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Broadening Public Engagement in Spatial Planning through Digital Participatory Mapping: Experiences from Latvia Cover

Broadening Public Engagement in Spatial Planning through Digital Participatory Mapping: Experiences from Latvia

Open Access
|Jul 2022

Abstract

Digital participatory mapping is an emerging and largely unexplored practice in Latvia despite its potential to broaden and diversify public engagement processes. This study explores the spectrum of currently used digital participatory mapping tools through select examples from Latvian municipalities. Furthermore, the study examines the citizens’ participatory habits and preferences using a small-scale citizen survey and co-design activity. The obtained results allow reflection on the design, functionality, and engagement formats of the existing participatory mapping tools compared to the citizens’ expectations.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aup-2022-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8764 | Journal ISSN: 1691-4333
Language: English
Page range: 30 - 42
Submitted on: Feb 24, 2022
Accepted on: May 23, 2022
Published on: Jul 7, 2022
Published by: Riga Technical University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2022 Viktorija Kizika, Lita Akmentiņa, published by Riga Technical University
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.