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The following are academic journal articles relevant for an introductory investigation to Public Particpation GIS:
Denniston, D. (1994) ‘Defending the land with maps’, Worldwatch (January/February), pp.27-31.
Elwood, S. and Leitner, H. (1998) 'GIS and community-based planning: exploring the diversity of neighbourhood perspectives and needs,' Cartography and Geographic Information Systems 25(2): 77-88.
Escobar, A. (1992) Grassroots approaches and alternative politics in the third world. Futures, pp. 411-436.
Ghose R. (2003) Community participation, spatial knowledge production, and GIS use in inner-city revitalisation. Journal of Urban Technology (10) 39-60.Weiner, D., Warner, T.A., Harris, T.M. and Levin, R.M. (1995) 'Apartheid representations in a digital landscape: GIS, remote sensing and local knowledge in Kiepersol, South Africa', Cartography and Geographic Information Systems 22(1): 58-69.
Harris, T. and Weiner, D. (1996) 'GIS and Society: The Social Implications of how people, space and environment are represented in GIS', NCGIA Technical Report 96-97, Scientific Report for Initiative 19 Specialist Meeting, South Haven, MN, 2-5 March 1996.
Harris, T. and Weiner, D. (1998) ‘Empowerment, marginalization and community-Integrated GIS’, Cartography and Geographic Information Systems 25(2): 67-76.
Hutchinson, C.F. and Toledano, J. (1993) 'Guidelines for demonstrating geographical information systems based on participatory development', International Journal of Geographical Information Systems 7(5): 453-461.
Lupton, M. and Mather, C. (1996) ‘The anti-politics machine: GIS and the reconstruction of the Hohannesburg local state’, Political Geography 16(7): 565-580.
McCall, M. (2003) Seeking good governance in participatory-GIS: a review of processes and governance dimensions in applying GIS to participatory spatial planning. Habitat International (27): 549-573
Mahiri, I. (1998) ‘The environmental knowledge frontier: transects with experts and villagers’, Journal of International Development 10(4): 527-537.
Obermeyer, N. (ed.) (1998) ‘Special content: public participation GIS’, Cartography and Geographic Information Systems 25(2): 65-66.
Openshaw, S. (1991). A view on the GIS crisis in geography, or, Using GIS to put Humpty-Dumpty back together again. Environment and Planning A, 23, 621-628.
Talen, E. (1999) ‘Constructing neighbourhoods from the bottom up: the case for resident generated GIS’, Environment and Planning B 26: 533-544.
Taylor , P.J., & Overton, M. (1991). Further thoguths on geography and GIS. Environment and Planning A, 23, 1087-1094.