Transportation planning using Public Participation GIS: methodological comparisons from Sweden and Finland
Topics: Transportation Geography
, Applied Geography
, Europe
Keywords: Transportation planning, tourism planning, Nordic peripheries, PPGIS, Sweden, Finland
Session Type: Virtual Paper Abstract
Day: Sunday
Session Start / End Time: 2/27/2022 09:40 AM (Eastern Time (US & Canada)) - 2/27/2022 11:00 AM (Eastern Time (US & Canada))
Room: Virtual 38
Authors:
Beatrice Waleghwa, Mid-Sweden and Dalarna University, Sweden
Tobias Heldt, Dalarna University
Vierikko Kati, Finnish Environmental Institute
Tiia Niemelä, Finish Environmental Institute
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Abstract
Our aim in this paper is to discuss Public Participation GIS (PPGIS) method in general and in particular how the method has been applied for transportation planning in Sweden and Finland. PPGIS is the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to broaden public engagement in planning and management practices. This paper uses two case areas with similar characteristics, Sälenfjällen, Sweden, and Kymenlaakso, Finland to contrast and compare the PPGIS use in addressing mobility challenges, respectively. Both Sälenfjällen and Kymenlaakso share a key feature for being prominent tourist destinations located in remote areas that experience mobility challenges. In both studies, the PPGIS method was implemented through surveys shared to visitors where the aim was to collect their perceptions on transport and mobility challenges that could inform destination management and the different levels of planning. Findings from the studies indicate that the PPGIS adds to the planning process by improving the collection of spatially explicit data. Interestingly, the use seems to differ between the levels of planning, local, regional and national. However, there are still challenges in areas like data collection, sampling, and quality of the data gathered from the public and its implementation in planning. The study adds to a growing literature exploring the use of PPGIS in the field of tourism and recreation and is to our knowledge among the first to use it in a comparative tourism-transport context in the Nordic peripheries.
Transportation planning using Public Participation GIS: methodological comparisons from Sweden and Finland
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