Toward Cyborg PPGIS: exploring socio-technical requirements for the use of web-based PPGIS in two municipal planning cases, Stockholm region, Sweden

Web-based Public Participation Geographic Information Systems (PPGIS) are increasingly used for surveying place values and informing municipal planning in contexts of urban densification. However, research is lagging behind the rapid deployment of PPGIS applications. Some of the main opportunities a...

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Published inJournal of environmental planning and management Vol. 60; no. 8; pp. 1366 - 1390
Main Authors Babelon, Ian, Ståhle, Alexander, Balfors, Berit
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 03.08.2017
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Case studies
Citizen participation
Cluster analysis
Clustering
Communications industry
Cybernetics
cyborg
Densification
Deployment
Gated communities
Geographic information systems
Governance
Implementation
Information systems
Internet
Literature reviews
PPGIS
Public participation
Remote sensing
socio-technical
Surveying
Uptake
Urban areas
urban densification: softGIS
Urban planning
Values
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Summary:Web-based Public Participation Geographic Information Systems (PPGIS) are increasingly used for surveying place values and informing municipal planning in contexts of urban densification. However, research is lagging behind the rapid deployment of PPGIS applications. Some of the main opportunities and challenges for the uptake and implementation of web-based PPGIS are derived from a literature review and two case studies dealing with municipal planning for urban densification in the Stockholm region, Sweden. A simple clustering analysis identified three interconnected themes that together determine the performance of PPGIS: (i) tool design and affordances; (ii) organisational capacity; and (iii) governance. The results of the case studies augment existing literature regarding the connections between the different socio-technical dimensions for the design, implementation and evaluation of PPGIS applications in municipal planning. A cyborg approach to PPGIS is then proposed to improve the theoretical basis for addressing these dimensions together.
ISSN:0964-0568
1360-0559
1360-0559
DOI:10.1080/09640568.2016.1221798