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Children's Maps in GIS: A Tool for Communicating Outdoor Experiences in Urban Planning

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  • Kerstin Nordin

    (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden)

  • Ulla Berglund

    (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden)

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Since 2002 the authors have successively developed “Children’s Maps in GIS”, a method for children’s participation in spatial planning. Their studies show that 10-15 year-olds are capable of reading maps and using a GIS-application for communicating their interests in a stable and useful manner. The purpose of this article is to discuss the first stages of implementation in a real world project, in relation to ICT. The authors report experiences from a Swedish municipality using Children’s Maps in GIS in a survey with over 600 children as part of a comprehensive planning process and give examples of how data can be visualized. A significant digital divide between different parts of the administration is noted. In the ongoing development into an Internet version of the method the authors aim to increase the access to the GIS-application and develop standard procedures for categorizing and analyzing data.

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  • Kerstin Nordin & Ulla Berglund, 2010. "Children's Maps in GIS: A Tool for Communicating Outdoor Experiences in Urban Planning," International Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Human Development (IJICTHD), IGI Global, vol. 2(2), pages 1-16, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jicthd:v:2:y:2010:i:2:p:1-16
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    1. Bąkowska-Waldmann Edyta & Brudka Cezary & Jankowski Piotr, 2018. "Legal and Organizational Framework for the use of Geoweb Methods for Public Participation in Spatial Planning in Poland: Experiences, Opinions and Challenges," Quaestiones Geographicae, Sciendo, vol. 37(3), pages 163-175, September.
    2. Bruns, Diedrich & Paech, Florian, 2015. "Interkulturell_real in der räumlichen Entwicklung: Beispiele studentischer Arbeiten zur Wertschätzung städtischer Freiräume in Kassel," Arbeitsberichte der ARL: Aufsätze, in: Nienaber, Birte & Roos, Ursula (ed.), Internationalisierung der Gesellschaft und die Auswirkungen auf die Raumentwicklung: Beispiele aus Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz und dem Saarland, volume 13, pages 54-71, ARL – Akademie für Raumentwicklung in der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft.

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