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Can we measure (geo)participation?
Topics: Urban and Regional Planning
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Keywords: Geoparticipation, local governance, democratic innovations, public participation Session Type: Virtual Paper Abstract Day: Monday Session Start / End Time: 2/28/2022 09:40 AM (Eastern Time (US & Canada)) - 2/28/2022 11:00 AM (Eastern Time (US & Canada)) Room: Virtual 66
Authors:
Jiri Panek, Palacky Univeristy Olomouc
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Abstract
The active involvement of citizens in decision-making processes via geoparticipatory spatial tools is becoming a popular research field among geographers, GIScientists, environmental psychologists, political scientists, and many others.
The question is if/how we can measure the (geo)participation? This talk presents the idea of the Index of geoparticipation – an indicator-based index divided into three dimensions (communication, participation, transparency) that helps to evaluate the state of geoparticipation among Czech municipalities. It describes the current state of geoparticipation at the municipality level in Czechia. It aims to fill the research gap in finding which components of geoparticipation at the municipality level are being used, and how their use is affected by the size of municipalities and their membership of Local Agenda 21 networks. The research builds upon an extensive dataset collected by the author(s) from all Czech municipalities (n=6,258) and presents various “shades” of geoparticipation in Czechia.
