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The Changing Participatory Role of NGOs in New Jersey GIS

DRAFT 7-20-02. The Changing Participatory Role of NGOs in New Jersey GIS. DRAFT 7-20-02. David L. Tulloch and Tamara Shapiro Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis Cook College, Rutgers University. DRAFT 7-20-02. The Times They are A’Changin’. In 1998:

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The Changing Participatory Role of NGOs in New Jersey GIS

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  1. DRAFT 7-20-02 The Changing Participatory Role of NGOs in New Jersey GIS DRAFT 7-20-02 David L. Tulloch and Tamara Shapiro Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis Cook College, Rutgers University DRAFT 7-20-02

  2. The Times They are A’Changin’ • In 1998: • NJ NGC – The New Jersey Non-Profit GIS Community • NJ DEP • Written up in: • Tulloch, D. 2002. "Environmental NGOs: Community Access to Technology as a Force for Change," chapter in, Community Empowerment, Public Participation and Geographic Information Science. W. Craig, T. Harris, and D. Weiner (Eds.). Taylor and Francis: London.

  3. The Times They are A’Changin’ • Today: • The GIS Center • NGOs helping NGOS • Office of GIS • NJ DEP • Counties?

  4. Background

  5. The Garden State • New Jersey • Densest state in the US • Modest local GIS activity • Tradition of Strong Home Rule • NJ State Mapping Advisory Committee • Environmental NGOs

  6. New Jersey Then • Environmental NGOs are a dominant force • Using public data to participate • Taking on roles sometimes reserved for local governments • Assisting/demanding the development of publicly accessible local geospatial data

  7. Understanding the Garden State

  8. Previous conditions • Pre-existing conditions that cannot be easily changed, or copied • Environmental condition • Density and development • Geophysical intersection • Political situation • Strong Home Rule (566 Municipalities) • Confounding parcel regulations • Local cost recovery as allowed by NJ Supreme Court

  9. 1972

  10. 1984

  11. 1995

  12. Promoting PPGIS in NJ • Office of GIS • Distributing foundational data • Distributing software • requiring hardware and training • NJ Non-profit GIS Community • Providing technical support • Access to high-end hardware and software • User group (emotional support?)

  13. Different Decisions Different Ways

  14. Public Decisions • What are the decisions in which NGOs are participating? • 3 decisions stand out • Municipal Land Use Decisions • State-wide Environmental Policies (regulatory) • State Agency Land Acquisition Decisions

  15. Participation (as in 1998) members Public Decision NGOs Citizens LAND GIS $

  16. Participation (new) GIS-based facts Public Decision Citizens NGOs LAND GIS

  17. Non-Participation NGOs Citizens LAND Not trivial uses

  18. Participation and Access • What is the difference? • Tulloch, D., and T. Shapiro, 2002, “The Intersection of Data Access and Public Participation: Impacting GIS Users' Success?” URISA Journal (Under Review).

  19. A Y N N P Y

  20. A Y N N P Y The Nature Conservancy (of NJ) • Access to public data and information • Using outside participatory avenues http://nature.org

  21. A Y N N P Y Delaware & Raritan Canal • Access to public data and information • Using outside participatory avenues http://www.delrargreenway.org/

  22. A Y N N P Y Morris Land Conservancy • Access to public data and information • Using data inside and outside participatory avenues http://www.morrislandconservancy.org/

  23. NJ Conservation Foundation • Access to public data and information • Using within participatory avenues • Guiding state open space acquisitionplan A Y N N P Y http://www.njconservation.org/

  24. A Y N N P Y Passaic River Coalition • Access to public data and information • Using within and outside participatory avenues http://www.njconservation.org/

  25. Conclusions

  26. A Community At-Risk • While the elements in this community seem to have become institutionalized, there are significant opportunities for instability • The relationships that maintain the network could quickly dissolve • The data, now readily available, could become scarce

  27. Chain Reaction? NGC The GIS Center Relationships Feedback Long-term Stability

  28. Barriers to Participation • Budgets • Technical problems • Insufficient access • Parcel data • By far the most common answer • Zoning (566) • Natural resources (Improved soils) • Updated land use/land cover

  29. Getting to Participation • Through Sophisticated Mapping • “Wow, Nice Map!” • “Can we get your data?” • Through Analysis • “You scared the Hell out of us and now you have to do something!”

  30. A Model For Others? • Participation Proxies • Networks of Data Sharing • Ways of circumventing data access problems • Stealth GIS • Inexpensive opportunities still exist to impress and gain credibility and thereby “earn a seat at the table”

  31. Want More? • dtulloch@crssa.rutgers.edu • tshapiro@aesop.rutgers.edu • www.crssa.rutgers.edu/dtulloch/ppgis/ DRAFT 7-20-02 DRAFT 7-20-02

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