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A Social Cybernetics Approach To Community Use Of Spatial Data For Resource Protection: Field Study On A North-Central Idaho Indian Reservation

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  • AMY OWEN

    (Department of Social Sciences, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS, 38733, USA)

  • PIOTR JANKOWSKI

    (Department of Geography, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 92182, USA)

  • BARBARA WILLIAMS

    (Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, 83843, USA)

Abstract

This study investigates the engagement of communities with little or no GIS expertise in the use of publicly available spatial data for self-education in the protection of drinking water sources. A traditional administrative top-down approach to assisting communities in getting or using spatial information was replaced in the study with a bottom-up approach based on the principles of social cybernetics. The study investigated how communities used spatial datasets provided by the state to facilitate public participation in creating maps for water resource protection. Nine rural communities in the State of Idaho within the Nez Perce Indian Reservation participated in a field study from 2001–2002. Results included "map archetypes" developed by the communities and a validation of the bottom-up approach stressing community control over the process of using spatial data.

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  • Amy Owen & Piotr Jankowski & Barbara Williams, 2006. "A Social Cybernetics Approach To Community Use Of Spatial Data For Resource Protection: Field Study On A North-Central Idaho Indian Reservation," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 8(04), pages 431-450.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jeapmx:v:08:y:2006:i:04:n:s146433320600258x
    DOI: 10.1142/S146433320600258X
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