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A qualitative framework for data collection and analysis in Participation processes

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dg.o '19: Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research

Pages 398 - 408

https://doi.org/10.1145/3325112.3325227

Published: 18 June 2019 Publication History

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Participation processes (PPs) are more and more requested in different areas given their capability to promote constructive exchange and innovative ideas and to bring a great value to decision-making processes. PPs aim to generate new data that decision-makers can consider and transform into relevant knowledge to support their decision-making processes. In some cases, collecting data could be problematic since stakeholders might lack willingness, capacity and/or suitable means to participate. In other cases, PPs might generate a large amount of data to be analyzed and scrutinized. At the same time, PPs are subject to time-effectiveness pressures to provide timely reports. Based on a case study and using the grounded theory method, we propose in this paper a qualitative framework to guide data collection and analysis in PPs in order to better inform decision-makers.

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https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10080563

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dg.o '19: Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research

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Chassin TCherqui AIngensand JJoerin F(2021)Impact of Digital and Non-Digital Urban Participatory Approaches on Public Access Conditions: An Evaluation FrameworkISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information10.3390/ijgi1008056310:8(563)Online publication date: 19-Aug-2021
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