The Use of E-Tools to Engage Citizens in Urban Green Infrastructure Governance: Where Do We Stand and Where Are We Going?
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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Sustainability 2018, 10(10), 3513; https://doi.org/10.3390/su10103513
Received: 6 September 2018 / Revised: 24 September 2018 / Accepted: 25 September 2018 / Published: 30 September 2018
(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)
In the unfolding reality of advanced internet-based communication tools, the possibilities and implications for citizens’ e-engagement is revealing. The paper introduces different examples of e-tools used in participatory urban green infrastructure governance. E-tools here includes various location-based service apps, and volunteered geographic information stemming from social media activities, as well as public participation geographic information system approaches. Through an analytical framework describing five categories, we discuss the different scopes and possibilities, as well as general barriers and problems to participatory e-tools. We suggest some basic premises for the application of e-tools in urban green infrastructure governance and discussed future development of this field. E-tools can allow interaction between citizens, public authorities, and other stakeholders; however, research on the implications of such location-based governance is needed to make full use of the rapid on-going development of such information and communication technologies, and to avoid possible pitfalls. We suggest that future research into this area of environmental–social–technical solutions should test, discuss, and develop frameworks and standards, for the use of different e-tools in combination with offline approaches.
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Keywords:
e-tools; e-governance; volunteered geographic information; public participation geographic information system; ICT; location-based services
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Steen Møller, M.; Stahl Olafsson, A. The Use of E-Tools to Engage Citizens in Urban Green Infrastructure Governance: Where Do We Stand and Where Are We Going? Sustainability 2018, 10, 3513. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10103513
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Steen Møller M, Stahl Olafsson A. The Use of E-Tools to Engage Citizens in Urban Green Infrastructure Governance: Where Do We Stand and Where Are We Going? Sustainability. 2018; 10(10):3513. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10103513
Chicago/Turabian StyleSteen Møller, Maja, and Anton Stahl Olafsson. 2018. "The Use of E-Tools to Engage Citizens in Urban Green Infrastructure Governance: Where Do We Stand and Where Are We Going?" Sustainability 10, no. 10: 3513. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10103513
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