Identifying Success Factors In Crowdsourced Geographic Information Use In Government
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| Author | : Mordechai Haklay; Vyron Antoniou; Sofia Basiouka; Robert Soden; Peter Mooney |
| Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
| Total Pages | : 76 |
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The acceptance of volunteered geographic information (VGI) as a valued and useful source of information for governments is growing at all levels. Put simply, VGI is “crowdsourced” geographic information provided by a wide range of participants with varying levels of education, knowledge and skills (see Michael Goodchild’s writing for the original definition of the term). While a growing body of research demonstrates the reliability and accuracy of VGI when compared to official or government produced data sets, the progression towards their adoption and wider use is slow. There are a range of mechanisms and methods available for ensuring that crowdsourced information is fit for purpose so concerns about data quality are not the major reason for the lack of adoption. Instead, organizational practices, regulations and legal issues limit the rate of change. This report is based on a six-month study of the use of VGI by government and aims to provide a guide for the successful implementation of VGI.
| Author | : Nikolaos Stathopoulos |
| Publisher | : Elsevier |
| Total Pages | : 405 |
| Release | : 2023-05-26 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 032395782X |
Geoinformatics for Geosciences: Advanced Geospatial Analysis using RS, GIS and Soft Computing is a comprehensive guide to the methodologies and techniques that can be used in Earth observation data assessments, geospatial analysis, and soft computing in the geosciences. The book covers a variety of spatiotemporal problems and topics in the areas of the environment, geohazards, urban analysis, health, pollution, climate change, resources and geomorphology, among others. Sections cover environmental and climate issues, analysis of geomorphological data, hazard and disaster impacts, natural and human resources, the influence of environmental conditions, geohazards, climate change, geomorphological changes, etc., and socioeconomic challenges. Detailing up-to-date techniques in geoinformatics, this book offers in-depth, up-to-date methodologies for researchers and academics to understand how contemporary data can be combined with innovative techniques and tools in order to address challenges in the geosciences. - Focuses on a variety of interdisciplinary applications using Earth observation data, GIS, and soft computing techniques to address various challenges in the geosciences - Presents both innovative techniques and specific features of the practices described, thus allowing readers to choose the most appropriate method to apply to their specific problems - Comprehensively details the state-of-the-art methodologies and decision-making tools included to ensure they are easily reproduceable
| Author | : Jonathan D. Paul |
| Publisher | : Frontiers Media SA |
| Total Pages | : 188 |
| Release | : 2020-01-17 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 2889634019 |
| Author | : World Health Organization |
| Publisher | : World Health Organization |
| Total Pages | : 664 |
| Release | : 2022-10-13 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 924005796X |
The WHO website has an introductory description for the Guidance. It states that the WHO Guidance on Research Methods for Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health EDRM) was developed to address the need to promote high quality research methods to those who commission and conduct research on Health EDRM. The intended audience includes decision makers, practitioners, and community actors who need for evidence-based policy and practice to implement the Health EDRM Framework, Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, the International Health Regulations (2005), the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other relevant global, regional and national frameworks. Chapters have been written by more than 100 international authors with practical experience and expertise in a wide range of areas including research, practice and policy making. The unique collection of chapters provides straightforward and practical guidance on how to plan, conduct and report a wide variety of studies that can answer quantitative and qualitative questions in different emergency settings. Case studies of direct relevance to Health EDRM provide real-life examples of research to illustrate the methods and their impact. The book was revised in 2022 with an additional chapter on how to use this book in the context of COVID-19 pandemic.
| Author | : Berti Suman, Anna |
| Publisher | : Edward Elgar Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 2021-08-27 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 1800882602 |
‘Citizen sensing’, the practice in which grassroots actors use sensor technology for environmental monitoring, is increasingly entering the debate around environmental risk governance. This groundbreaking book explores the potential for citizen sensing to concretely influence the governance of environmental risks to public health by shaping policy responses implemented by competent institutions.
