An extended geographic information system that serves as a tool to capture, save and present spatial, time-related and content-specific data and at the same time to describe the condition of the environment in terms of negative impacts and risks.
Published in Chapter:
Planning Online: A Community-Based Interactive Decision-Making Model
Tan Yigitcanlar (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Copyright: © 2010
|Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-929-3.ch002
Abstract
The first use of computing technologies and the development of land use models in order to support decision-making processes in urban planning date back to as early as mid 20th century. The main thrust of computing applications in urban planning is their contribution to sound decision-making and planning practices. During the last couple of decades many new computing tools and technologies, including geospatial technologies, are designed to enhance planners’ capability in dealing with complex urban environments and planning for prosperous and healthy communities. This chapter, therefore, examines the role of information technologies, particularly internet-based geographic information systems, as decision support systems to aid public participatory planning. The chapter discusses challenges and opportunities for the use of internet-based mapping application and tools in collaborative decision-making, and introduces a prototype internet-based geographic information system that is developed to integrate public-oriented interactive decision mechanisms into urban planning practice. This system, referred as the ‘Community-based Internet GIS’ model, incorporates advanced information technologies, distance learning, sustainable urban development principles and community involvement techniques in decision-making processes, and piloted in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.