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BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: INTEGRATING SOCIAL AND TECHNICAL CAPACITY WITHIN PARTICIPATORY GIS

Prather, Jennifer Lynn
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1304016477

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2011, Master of Arts, Miami University, Geography.
Participatory GIS (PPGIS) has been offered as a way to engage local citizens in community problems such as urban decline, however much of the existing literature focuses more on GIS as technical process rather than addressing GIS as a human/social process. This paper explores the potential role of social capital as a bridging agent between GIS as a technological and social process. Using the case study of housing in the declining inner-ring suburb of Elmwood Place, Ohio, this research employs archival, interpretive, and participatory research methods to examine the role of social capital within a PPGIS. Results suggest PPGIS participants are far more than passive recipients of information and the success of such an endeavor relies on the motivation of participants just as much as the accessibility and usability of data collection tools and techniques. In places like Elmwood Place, social capital is not only a necessary precondition for building a PPGIS, but appears to be a positive outcome as well.
David Prytherch, PhD (Advisor)
Robbyn Abbitt, M.A. (Committee Member)
Marcia England, PhD (Committee Member)
49 p.
Area Planning and Development; Geographic Information Science; Geography; Social Research; Urban Planning
GIS; PPGIS; Social Capital; Inner-Ring Suburb

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  • Prather, J. L. (2011). BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: INTEGRATING SOCIAL AND TECHNICAL CAPACITY WITHIN PARTICIPATORY GIS [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1304016477

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Prather, Jennifer. BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: INTEGRATING SOCIAL AND TECHNICAL CAPACITY WITHIN PARTICIPATORY GIS. 2011. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1304016477.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Prather, Jennifer. "BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: INTEGRATING SOCIAL AND TECHNICAL CAPACITY WITHIN PARTICIPATORY GIS." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1304016477

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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