Geo-questionnaire: a spatially explicit method for eliciting public preferences, behavioural patterns, and local knowledge – an overview
Vol. 37 No. 3 (2018), Articles
Vol. 37 No. 3 (2018)

Geo-questionnaire: a spatially explicit method for eliciting public preferences, behavioural patterns, and local knowledge – an overview

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https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2018-0033
Published 15.10.2018
Michał Czepkiewicz
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
Iceland
Piotr Jankowski
Department of Geography, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA Institute of Geoecology and Geoinformation, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland
United States
Zbigniew Zwoliński
Institute of Geoecology and Geoinformation, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland
Poland
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public participation GIS
Geoweb methods
spatial planning
online survey
local knowledge

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Czepkiewicz, M., Jankowski, P., & Zwoliński, Z. (2018). Geo-questionnaire: a spatially explicit method for eliciting public preferences, behavioural patterns, and local knowledge – an overview. Quaestiones Geographicae, 37(3), 177–190. https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2018-0033
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Abstract

Geo-questionnaires have been used in a variety of domains to collect public preferences, behavioural patterns, and spatially-explicit local knowledge, for academic research and environmental and urban planning. This paper provides an overview of the method focusing on the methodical characteristics of geo-questionnaires including software functions, types of collected data, and techniques of data analysis. The paper also discusses broader methodical issues related to the practice of deploying geo-questionnaires such as respondent selection and recruitment, representativeness, and data quality. The discussion of methodical issues is followed by an overview of the recent examples of geo-questionnaire applications in Poland, and the discussion of socio-technical aspects of geo-questionnaire use in spatial planning.
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