Abstract
 Development of Public Sphere in Local Community Utilizing GIS Track: State and Local Government Author(s): Masahiro Arima, Hajime Kawamukai Though the commitment of local residents to urban planning is crucial, lack of information on local community seems to have prevented residents from participating in the official process for urban planning in Japan. We introduced a concept named "Informed Decision by Informed Citizens through Geographic Information Systems" to try and verify the effectiveness and validity of the concept by conducting a pilot study in a typical Japanese local town, Shingu-cho in Hyogo Prefecture. In the pilot study, we conducted a questionnaire survey evaluating over 55 items such as public transportation, health and welfare services, education, and accessibility to stores or shopping malls in terms of satisfaction and importance to their daily lives to discover the needs from local residents for the local government or community and showed local residents the results by utilizing ArcGIS. Masahiro Arima University of Hyogo Graduate Faculty of Applied Informatics 1-3-3, Higashi-Kawasaki, Chuo Kobe 650-0044 JP Phone: +81-78-367-8623 Fax: +81-78-367-8623 E-mail: arima@ai.u-hyogo.ac.jp Hajime Kawamukai University of Hyogo Graduate Faculty of Applied Informatics 1-3-3, Higashi-Kawasaki, Chuo Kobe , Hyogo 650-0044 JP Phone: +81-78-367-8622 Fax: +81-78-367-8622 E-mail: kawamukai@ai.u-hyogo.ac.jp |
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