ABSTRACT

Visualizations are increasingly important for environmental policy and planning. They have great impact on how we perceive environmental problems, their solutions, and if we consider policies legitimate. The systematic review in this paper brings together 20 years of studies in visualization in environmental policy and planning. This review shows that over the last two decades, more and more studies have demonstrated that visualization plays a role in data-communication, influences decision making, public perception, public participation, and knowledge cocreation. Based on the systematic review, three research lines are developed that aim to better take into account the challenges of a global and active public that through internet and social media is formed around environmental and planning issues. We can do this by (1) moving beyond a knowledge deficit model (2) pay more attention to the material dimensions of visualizations and their role in opening up spaces for cocreation, and (3) include the study of found images as these contain information on public sentiment, and are a form of public accountability.

摘要

可视化对于环境政策和规划越来越重要。它们对我们如何看待环境问题，解决方案以及我们认为政策是否合法具有重大影响。本文的系统综述汇集了20年的环境政策和规划可视化研究。这项审查表明，在过去的二十年中，越来越多的研究表明，可视化在数据通信中发挥着作用，影响决策，公众认知，公众参与和知识创造。在系统评价的基础上，开发了三个研究项目，旨在更好地考虑通过互联网和社交媒体围绕环境和规划问题形成的全球活跃公众的挑战。