Knowledge-Based Planning Using Planning Support Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 203-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guido Vonk ◽  
Stan Geertman
Keyword(s):  
Support Systems ◽  
Planning Support Systems ◽  
Planning Practice ◽  
Planning Support ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Planning ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Planning Processes

Planning support systems are geo-information-based tools to support those involved in planning tasks. Many see planning support systems capable of improving the handling of knowledge and information in planning processes. Better handling of knowledge and information could help those involved in planning to handle the ever-increasing complexity of planning tasks. In spite of these potential benefits, planning support systems have not yet become widely used in planning practice. A major problem contributing to the arrear in planning support systems use is the profound miscommunication that exists between planners, planning support systems developers, and researchers. Currently there exists little insight in how to solve this problem and enhance the use of planning support systems. This chapter provides practiceoriented lessons about PSS use. Those willing to apply planning support systems in planning practice may use these lessons to enhance the successful use of planning support systems and the handling of knowledge and information in planning.

scholarly journals Bottlenecks Blocking Widespread Usage of Planning Support Systems

10.1068/a3712 ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 909-924 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guido Vonk ◽  
Stan Geertman ◽  
Paul Schot
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Planning Support Systems ◽  
Planning Practice ◽  
Relative Lack ◽  
Business Studies ◽  
Planning Support ◽  
Potential Benefits

Research on planning support systems (PSS) is characterized by a strong emphasis on the supply side, whereas little research has been undertaken on the successes and failures in the adoption of PSS within the planning community (demand side). What becomes clear from the existing research is that usage is not widespread. In this paper we aim to find the main bottlenecks blocking the widespread use of PSS in spatial planning. To achieve this, a global online survey was conducted in which almost 100 PSS experts participated and for which a theoretical framework from the field of business studies served as a basis. The results show that a multitude of factors cause the underutilization of PSS, their characteristics being human, organizational and institutional, as well as technical. In particular, the lack of awareness of and experience with PSS, alongside the relative lack of recognition of the value of PSS within the spatial planning community, tend to block widespread usage and adoption of PSS in planning practice. On this basis, we offer recommendations for the enhancement of PSS adoption, namely to disseminate more profoundly information and knowledge about the existence and benefits of PSS within the spatial planning community. Real-world example projects and in-depth research on potential benefits of PSS application in planning practice will be crucial in this.

scholarly journals Strengthening Participation Using Interactive Planning Support Systems: A Systematic Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Flacke ◽  
Rehana Shrestha ◽  
Rosa Aguilar
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Stakeholder Participation ◽  
Evaluation Framework ◽  
Consensus Building ◽  
Planning Support Systems ◽  
Interactive Planning ◽  
Stakeholder Collaboration ◽  
Planning Support ◽  
Planning Processes

Interactive Planning Support Systems (PSS) implemented on a maptable are deemed suitable to support participatory planning processes. They are supposed to facilitate exchange of knowledge between stakeholders, consensus building among them, and group-learning processes. In this systematic review, based on 16 case studies using interactive PSS, we analyze how these have contributed to the goal of strengthening stakeholder participation. To this end, we first elicit details of the interactive PSS and the related participatory processes. In the second step, we analyze how and what the studies report, as the impacts on participation. Results show that tools and applications have become more sophisticated over time and goals of the studies changed from collaboratively designing interventions to observing and understanding how the application of such tools contributes to improved plan outcomes and group-based learning. All interactive PSS succeeded to facilitate intensive stakeholder collaboration. However, many studies lack a proper framework for investigating its impacts on participation and therefore assess these rather incidentally based on implicit assumptions. Thus, a significant outcome of this review is an evaluation framework, which allows the structural assessment of the impacts of interactive PSS on stakeholder participation.

Co-Designing Planning Support Systems in Urban Science: The Questions They Answer and the Questions They Raise

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Markus Rittenbruch ◽  
Marcus Foth ◽  
Peta Mitchell ◽  
Rajjan Chitrakar ◽  
Bryce Christensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Support Systems ◽  
Planning Support Systems ◽  
Planning Support ◽  
Urban Science
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