TY - JOUR
T1 - Participatory GIS and its application in governance
T2 - the example of air quality and the implications for noise pollution
AU - Cinderby, Steve
AU - Snell, Carolyn Jane
AU - Forrester, John Martin
PY - 2008/6
Y1 - 2008/6
N2 - Participatory GIS (geographic information systems) is designed to use community mapping exercises to produce spatial representations of local knowledge. The ideals of Participatory GIS revolve around the concept of public participation in the use of spatial data leading to increased community involvement in policy-setting and decision-making (Weiner et al., Community participation and geographic information systems, in: Craig et al., Community participation and geographic information systems, London: Taylor & Francis, 2002). This paper reports on findings from two case studies, one relating to assessments of air quality and how Participatory GIS has been used in the UK to improve local government policy, and the second on assessments of noise pollution. It concludes by discussing a caveat on the use of Participatory GIS for environmental governance, which is that, ideally, only issues on which participants are likely to have direct experiential knowledge should be targeted.
AB - Participatory GIS (geographic information systems) is designed to use community mapping exercises to produce spatial representations of local knowledge. The ideals of Participatory GIS revolve around the concept of public participation in the use of spatial data leading to increased community involvement in policy-setting and decision-making (Weiner et al., Community participation and geographic information systems, in: Craig et al., Community participation and geographic information systems, London: Taylor & Francis, 2002). This paper reports on findings from two case studies, one relating to assessments of air quality and how Participatory GIS has been used in the UK to improve local government policy, and the second on assessments of noise pollution. It concludes by discussing a caveat on the use of Participatory GIS for environmental governance, which is that, ideally, only issues on which participants are likely to have direct experiential knowledge should be targeted.
KW - Citizen knowledge, community participation, GIS, environmental policy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=46749152286&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13549830701803265
DO - 10.1080/13549830701803265
M3 - Article
SN - 1354-9839
VL - 13
SP - 309
EP - 320
JO - Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability
JF - Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability
IS - 4
ER -