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Open Source Urban Governance: Crowdsourcing, Neogeography, VGI, and Citizen Science

Open Source Urban Governance: Crowdsourcing, Neogeography, VGI, and Citizen Science

Carlos Nunes Silva
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781466641693|ISBN10: 146664169X|EISBN13: 9781466641709
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4169-3.ch001
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Silva, Carlos Nunes. "Open Source Urban Governance: Crowdsourcing, Neogeography, VGI, and Citizen Science." Citizen E-Participation in Urban Governance: Crowdsourcing and Collaborative Creativity, edited by Carlos Nunes Silva, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4169-3.ch001

APA

Silva, C. N. (2013). Open Source Urban Governance: Crowdsourcing, Neogeography, VGI, and Citizen Science. In C. Silva (Ed.), Citizen E-Participation in Urban Governance: Crowdsourcing and Collaborative Creativity (pp. 1-18). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4169-3.ch001

Chicago

Silva, Carlos Nunes. "Open Source Urban Governance: Crowdsourcing, Neogeography, VGI, and Citizen Science." In Citizen E-Participation in Urban Governance: Crowdsourcing and Collaborative Creativity, edited by Carlos Nunes Silva, 1-18. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4169-3.ch001

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Abstract

The chapter explores the emerging paradigm of Open Source Urban Governance, a new urban policy model associated with the extensive use of computer-mediated communication and with the use of different modes of citizen mass collaboration – Crowdsourcing, Neogeography, Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), and Citizen Science. The chapter is organized into five main sections. The first section discusses the concept of e-participation. The next two sections address the objectives, context, determinants, and ethical issues in e-participation, and the different levels of e-participation in each policy stage and by stakeholder. The last two sections explore the e-tools available for citizen participation in urban governance and the impacts and benefits of e-participation. The chapter ends with a reference to future research directions in this field.

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