Development of spatial decision making in community-based society

本研究试图透过资讯科技厘清社区型社会中当地民众的参与过程。为此，我们通过对地理空间数据的收集、整理、分析、可视化、流通和共享的方法和实证调查，重点完成了三个任务：1)信息技术对当地居民日常生活的影响的实地调查；2)面向空间决策的GIS软件开发；3)建立当地居民参与改善社区生活环境过程的方法。我们为筑波的安全学校路线建立了参与网络地理信息系统。利用地方地理信息的共同所有权，通过地方公民的协作来完善这一制度是十分重要的。

This research tried to clarify the participation process of the local people in the community-oriented society using the information technology. To attain this purpose, we focused on the three tasks through the methodological and empirical investigation of collecting, arranging, analyzing, visualizing, circulating and sharing geospatial data: 1) field survey on the impact of information technology on their daily life, 2) the development of spatial decision making-oriented GIS software, and 3) the establishment of methodology for the participation process of local citizens for the better community living environment. We constructed the participation web-GIS for safer schooling routes in Tsukuba. It is important to improve this kind of system through the collaboration of local citizens by the co-ownership of local geographic information.