Browsing Theses by Supervisor "Johnson, Peter"
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Activating Values to Enhance e-Participation in Environmental Decision-making
(University of Waterloo, 2019-07-26)A participatory modeling approach is designed to connect citizens and decision-makers during the selection of the most appropriate alternative solution to an environmental project based on user values systems. First, a ... -
Analyzing Government Use of GitHub for Collaboration: An Empirical Approach to Measuring Open Government and Open Collaboration
(University of Waterloo, 2020-02-21)The way government organizations collaborate on developing computer software has significantly changed with the use of the Internet. GitHub, an online platform that hosts computer software and provides project management ... -
Co-producing spatial information with citizens: Understanding practices, preferences, and challenges within government
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-09)In today’s era of digital media, collecting and sharing location-based information has become easier and more accessible for many people. This exchange of spatial information, created and shared by the public, is beneficial ... -
Crisis Crowdsourcing in Government: Characterising efforts by North American Agencies to Inform Emergency Management Operations
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-26)Crowdsourcing is proven to be a useful communication platform during and in the direct aftermath of a disastrous event. While previous research in crisis crowdsourcing demonstrates its wide adoption for aiding response ... -
Enhancing Open Government Data Quality: A Quantitative Evaluation Assessment for Cross- Jurisdictional Open Data Programs in Waterloo Region
(University of Waterloo, 2024-05-06)This study builds on the previous research for identifying the current issues and gaps existing for the cross-jurisdictional data quality of the open data programs in the Waterloo region, not only as the governments in the ... -
Gamification in a Volunteered Geographic Information context with regard to contributors' motivations: A case study of OpenStreetMap
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-27)Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) describes a new type of spatial information created by the public voluntarily (Goodchild, 2007). However, many questions persist about the quality of VGI, due to a lack of knowledge ... -
Investigating the current approach to developing data governance in the Canadian smart city
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-03)Smart cities have grown in prevalence as cities take advantage of big data and connected technologies to address the issues of sustainable urban development in the face of their growing urban populations. Data governance ... -
Open Aerial Map, Drones and Archaeology: The implications of using drones to contribute and share aerial data on an open data repository
(University of Waterloo, 2019-11-04)The purpose of this research is to determine the potential benefits and challenges of volunteered aerial imagery by looking at OpenAerialMap (OAM) and by presenting how a repository like OAM may be applied in archaeological ... -
Perceptual Geographies of Crime: Exploring university students’ spatial responses towards the threat of crime in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2017-12-11)The Waterloo Regional Police Service has identified the post-secondary students in their jurisdiction to be at greater risk to certain crimes than other residents. This study describes how students perceive crime in the ... -
Smartphone Applications in Government: Characterizing and Evaluating Municipal Smartphone Applications for Service Requests
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-06)Using advanced information and communication technologies to deliver information and services, which is referred to as e-government, is trending at different levels of governments. Through the evolution of web technologies ...