TY - GEN
T1 - Leveraging citizen science to advance interactive spatial decision support technology
T2 - International Workshop on Capacity Building and Education Outreach in Advanced Geospatial Technologies and Land Management 2019
AU - Shrestha, R.
AU - Flacke, J.
PY - 2019/12/5
Y1 - 2019/12/5
N2 - Over three decades, the Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) concept has evolved significantly exploiting information technology to assist decision maker in a variety of fields of research, development, and practice. With the communicative turn in planning, which emphasizes public participation in all levels of planning and decision making, these technologies have further matured to support participatory planning by means of supporting diverse stakeholders in the decision making process. However, for multiple reasons, SDSS are still in the domain of expert, largely failing to incorporate general citizens in its use and applications. On the same note, citizen science as a method of inquiry is gaining much attention in recent years to engage general citizens in the scientific research, thereby also empowering them to participate in the decisions of the issues affecting them. As such, it seems likely that citizen science shows great promise for advancing SDSS for achieving broad citizen engagement in planning and decision-making. This paper discusses the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats (SWOT) of integrating citizen science with SDSS by analyzing existing literature on SDSS and citizen science. In particular, we explore the integration of aspects of citizen science in Interactive Planning Support System (PSS), as one form of SDSS to support wider citizen engagement.
AB - Over three decades, the Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) concept has evolved significantly exploiting information technology to assist decision maker in a variety of fields of research, development, and practice. With the communicative turn in planning, which emphasizes public participation in all levels of planning and decision making, these technologies have further matured to support participatory planning by means of supporting diverse stakeholders in the decision making process. However, for multiple reasons, SDSS are still in the domain of expert, largely failing to incorporate general citizens in its use and applications. On the same note, citizen science as a method of inquiry is gaining much attention in recent years to engage general citizens in the scientific research, thereby also empowering them to participate in the decisions of the issues affecting them. As such, it seems likely that citizen science shows great promise for advancing SDSS for achieving broad citizen engagement in planning and decision-making. This paper discusses the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats (SWOT) of integrating citizen science with SDSS by analyzing existing literature on SDSS and citizen science. In particular, we explore the integration of aspects of citizen science in Interactive Planning Support System (PSS), as one form of SDSS to support wider citizen engagement.
KW - Participation
KW - Planning support system citizen science
KW - Spatial decision support system
KW - SWOT
UR - https://ezproxy2.utwente.nl/login?url=https://library.itc.utwente.nl/login/2019/chap/flacke_lev.pdf
U2 - 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-5-W3-99-2019
DO - 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-5-W3-99-2019
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85081560842
VL - 42
T3 - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives
SP - 99
EP - 105
BT - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
A2 - McDougall, K.
A2 - Bhatta, G.P.
A2 - Paudyal, D.R.
A2 - Shrestha, R.
A2 - Upadhyaya, P.S.
A2 - Dahal, D.P.
A2 - Ranjit, B.
A2 - Shrestha, S.
A2 - Thapa, L.
PB - International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS)
CY - Dhulikhel
Y2 - 10 December 2019 through 11 December 2019
ER -