Geographic information systems for group decision making : towards a participatory, geographic information science / Piotr Jankowski and Timothy Nyerges.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jankowski, Piotr, 1956-

Contributor:

Nyerges, Timothy L.

Series:

Research monographs in geographic information systems

Research monographs in GIS series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geographic information systems.

Group decision making.

Physical Description:

xiv, 273 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2001.

Summary:

This book sets out the key to the collaborative spatial decision-making approach: its theoretical basis, the requisite tools, and a number of application examples. GIS professionals and researchers should find this an invaluable guide to an emerging area of GIS.

Contents:

2 Macro-micro framework for participatory decision situations 10

2.1 Macro-micro approach to decision situations 11

2.2 Example of a macro-micro decision strategy 13

2.3 Conceptual foundations

Enhanced Adaptive Structuration Theory 2 20

3 Methods and tools for participatory, spatial decision support 62

3.1 Macro-micro decision strategy for methods and tools 63

3.2 System requirement analysis for collaborative spatial decision support 69

3.3 Decision support capabilities 76

3.4 Personnel requirements 92

3.5 Architectures for implementing collaborative decision support systems 92

3.6 Examples of GIS-supported collaborative decision making software packages 99

4 Social-behavioral research strategies for investigating the use of participatory geographic information systems 110

4.1 Toward a methodological turn in participatory geographic information science 111

4.2 Stages and domains of empirical, social-behavioral research about PGIS use 113

4.3 Comparing components of a research strategy by phase 130

4.4 Tactics for enhancing the potential quality of research findings 153

5 Collaborative spatial decision making in primary health care management: a task analysis-driven approach 164

5.1 Health care funding allocation decisions: a task analysis 166

5.2 Decision option generation 168

5.3 Criteria identification 169

5.4 Option evaluation 176

5.5 Future potential for enhancing collaborative approach to funding primary health care services 186

6 Transportation improvement program decision making: using proposition analysis in a case study 197

6.1 The significance of transportation improvement program decision making 199

6.2 Construct analysis of the 1999 Puget Sound Regional Council TIP situation 202

6.3 Proposition analysis of the 1999 Puget Sound Regional Council TIP decision situation 204

7 Collaborative decision making about habitat restoration: a comparative assessment of social-behavioral data analysis strategies 227

7.1 Posing research questions 228

7.2 Research design 230

7.3 Findings from two types of analyses of the same data 237

7.4 Discussion of comparative assessment 254

8 Conclusions and prospects for future research 261

8.1 Summary of conclusions for research findings about PGIS use 262

8.2 Prospects for future research about PGIS use in relation to current work 265.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0748409327

OCLC:

44927138