Claus Rinner|Michelle Bird
Evaluating Community Engagement through Argumentation Maps—A Public Participation GIS Case Study
Toronto Metropolitan University|Toronto Metropolitan University
significant advances public participation geographic information systems technology online mapping platforms translated enhanced citizen participation democratic planning processes study contributes addressing gap evaluating engagement members urban community sustainable neighbourhood planning argumentation mapping study provided online public discussion forum together neighbourhood map participants could link discussion contributions basis participation statistics contents contributions responses survey discuss participants technical engagement experiences sixteen registered participants lived within near queen west triangle downtown toronto canada rated experienced computer users consequently found participation online discussion forum easy contributions showed great degree interest knowledge issues sustainable community development however majority participants also rated comfortable map reading found handling online neighbourhood map difficult use option link comments map