Have you ever considered how much effect information technology has on society throughout the world? Progress often places lower income and marginalized communities at a distinct disadvantage. Community Participation and Geographic Information Systems, however, offers a detailed look at numerous incidences around the world where communities have actually taken control of the technology and really used it to their advantage. This is presented in the form of case studies and models such as Philadelphia's neighborhoods, the Atlanta Project, and neighborhood revitalization in Minneapolis, reflect on public participation in GIS concepts, best practices, constraints and opportunities.

Have you ever really considered how much effect information technology has on society throughout the world? Sadly, progress often places lower income and marginalised communities at a distinct disadvantage. This book however, offers a detailed look at numerous incidences around the world where communities have actually taken control of the technology and really used it to their advantage. This is presented in the form of case studies and models which reflect on public participation in GIS concepts, best practices, constraints and opportunities.

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Drawing on Verenius project case studies and conceptual contributions, this book situates public participation GIS (PPGIS) within the broader GIS and society debate. It addresses six core concerns: differential access to geographic information and technology, integration and representation of multiple realities of landscape within a GIS, identification of the potential beneficiaries of participatory GIS projects, development of placed-based methodologies and methods for more inclusive community participation in spatial decision making, situating PPGIS production and implementation in its local political context, and identification of community GIS contributions to geography and GIScience.