Jankowski Piotr
J Environ Manage. 2009 May;90(6):1966-71. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.08.028. Epub 2008 Jun 11.
This article discusses the potential of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to become an information technology enabling groups of people to participate in decisions shaping their communities and promoting sustainable use of natural resources. It explains the concept of participation in the context of planning and decision making. In this context Participatory GIS (PGIS) offers tools that can be used to help the public become meaningfully involved in decision making processes affecting their communities. Following an overview of research on PGIS and its current status the article presents two recent studies of PGIS in water resource planning; one involving the use of computer generated maps representing simple information structures and the other involving the use of more sophisticated information tools. The synthesis of both studies provides the bases for discussing the prospects of PGIS to empower citizens in making decisions about their communities and resources.
本文探讨了地理信息系统（GIS）成为一种信息技术的潜力，这种技术能使人们群体参与到塑造其社区以及促进自然资源可持续利用的决策之中。它解释了在规划和决策背景下的参与概念。在此背景下，参与式地理信息系统（PGIS）提供了一些工具，可用于帮助公众切实参与到影响其社区的决策过程中。在对PGIS的研究及其现状进行概述之后，本文介绍了两项近期关于PGIS在水资源规划中的研究；一项涉及使用代表简单信息结构的计算机生成地图，另一项涉及使用更复杂的信息工具。两项研究的综合为讨论PGIS在赋予公民对其社区和资源进行决策权力方面的前景提供了依据。