| Author | : Daniel Sui |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 394 |
| Release | : 2012-08-10 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9400745877 |
The phenomenon of volunteered geographic information is part of a profound transformation in how geographic data, information, and knowledge are produced and circulated. By situating volunteered geographic information (VGI) in the context of big-data deluge and the data-intensive inquiry, the 20 chapters in this book explore both the theories and applications of crowdsourcing for geographic knowledge production with three sections focusing on 1). VGI, Public Participation, and Citizen Science; 2). Geographic Knowledge Production and Place Inference; and 3). Emerging Applications and New Challenges. This book argues that future progress in VGI research depends in large part on building strong linkages with diverse geographic scholarship. Contributors of this volume situate VGI research in geography’s core concerns with space and place, and offer several ways of addressing persistent challenges of quality assurance in VGI. This book positions VGI as part of a shift toward hybrid epistemologies, and potentially a fourth paradigm of data-intensive inquiry across the sciences. It also considers the implications of VGI and the exaflood for further time-space compression and new forms, degrees of digital inequality, the renewed importance of geography, and the role of crowdsourcing for geographic knowledge production.
| Author | : Yemi Adewoyin |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 503 |
| Release | : 2023-12-01 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 3031412680 |
This contributed volume focuses on the evolution and current state of the sub-discipline of health and medical geography in Africa. It encompasses theoretical and methodological issues as well as the current teaching and research capacities of institutions offering programs in health and medical geography in Africa. Further, the book will review the level of adoption of the sub-discipline in State policies and practice and also provide practical illustrations, with case studies, of how studies in the sub-discipline are central to the actualization of Africa's development agenda. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between health and development. Through its direct and indirect impacts on labor productivity, population health and wellbeing matter for the social and economic development of households and national economies. Yet, health is not uniform in space. And so is development. Comparatively on many health and development indicators, Africa fairs poorly. The variation in health may present as differences in the occurrence and spread of diseases, the distribution of and access to healthcare facilities, and/or in health outcomes among the population. Reasons for these variations range from biology to the population’s levels of exposure and susceptibility to elements in their environment, including the social interactions taking place within the environment. The field of health and medical geography focuses on the spatial patterns and processes underlying these variations and provides pathways for understanding and addressing them. More specifically, the sub-discipline of health and medical geography focuses on, among others, how places (their characteristics and processes that go on in them) and environmental factors underlie and/or influence disease patterns, exposure and susceptibility to diseases, health variations, health behavior, health outcomes, and the provision of and access to healthcare services. This volume documents perspectives and applications in health and medical geography in Africa for academics, students, health practitioners, and development policymakers.
| Author | : Benjamin J. Richardson |
| Publisher | : Edward Elgar Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 200 |
| Release | : 2020-12-25 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 1800881096 |
Across the world, millions of people are taking to the streets demanding urgent action on climate breakdown and other environmental emergencies. Extinction Rebellion, Fridays for Future and Climate Strikes are part of a new lexicon of environmental protest advocating civil disobedience to leverage change. This groundbreaking book – also a Special Issue of the Journal of Human Rights and the Environment – critically unveils the legal and political context of this new wave of eco-activisms. It illustrates how the practise of dissent builds on a long tradition of grassroots activism, such as the Anti-Nuclear movement, but brings into focus new participants, such as school children, and new distinctive aesthetic tactics, such as the mass ‘die-ins’ and ‘discobedience’ theatrics in public spaces.
| Author | : Roger F. Tomlinson |
| Publisher | : ESRI, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Geographic information systems |
| ISBN | : 1589481585 |
Targeting those charged with launching or implementing a geographic information system for their organization, this book details a practical method for planning a GIS proven successful in public and private sector organizations.
| Author | : Calazans Campelo, Cláudio Elízio |
| Publisher | : IGI Global |
| Total Pages | : 380 |
| Release | : 2017-03-01 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 1522524479 |
Geographic data is a valuable source of information in modern society. By utilizing alternative sources of this data, the availability and potential applications of geographic information systems can be increased. Volunteered Geographic Information and the Future of Geospatial Data is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on information gathering from volunteers, as opposed to official agencies and private companies, to compile geospatial data. Highlighting a range of pertinent topics such as regional landscape mapping, road safety, and land usage, this book is ideally designed for researchers, academics, students, professionals, and practitioners interested in the growing area of volunteered geographic information.
