information

2017

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“…However, Seltzer and Mahmoudi (2013) argued that posing a well-defined problem to the crowd may well be difficult to execute in planning since the very nature of public participation in planning is to use the public to better identify and define planning goals. In addition, the use of VGI in planning has tended to be framed around applications in strategic planning (Elmadhoun Ahmed, 2010) or urban governance (Ertiö, 2015); there are limited examples of the use of VGI in plan implementation itself.…”

Section: Volunteered Geographic Information In Urban Planningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Leveraging VGI Integrated with 3D Spatial Technology to Support Urban Intensification in Melbourne, Australia

Sabri

Rajabifard

et al. 2016

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High density residential development in metropolitan Melbourne, where contradictory imperatives of neighbourhood character and urban intensification play important roles, remains an uncertain practice. One key issue for plan implementation is the lack of consistency between authorities, developers and the community in interpreting the standards, design guidelines, and state/local strategies, especially those relating to neighbourhood character. There is currently no mechanism to incorporate community perceptions and place experiences as subjective aspects of neighbourhood character in development assessments. There is also little use of micro-scale and multi-dimensional spatial analysis to integrate these subjective aspects with objective measures (e.g. building volume and height; streetscape) to communicate effectively-and in a limited timeframe-with all stakeholders. This paper explores the potential of two emerging geospatial technologies that can be leveraged to respond to these problems. Evidence in the literature suggests that volunteered geographic information (VGI) can provide community input around subjective aspects of the urban environment. In addition, a deluge of three-dimensional (3D) spatial information (e.g. 3D city models) is increasingly available for micro-level (building-or property-level) assessment of the physical aspects of the urban environment. This paper formulates and discusses a conceptual framework to link these two spatial technological advancements in a virtual geographic environment (VGE) that accounts for micro-scale 3D spatial analysis incorporating both subjective and objective aspects of neighbourhood character relevant in implementing compact city strategies.

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“…These applications additionally enable citizens to track the advance of their postings empower governments to know 'what is occurring on the ground'. These applications can give down to earth data, which governments can use in service delivery, on the off chance that they are eager and prepared to investigate and utilize the data (Ertiö, 2015).…”

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Volunteered Geographic Information (Vgi) and Environmental Monitoring, a New Approach in Developing Countries

Manouchehri

Kiavarz

2017

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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ABSTRACT:Increasing world population and unprecedented expansion of urbanization in the world has caused many environmental problems. The relationship between man and the environment is bidirectional one that have great short-term and long-term impacts on the cities and regions. The best way to deal with it is the participation of the people themselves. The use of new technologies has now become one of the most important methods for monitoring the environment that can increase the participation of citizens, improving environmental problems to provide the cheapest and the most accessible form. Developing countries such as Iran, which faces enormous environmental problems are suitable for the development of technological methods of monitoring. Large population and citizens' participation feasibility using VGI can have a positive effect on developing countries. Finally, by using F-VGI that ensures the validity and accuracy of data we can access an appropriate platform that leads us to suitable model for environment monitoring in the form of the application.

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Participatory Apps for Urban Planning—Space for Improvement

Cited by 163 publications

References 64 publications

Citizen Science for Urban Forest Management? Predicting the Data Density and Richness of Urban Forest Volunteered Geographic Information

Citizen Science for Urban Forest Management? Predicting the Data Density and Richness of Urban Forest Volunteered Geographic Information

Leveraging VGI Integrated with 3D Spatial Technology to Support Urban Intensification in Melbourne, Australia

Volunteered Geographic Information (Vgi) and Environmental Monitoring, a New Approach in Developing Countries

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