GISualization: visualized integration of multiple types of data for knowledge co-production
Journal article, 2019

Urban planning deals with multiple layers of information stemming from concurrent activities and stakeholders intervening in urban development. For a better management of complexity more comprehensiveness and data integration are needed. This study develops an adaptive and iterative mixed-method approach for knowledge production in urban transformation processes. Specific research questions relate to data integration from different sources and facilitation of co-production of knowledge beyond triangulation. A new multi-layer framework, GISualization, has been developed in the context of a research project exploring compact city qualities. The framework is structured through five data layers, representing different methods for data collection and different grades of complexity, richness and interpretation: basic statistics; advanced statistics; exogenous quali-quantitative descriptions; exogenous qualitative descriptions; and endogenous qualitative descriptions. Thus, data stem from both quantitative and qualitative sources. Our study has proven that GISualization is a methodological framework that enables analysis and visualization of complex data in a rich format. The approach is closely related to analytical eclecticism and abductivity. It embodies a collaborative communication platform that provides a language to navigate between heterogeneous data, information and methods. The GISualization framework opens up for broader stakeholder involvement and community participation extending research into the domain of transdisciplinary knowledge production.

mixed-method

GISualization

GIS

beyond triangulation

group learning

visualization

Author

Marco Adelfio

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Urban Design and Planning

Jaan-Henrik Kain

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Urban Design and Planning

Jenny Stenberg

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Architectural theory and methods

Liane Thuvander

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Architectural theory and methods

Geografisk Tidsskrift

0016-7223 (ISSN)

Vol. 119 2 163-184

Compact Cities? Exploring qualities, drivers and strategies for promoting mixed-use urban development

Formas (250-2013-1295), 2014-01-01 -- 2017-12-31.

Subject Categories

Architecture

Human Geography

DOI

10.1080/00167223.2019.1605301

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