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Improving Participation for Sustainable Transport: Testing CoAXs Amidst Controversy Around a BRT Project in Santiago, Chile

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: We examine to what extent Public Participation GIS (PPGIS) contributes to a successful participatory process and how context affects the tool’s role in both process and results. We tested a tool to visualize accessibility effects of transport projects, using it in participatory workshops related to a major bus corridor proposal in Santiago de Chile. We innovated in the tool itself, to visualize overcrowding effects as a way to include comfort issues. We found that the GIS encouraged a sincere and realistic conversation among participants. Perceptions of the project did not necessarily improve, but the tool did reduce polarization of opinions.

Source: Journal of Planning Education and Research

DOI: 10.1177/0739456x231186969

Authors: Jorge Fuenzalida-Izquierdo, Lake Sagaris, Juan Carlos Muñoz, Giovanni Vecchio

Institution: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Language: English

Topic: Geographic Information Systems Studies

Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Sustainable cities and communities, Industry, innovation and infrastructure, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable, Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica