GISualization: visualized integration of multiple types of data for knowledge co-production. Issue 2 (3rd July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Adelfio, Marco; Kain, Jaan-Henrik; Stenberg, Jenny; Thuvander, Liane
• Is Part Of: Geografisk tidskrift. Volume 119:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 163
• Page End: 184
• Publication Date: 2019-07-03
• Subjects: GIS -- visualization -- beyond triangulation -- mixed-method -- group learning -- GISualization; Geography -- Periodicals; 914.89
• DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2019.1605301
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0016-7223

Abstract

ABSTRACT: 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.