Scenario Planning Case Studies Using Open Government Data

Abstract

Part 3: Decision Support Tools and SystemsInternational audienceThe opportunity for improved decision making has been enhanced in recent years through the public availability of a wide variety of information. In Australia, government data is routinely made available and maintained in the http://data.gov.au repository. This is a single point of reference for data that can be reused for purposes beyond that originally considered by the data custodians. Similarly a wealth of citizen information is available from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Combining this data allows informed decisions to be made through planning scenarios.We present two case studies that demonstrate the utility of data integration and web mapping. As a simple proof of concept the user can explore different scenarios in each case study by indicating the relative weightings to be used for the decision making process. Both case studies are demonstrated as a publicly available interactive map-based website

Utilization of open government data: A systematic literature review of types, conditions, effects and users

“…According to the literature, the development of big data analytics in the public sector may offer opportunities for predictions and forecasting by combining and analyzing government data [19,28]. Furthermore, several studies investigate data analytics as a tool for different fields of study, including utilizing transportation data for public transportation services [8], conducting environmental impact analysis [45], and studying early childhood development [46].…”

“…Public services development [8,17,33,47,52,79,85] 6 Social value [17,22,24,28,30,64] Business [4,8,9,22,23,25,38,41,45,48,55,76-82,86,96,109,110, 112,115] 20 Researchers [6,8,9,16,19,32,38,45,46,49,55,76,82,83,94,95,105, 106,109,111] 19 Developers [9,18,28,29,37,40,46,48,54,61,70,79,80,84,85 The conditions of OGD utilization are also separated into two categories: technical and social. Technical conditions are features such as the quality of data, their availability, and the infrastructure for making them available.…”

Open Government Data Utilisation, Implementation and Adoption

“…References TYPES the use and re-use of OGD for a particular purpose, typically as a field of study or practice 30 innovation [22]; [33]; [23]; [44]; [24]; [37]; [28]; [90]; [55]; [54]; [61]; [115]; [9]; [74]; [84]; [52]; [48]; [79]; [112]; [38]; [40]; [18]; [88]; [100]; [81]; [21]; [53]; [105]; [58]; [80]. 7 data analytics [44]; [28]; [25]; [19]; [8]; [48]; [46] 6 decisionmaking [47]; [25]; [48]; [96]; [79]; [49] 6 anticorruption [51]; [50]; [88]; [11]; [106];…”

“…[37] 13 infrastructur e [24]; [96]; [9]; [74]; [70]; [73]; [75]; [5]; [91]; [104]; [10]; [85]; [95] 10 availability [22]; [71]; [24]; [25]; [97]; [66]; [16]; [40]; [45]; [41] 9 privacy [71]; [28]; [50]; [29]; [10]; [72]; [109]; [39]; [69] USERS individuals or groups that use public data for achieving the targeted effects and gaining value mostly in the form of product, advantage or practice 49 citizens [47]; [51]; [23]; [27]; [78]; [44]; [37]; [28]; [61]; [97]; [26]; [115]; [50]; [66]; [19]; [110]; [8];…”

“…As these are core good governance principles, but there are other good governance effects that are currently lacking serious attention. These include citizen satisfaction [47], cost reduction [28], crowd-sourced monitoring and cooperative planning [87], fostering competitiveness [52], and better urban planning [79], [80]. Overall, we need more empirical evidence to prove the estimations made in the literature and to establish mechanisms for measuring the mentioned effects.…”