The concept of “place” links people to their environment and is foundational to disciplines
such as geography, environmental psychology, and urban studies. With growth in …

Public participation GIS (PPGIS) methods have progressed over the last decade, but as a
rapidly evolving practice and area of research, there are new challenges. To identify the key …

We review public participation GIS (PPGIS) and participatory GIS (PGIS) approaches for
ecosystem services to identify current and best practice. PPGIS/PGIS are spatially explicit …

This chapter describes the history of the use of the word 'landscape'since its origin in
western culture and the emergence of its different meanings, as well as the research that …

The concept of place attachment has been studied extensively across multiple disciplines
but only recently with empirical measurement using public participation GIS (PPGIS) and …

The evaluation of landscape services essentially deals with the complex and dynamic
relationships between humans and their environment. When it comes to landscape …

As human pressures on ecosystems continue to increase, research involving the effective
incorporation of social values information into the context of comprehensive ecosystem …

Previous urban park research has used self-reported surveys and physical activity logs to
examine associations between physical activity and park features, size, and distance to …

The term public participation geographic information system (PPGIS) was conceived to
describe how GIS technology could support public participation with the goal of including …

Despite widespread recognition that social-value information is needed to inform
stakeholders and decision makers regarding trade-offs in environmental management, it too …