PPGIS in Community Development Planning

Framing the Organizational Context

Bibliographic Data

ID14701152
AuthorsSarah Elwood (0000-0002-1155-3490, DePaul University, corresponding author), Rina Ghose (0000-0002-5679-7771, Department of Geography / University of Wisconsin / Milwaukee / WI / USA)
Year2001
Volume38
Issue3-4
Pages19-33
Publication date2001-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCartographica The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0317-7173 • E-ISSN: 1911-9925
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/r411-50g8-1777-2120
OpenAlexW1984579269
LanguageEN
Citations received44
References cited8

This article examines the local variability of public participation GIS (PPGIS) by urban community revitalization organizations, arguing that this variability is in part shaped by a variety of organizational factors. Existing research has shown PPGIS production to be highly context dependent, identifying an ever-growing set of key elements of this context, including a variety of locally available resources for GIS access and use as well as organizational capacities and characteristics. Contributing to current efforts to expand the conceptual basis of PPGIS research, this article argues that the conceptualization of organizational context must be expanded beyond internal capacities to include organizational networks with local actors, institutions, and resources; organizational knowledge and stability; and organization mission and priorities, all of which shape its activities and relationships, as well as the utility of available GIS resources. This broadened conception of organizational context enables a stronger explanation of the influencing role of organizations in PPGIS, as well as of local variability in PPGIS. These arguments are developed from comparative case study research with six Milwaukee, WI, community revitalization organizations engaged in PPGIS within a city-wide participatory planning initiative

Business · Conceptualization · Context (archaeology · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geographic information system · Geography · GIS and public health · Knowledge management · Political science · Public participation GIS · Public relations · Variety (cybernetics · Computer Science · E-Government and Public Services · Geographic Information Systems Studies · Urban Planning and Governance

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