scholarly journals Remote Usability Assessment of Topic Visualization Interfaces with Public Participation Data: A Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-126
Author(s):  
Ivania Yovanovic ◽  
Iñaki Goñi ◽  
Constanza Miranda
Keyword(s):  
Public Participation ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Public Consultation ◽  
User Performance ◽  
Comparison Analysis ◽  
Usability Assessment ◽  
Cognitive Operations ◽  
Tree Map ◽  
Data Visualizations

Citizen participation often faces challenges of transparency and accountability. Visualizations’s usability becomes key for public consultation activities. The tree map is frequently used to disseminate data and to give it back to the population. The purpose of this study is to understand how tree maps and stacked barcharts differ in terms of effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction in tasks, like solving topic categorization and comparison analysis tasks. An experimental design was used to examine user performance based on a task-based usability test. 34 participants interacted remotely with data visualizations from an open 2016 participatory constitution-making process. The ANOVA showed that stacked barcharts work significantly better for comparison tasks than the tree map, but there are no significant differences in regards to categorization tasks. Public participation initiatives should first determine what cognitive operations their users perform before deciding which visualization interfaces will be more useful for the intended public.

scholarly journals Evaluating Community Engagement through Argumentation Maps—A Public Participation GIS Case Study

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 588-601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claus Rinner ◽  
Michelle Bird
Keyword(s):  
Public Participation ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Discussion Forum ◽  
Computer Users ◽  
Sustainable Community Development ◽  
Map Reading ◽  
Online Discussion Forum ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
Interest And Knowledge

Significant advances in public participation geographic information systems technology and online mapping platforms have not translated into enhanced citizen participation in democratic planning processes. This study contributes to addressing this gap by evaluating the engagement of members of an urban community in sustainable neighbourhood planning through argumentation mapping. The study provided an online public discussion forum, together with a neighbourhood map to which the participants could link their discussion contributions. On the basis of participation statistics, contents of contributions, and responses to a survey, we discuss the participants' technical and engagement experiences. The sixteen registered participants lived within or near the ‘Queen West Triangle’ in downtown Toronto, Canada. They rated themselves as experienced computer users and consequently found the participation in the online discussion forum to be easy. The contributions showed a great degree of interest and knowledge in the issues of sustainable community development. However, while the majority of participants also rated themselves as comfortable with map reading, they found the handling of the online neighbourhood map difficult and did not use the option to link their comments to the map.

scholarly journals Evaluating Community Engagement through Argumentation Maps - A Public Participation GIS Case Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claus Rinner ◽  
Michelle Bird
Keyword(s):  
Public Participation ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Discussion Forum ◽  
Computer Users ◽  
Sustainable Community Development ◽  
Map Reading ◽  
Online Discussion Forum ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
Interest And Knowledge

Significant advances in public participation geographic information systems technology and online mapping platforms have not translated into enhanced citizen participation in democratic planning processes. This study contributes to addressing this gap by evaluating the engagement of members of an urban community in sustainable neighbourhood planning through argumentation mapping. The study provided an online public discussion forum, together with a neighbourhood map to which the participants could link their discussion contributions. On the basis of participation statistics, contents of contributions, and responses to a survey, we discuss the participants’ technical and engagement experiences. The sixteen registered participants lived within or near the ‘Queen West Triangle’ in downtown Toronto, Canada. They rated themselves as experienced computer users and consequently found the participation in the online discussion forum to be easy. The contributions showed a great degree of interest and knowledge in the issues of sustainable community development. However, while the majority of participants also rated themselves as comfortable with map reading, they found the handling of the online neighbourhood map difficult and did not use the option to link their comments to the map.

scholarly journals Evaluating Community Engagement through Argumentation Maps - A Public Participation GIS Case Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claus Rinner ◽  
Michelle Bird
Keyword(s):  
Public Participation ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Discussion Forum ◽  
Computer Users ◽  
Sustainable Community Development ◽  
Map Reading ◽  
Online Discussion Forum ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
Interest And Knowledge

Significant advances in public participation geographic information systems technology and online mapping platforms have not translated into enhanced citizen participation in democratic planning processes. This study contributes to addressing this gap by evaluating the engagement of members of an urban community in sustainable neighbourhood planning through argumentation mapping. The study provided an online public discussion forum, together with a neighbourhood map to which the participants could link their discussion contributions. On the basis of participation statistics, contents of contributions, and responses to a survey, we discuss the participants’ technical and engagement experiences. The sixteen registered participants lived within or near the ‘Queen West Triangle’ in downtown Toronto, Canada. They rated themselves as experienced computer users and consequently found the participation in the online discussion forum to be easy. The contributions showed a great degree of interest and knowledge in the issues of sustainable community development. However, while the majority of participants also rated themselves as comfortable with map reading, they found the handling of the online neighbourhood map difficult and did not use the option to link their comments to the map.

scholarly journals Playing for the Future: Using Codesign Games to Explore Alternative Sanitation Systems in London

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 126-138
Author(s):  
Tse-Hui Teh
Keyword(s):  
Public Participation ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Public Consultation ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Status ◽  
Current Water ◽  
The One ◽  
Sanitation Systems

Public participation is viewed as a best practice in planning, and yet most people who participate in it (planners included) often feel that it is a cynical box-ticking exercise. Citizen participation rates are usually low, implying that they may feel this way too. There are two good reasons for this feeling: On the one hand, public consultation often only occurs when it is a mandatory exercise required by government for development approval; on the other, when public consultation occurs it is after much time and effort has been invested by professionals to develop a scheme therefore change is made reluctantly or not at all. These factors create a reactionary and adversarial atmosphere during consultation. These structural limitations mean that there is no time to find alignment of interests between project developers and the public, or to develop trust and collaborations. This article explores how codesign games as a form of public participation can be done at an early stage of project development to contribute to finding alignment of interests and collaborations between project developers and different public interests. The empirical case study is focussed on the possibilities for the retrofit of sustainable sanitation systems in London. Three future sanitation systems were developed by 14 workshop participants. They demonstrate new alignments of interests, from methods of collection and treatment, to new economies of reuse and production. It also established reasons why the current water-based sanitation systems are obdurate, and the work involved in keeping the status quo.

A Cost-Effective Method of Achieving Meaningful Citizen Participation in Public Roadway Pipeline Studies

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario E. Buszynski
Keyword(s):  
Public Participation ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Public Involvement ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Southern Ontario ◽  
The Public ◽  
Cost Effective Method ◽  
Participation Process

Many proponents of gas pipeline studies using the public roadway for their facilities have trouble encouraging public participation. Problems resulting from a lack of public involvement are documented. A public participation process designed to gather meaningful public input is presented through a case study of a public roadway pipeline study in southern Ontario. Techniques are outlined to effectively stimulate public interest and document the public involvement process. Recommendations are made as to the transferability of this process to other jurisdictions.

Language Movement and Civil War in West Africa

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ericka A. Albaugh
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Political Process ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
Language Spread ◽  
The 1960S

This chapter examines how civil war can influence the spread of language. Specifically, it takes Sierra Leone as a case study to demonstrate how Krio grew from being primarily a language of urban areas in the 1960s to one spoken by most of the population in the 2000s. While some of this was due to “normal” factors such as population movement and growing urbanization, the civil war from 1991 to 2002 certainly catalyzed the process of language spread in the 1990s. Using census documents and surveys, the chapter tests the hypothesis at the national, regional, and individual levels. The spread of a language has political consequences, as it allows for citizen participation in the political process. It is an example of political scientists’ approach to uncovering the mechanisms for and evidence of language movement in Africa.

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