Strategic and Acupunctural GIS Implementation within Community-Oriented Organizations

Evidence-Based Insights from a South African Participatory Action Research for Informal Settlement Upgrading

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ID14701718
AuthorsJennifer Barella (University of Neuchâtel, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume55
Issue4
Pages266-280
Publication date2020-12-01
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/cart-2020-0013
OpenAlexW3114186743
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited22

This article brings evidence-based insights to support the importance of considering contextual elements when analyzing modalities of GIS implementation within NGOs and community-based organizations. I discuss challenges and unforeseen insights of GIS implementation within an advocacy NGO that supports community claims in an informal settlement of Cape Town’s metropolitan area. Through the lens of empirical data, limitations of the GIS implementation models framework are highlighted. GIS implementation will appear to be “acupunctural” and highly strategic and will unveil the use of GIS-based solutions as relational leverage. Finally, I discuss directions for further scientific research on GIS implementation within NGOs and community-based organizations

Business · Cartography · Citizen journalism · Environmental planning · Geographic information system · Geography · GIS and public health · Knowledge management · Leverage (statistics · Metropolitan area · Participatory action research · Participatory GIS · Political science · Public participation GIS · Settlement (finance · Sociology · Computer Science · Geographic Information Systems Studies · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation

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