Full Description
This book critically assesses the potential and identifies the opportunities and challenges for local governments to embark on emerging geo-enabled practices. Advances in spatially enabled information and communication technologies (ICTs) have provided governments with the potential to enhance public participation and to collaborate with citizens.
A new typology for classifying geo-enabled practices related to public participation (termed here as geo-participation) was first proposed. The emerging opportunities presented by geo-participation to improve government-citizen collaboration and government operations were demonstrated through a set of cutting-edge examples. These case studies were examined and critically assessed to shed light on local governments' practices of soliciting citizen input and developing new ways of government-citizen interaction.
Both researchers and local government practitioners may find this book helpful as it lays the foundation for researching and implementing geo-participation practices.
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Evolving practices of citizen participation via geospatial technology: A roadmap to Geo-participation.- Chapter 3. Defining a new typology for Geo-participation.- Chapter 4. Transactional participation: Citizen reporting from geosocial media.- Chapter 5. Transactional participation: Evaluation from local government perspectives.-Chapter 6. Passive participation: Understanding public participation from geosocial media.- Chapter 7. Conclusion.
