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Facilitating participatory multilevel decision-making by using interactive mental maps.

Constanze Pfeiffer1, Stephanie Glaser, Jayshree Vencatesan

  • 1Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical Institute, P.O. Box, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland.

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Participatory mapping with an interactive tool enhances citizen engagement in planning. This visualization approach integrates local knowledge with geospatial data, aiding disaster management and potentially health research.

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Area of Science:

  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • Urban Planning
  • Disaster Management

Background:

  • Citizen participation is crucial for sustainable development, with spatial information playing a key role in planning.
  • Participatory mapping is gaining traction, but effective visualization tools for planners and policymakers are often overlooked.
  • Underestimation of visualization tools hinders collaboration, analytical reasoning, and decision-making in planning processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the development of an interactive mental map tool for a disaster management project in Chennai, India.
  • To merge socio-economic, geospatial, and remote sensing data with local perceptions for enhanced spatial analysis.
  • To demonstrate the utility of interactive mapping for communicating insights and promoting participatory decision-making.

Main Methods:

  • Transitioned from hand-drawn mental maps to an interactive digital tool.
  • Integrated socio-economic data, geospatial infrastructure data, local perceptions, coping strategies, and remote sensing data.
  • Utilized modern map-making technology to create a dynamic visualization platform.

Main Results:

  • The interactive mental map tool provided insights into diverse local realities.
  • Facilitated effective communication of findings to the public and policymakers.
  • Proved valuable for visualizing information and supporting participatory decision-making.

Conclusions:

  • The developed interactive mental map tool is effective for disaster management and participatory planning.
  • The tool has potential applications in health research for assessing spatial and temporal health themes.
  • Interactive visualization enhances understanding and collaboration in complex decision-making environments.