tailieunhanh - Community Participation and Geographic Information Systems - Chapter 10

Chương này xem xét những nỗ lực tham gia công của Metro, chính quyền khu vực cho khu vực đô thị Portland, trong việc sử dụng công nghệ GIS để thu hút cư dân và các nhà hoạch định chính sách trong việc đưa ra quyết định thông báo về các vấn đề liên quan đến quản lý tăng trưởng, sử dụng đất và giao thông vận tải. Phần đầu của chương này mô tả chương trình hiện tại và sử dụng công nghệ GIS. Phần 10,4 đề xuất một nền tảng mới cho sự tham gia của công chúng. | Chapter 10 Portland Metro s dream for public involvement Mark Bosworth John Donovan and Paul Couey INTRODUCTION This chapter examines the public involvement efforts of Metro the regional government for the Portland metropolitan area in using GIS technology to engage residents and policy-makers in making informed decisions about issues related to growth management land-use and transportation. The first part of this chapter describes current programmes and the use of GIS technology. Section proposes a new platform for public involvement that would allow public participation in planning efforts in real time . Using Internet-based technologies it is possible to create a new channel for public participation in the planning process. GIS and public involvement professionals at Metro are exploring the potential for creating spatial representations of traditionally intangible information such as what residents value about their homes and communities what they hope to protect or pass on to future generations and what makes this region special and unique. By capturing this information Metro could begin to use this value-based information to help shape future policy initiatives as well as to illustrate the value systems that residents share. During the course of an intensive public outreach and long-range planning process known as the 2040 Framework Metro has used GIS technology to enable residents in the decision-making process. These applications illustrate the potential of GIS technology as a platform for public involvement and as a channel for accessing information about land-use policy decisions. METRO AND ITS ROLE Metro the nation s only directly elected regional government serves more than million residents in the three counties and 24 cities of the Portland metropolitan region. In 1978 voters in Multnomah Washington and Clackamas counties approved the idea of a regional government to oversee 2002 Taylor Francis 126 M. Bosworth et al. Figure The