The new information and communication technologies allow not only specialized technicians to generate geospatial information. At present, systems such as PP GIS allow the population to generate information, thus allowing ...

Initially seen as a means of making a profit, over time nature has been treated distinctly. Since then, mapping methodologies that involve social participation are frequently applied in projects that cover the environmental ...

We examine to what extent Public Participation GIS (PPGIS) contributes to a successful participatory process and how context affects the tool’s role in both process and results. We tested a tool to visualize accessibility ...

This paper presents a Public Participation Geographic Information System (PPGIS) application conducted in the Ebro Delta Natural Park, Spain. It aims to support decision-making and management activities. The application ...

Wetlands provide a wide range of ecosystem services; however, little is known about their perception value or use for improving urban planning and wetland management. This study explores the perception values towards the ...

A mobile application for citizen participation applied to Geographic Information Systems –GIS- has been created so that population can provide specific data on areas with landslides or susceptible to this phenomenon. With ...

The Ecological-Economic Zoning (EEZ) formulation must, necessarily, be a participatory process, comprising the methodological adaptations according to the regional peculiarities. This research aimed to study, from the ...

Uno de los principales desafíos de las administraciones de las grandes ciudades es la manera de satisfacer la demanda habitacional en un mundo cada vez más urbanizado. El caso de Bogotá no es la excepción, en una ciudad ...

In Ecuador, citizen participation gains strength in the territorial ordering processes from the development of the new Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador in Montecristi, 2008, which together with the Organic Code ...