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Planning for Smart Urban Ecosystems: Information Technology Applications for Capacity Building in Environmental Decision Making

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  • Tan YIGITCANLAR

    () (Queensland University of Technology, 4001, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)

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    Since the industrial revolution, our world has experienced rapid and unplanned industrialization and urbanization. As a result, we have had to cope with serious environmental challenges. In this context, an explanation of how smart urban ecosystems can emerge, gains a crucial importance. Capacity building and community involvement have always been key issues in achieving sustainable development and enhancing urban ecosystems. By considering these, this paper looks at new approaches to increase public awareness of environmental decision making. This paper will discuss the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), particularly Web-based Geographic Information Systems (Web-based GIS) as spatial decision support systems to aid public participatory environmental decision making. The paper also explores the potential and constraints of these web-based tools for collaborative decision making

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    Article provided by Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services, Bucharest, Romania in its journal Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management.

    Volume (Year): 4 (2009)
    Issue (Month): 3(12) (August)
    Pages: 5-21

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    Handle: RePEc:rom:terumm:v:4:y:2009:i:12:p:5-21

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    Keywords: Urban ecosystems; capacity building; community involvement; ICT; information sharing; Web-based GIS;

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