<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Geo-questionnaires have been used in a variety of domains to collect public preferences, behavioural patterns, and spatially-explicit local knowledge, for academic research and environmental and urban planning. This paper provides an overview of the method focusing on the methodical characteristics of geo-questionnaires including software functions, types of collected data, and techniques of data analysis. The paper also discusses broader methodical issues related to the practice of deploying geo-questionnaires such as respondent selection and recruitment, representativeness, and data quality. The discussion of methodical issues is followed by an overview of the recent examples of geo-questionnaire applications in Poland, and the discussion of socio-technical aspects of geo-questionnaire use in spatial planning.</p></abstract>

Geo-questionnaires have been used in a variety of domains to collect public preferences, behavioural patterns, and spatially-explicit local knowledge, for academic research and environmental and urban planning. This paper provides an overview of the method focusing on the methodical characteristics of geo-questionnaires including software functions, types of collected data, and techniques of data analysis. The paper also discusses broader methodical issues related to the practice of deploying geo-questionnaires such as respondent selection and recruitment, representativeness, and data quality. The discussion of methodical issues is followed by an overview of the recent examples of geo-questionnaire applications in Poland, and the discussion of socio-technical aspects of geo-questionnaire use in spatial planning.

Geo-Questionnaire: A Spatially Explicit Method for Eliciting Public Preferences, Behavioural Patterns, and Local Knowledge – An Overview

Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Institute of Geoecology and Geoinformation

Quaestiones Geographicae

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Geo-questionnaires have been used in a variety of domains to collect public preferences, behavioural patterns, and spatially-explicit local knowledge, for...

Geo-Questionnaire: A Spatially Explicit Method for Eliciting Public Preferences, Behavioural Patterns, and Local Knowledge – An Overview

Publié en ligne: 06 sept. 2018

Pages: 177 - 190

Reçu: 12 déc. 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2018-0033

Mots clés
public participation GIS, Geoweb methods, spatial planning, online survey, local knowledge

© 2018 Michał Czepkiewicz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Geo-Questionnaire: A Spatially Explicit Method for Eliciting Public Preferences, Behavioural Patterns, and Local Knowledge – An Overview

Publié en ligne: 06 sept. 2018

Pages: 177 - 190

Reçu: 12 déc. 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2018-0033

Mots cléspublic participation GIS, Geoweb methods, spatial planning, online survey, local knowledge

© 2018 Michał Czepkiewicz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
public participation GIS, Geoweb methods, spatial planning, online survey, local knowledge