Geo-information tools for participatory spatial planning: Fulfilling the criteria for 'good' governance?

Geoforum

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-94

  Mccall, Michael K ^a,b   Dunn, Christine E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geo information tools; Good governance; Local spatial knowledge; Participatory GIS (PGIS); Participatory spatial planning

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MAPPING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SPATIAL PLANNING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 80054967585     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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