Toward Cyborg PPGIS: exploring socio-technical requirements for the use of web-based PPGIS in two municipal planning cases,Stockholm region,Sweden |
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| Authors: | Ian Babelon Alexander Ståhle Berit Balfors |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Northumbria University, Ellison Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK;2. School of Architecture, KTH – Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden;3. Environmental Management and Assessment, Land and Water Resources Engineering, School of Architecture and the Built Environment, KTH – Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | Web-based Public Participation Geographic Information Systems (PPGIS) are increasingly used for surveying place values and informing municipal planning in contexts of urban densification. However, research is lagging behind the rapid deployment of PPGIS applications. Some of the main opportunities and challenges for the uptake and implementation of web-based PPGIS are derived from a literature review and two case studies dealing with municipal planning for urban densification in the Stockholm region, Sweden. A simple clustering analysis identified three interconnected themes that together determine the performance of PPGIS: (i) tool design and affordances; (ii) organisational capacity; and (iii) governance. The results of the case studies augment existing literature regarding the connections between the different socio-technical dimensions for the design, implementation and evaluation of PPGIS applications in municipal planning. A cyborg approach to PPGIS is then proposed to improve the theoretical basis for addressing these dimensions together. |
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| Keywords: | PPGIS cyborg socio-technical urban densification: softGIS |
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