Spatial data for slum upgrading: Volunteered Geographic Information and the role of citizen science

Habitat International

Volumn 72, Issue , 2018, Pages 18-26

  Hachmann, Samyra ^a   Jokar Arsanjani, Jamal ^b   Vaz, Eric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Citizen participation; Citizen science; Participatory mapping; Slum upgrading; Urban planning; Volunteered geographic information (VGI)

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GIS; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; SPATIAL DATA; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 85018181169     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2017.04.011     Document Type: Article

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