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Article: Evaluating decision support systems for PPGIS applications.(public participatory geographic information systems)
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- Cartography and Geographic Information Science
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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Graeme Aggett and Chris McColl
Introduction
Involving the public during the development of alternative land-use scenarios leads to a more sustainable, legitimate, and democratic decision-making process and more effective land-use plans (Abbot et al. 1998; Al-Kodmany 2001). Geographic information systems (GIS) have been found effective in the facilitation of continuous public participation by providing an opportunity for citizens to contribute complementary knowledge, review technical data, visualize development proposals, and subjectively test the validity of assumptions that underpin many spatial planning decisions (Forrester et al. 1999; Al-Kodmany ...