Lucia BRISUDOVÁ, Palacký University Olomouc, Czechia
Jonathan HUCK, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Réka SOLYMOSI, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
City development processes have noticed several novel practical approaches in recent decades. One of them is related to Public Participatory Geographic Information Systems (PPGIS) as a part of Participatory Mapping (Huck et al., 2019). It refers to way of people’s contribution to mapping certain topics with spatial context using their personal insights and experiences. These systems enable citizens to actively participate in urban planning and bring them closer to key decision-making activities at the same time. (Haklay, 2013; Solymosi & Bowers, 2018).
This study will introduce the ongoing research into the mapping perception of urban space and changeability of perception over time. In order to reveal as much relevant information as possible, there are two cities under study in parallel: Manchester, United Kingdom and Olomouc, Czech Republic.
For purposes of the research, we have developed a new mobile application CIN CITY (Civic InnovatioN in CommunITY) which serves as the main tool intended for collection of geospatial data on perception of space in an urban environment. The main advantage of the app is enabling real-time and real-place (in-situ) data collection, as opposed to the retrospective approaches that dominate in the literature. In the moment of a new record, CIN CITY saves the exact location of the user and current time and asks a few additional questions regarding, for example, the type of perception. The research employs a trichotomy of perception types. Places considered by participants from cities under study as ‘topophilic‘ = pleasant, ‘topophobic‘ = unpleasant and ‘topovacant‘ = abandoned/vacant places.
Acquiring information about cities using a mobile application, together with realistic opinions of citizens who are users of urban space and know the city they live in, represents a new source of practical knowledge for more effective and smart future urban planning.
Mots clés : Public Participatory GIS (PGIS)|Perception|Urban Space|CIN CITY mobile application|Smart Development
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