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Participatory Planning and GIS

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Synonyms

Moved planning process; Negotiation; Spatial decision making of groups; Sincerity; Walking, joint; Self‐referential context; Group decisions

Definition

In participatory planning processes planners have the task to organize the process of negotiation in a field of different interests and to develop a common space for acting. In participative planning processes planners care for an understanding of all steps of informing and decision making. Planners aim for sincerity, avoiding manipulation and incorrectness, showing cost, benefits and risks of decision [13,26].

Historical Background

Building a planning process from the human resources (skills, knowledge, ideas) of the participants contributes to the development of self responsibility and self initiative of the participating group. The assumption is that the shared possibilities of understanding, decision making, and acting are growing and enable a planning process of balance between an orientation‐giving concept and a patchwork...

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  1. Institute of Geoinformation and Cartography, TU Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Christine Rottenbacher

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Shashi Shekhar (McKnight Distinguished University Professor) (McKnight Distinguished University Professor)

  2. Management Science and Information Systems Department, Rutgers Business School Newark and New Brunswick Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA

    Hui Xiong (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

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Rottenbacher, C. (2008). Participatory Planning and GIS. In: Shekhar, S., Xiong, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35973-1_955

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