The Development, Application and Evaluation of Participatory Geographic Information System Methodologies for Improved Environmental Decision Making

..................................................................................................................................... 3 List of Tables .......................................................................................................................... 7 List of Figures ......................................................................................................................... 8 List of Accompanying Material .................................................................................................. 9 Acknowledgements.................................................................................................................. 11 Author Declarations ................................................................................................................. 13 Integrative Chapter: Introduction ............................................................................................ 17 Confessions .......................................................................................................................... 17 Development of participatory mapping and ICT approaches .............................................. 18 PGIS in the context of participation goals............................................................................ 20 Aims of this chapter ............................................................................................................. 24 First steps ......................................................................................................................... 25 Exporting lessons from the South .................................................................................... 27 Problems, problems... ...................................................................................................... 30 New opportunities ........................................................................................................... 31 Listening to unheard voices ............................................................................................. 32 Russian Dolls – layers upon layers ................................................................................... 34 Mixing things up ............................................................................................................... 37 Future Opportunities and Aspirations ................................................................................. 39 Transition Movement ...................................................................................................... 41 Localism and the Big Society ............................................................................................ 42