A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Capturing perceived everyday lived landscapes through gamification and active crowdsourcing
Summary Landscapes are distinguishable areas of the earth with distinct characters comprised of tangible and intangible dimensions and entities. Interactions between humans and landscapes influence social, physical and mental well-being as well as guide behaviour. Understanding how landscapes are perceived has thus gained traction in sustainable and inclusive policy and decision making processes and public participation is called for. The recognised importance of understanding landscapes from an experiential and perceptual perspective and incorporating public participation in data generation efforts is reflected in overarching conventions, policy guidelines and frameworks including the European Landscape Convention (ELC), the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA), Natures Contributions to People (NCP) and the Landscape Character Assessment (LCA) framework. Major challenges for these conventions and frameworks are 1) how to collect data on landscape experiences and perceptions from a diverse group of individuals, 2) how to integrate and link physical entities, sensory experiences and intangible dimensions of landscapes and 3) how to identify other potential sources of landscape relevant information. The abundance of storage space and the accessibility of broadband internet have led to a burgeoning of user generated natural language content. In parallel, various paradigms of exploiting ubiquitous internet access for research purposes have emerged, including crowdsourcing, citizen science, volunteered geographic information and public participation geographic information systems. These low cost approaches have shown great potential in generating large amounts of data, however, they struggle with motivating and retaining participants. Gamification - broadly defined as adding entertaining or playful elements to applications or processes - has been found to increase user motivation and has explicitly been called for in landscape perception and preference research to diversify participant demographics. Meanwhile, ...
Capturing perceived everyday lived landscapes through gamification and active crowdsourcing
Summary Landscapes are distinguishable areas of the earth with distinct characters comprised of tangible and intangible dimensions and entities. Interactions between humans and landscapes influence social, physical and mental well-being as well as guide behaviour. Understanding how landscapes are perceived has thus gained traction in sustainable and inclusive policy and decision making processes and public participation is called for. The recognised importance of understanding landscapes from an experiential and perceptual perspective and incorporating public participation in data generation efforts is reflected in overarching conventions, policy guidelines and frameworks including the European Landscape Convention (ELC), the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA), Natures Contributions to People (NCP) and the Landscape Character Assessment (LCA) framework. Major challenges for these conventions and frameworks are 1) how to collect data on landscape experiences and perceptions from a diverse group of individuals, 2) how to integrate and link physical entities, sensory experiences and intangible dimensions of landscapes and 3) how to identify other potential sources of landscape relevant information. The abundance of storage space and the accessibility of broadband internet have led to a burgeoning of user generated natural language content. In parallel, various paradigms of exploiting ubiquitous internet access for research purposes have emerged, including crowdsourcing, citizen science, volunteered geographic information and public participation geographic information systems. These low cost approaches have shown great potential in generating large amounts of data, however, they struggle with motivating and retaining participants. Gamification - broadly defined as adding entertaining or playful elements to applications or processes - has been found to increase user motivation and has explicitly been called for in landscape perception and preference research to diversify participant demographics. Meanwhile, ...
Capturing perceived everyday lived landscapes through gamification and active crowdsourcing
Bär, Manuel Fabian (author)
2022-01-01
doi:10.5167/uzh-253041
Bär, Manuel Fabian. Capturing perceived everyday lived landscapes through gamification and active crowdsourcing. 2022, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
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