Affiliation:
1. Sam Houston State University, USA
Abstract
Critical GIS recognizes that GIS technology is socially constructed and emphasizes the key role of socio-political and institutional contexts in shaping GIS use. This chapter focuses on the use of GIS for e-governance by urban local bodies (ULB) in the southern state of India and reflects on the status of the project. In recent years the massive proliferation of ICTs in India has led to a transformation from traditional governance to e – governance. Several planning projects have been launched under the rubric of e-governance. The theoretical framework used in this study draws from the Critical GIS body of literature that calls for taking a holistic approach to GIS examination by coupling the internal contexts with the external contextual environment shaping GIS use. To achieve this goal qualitative methods of inquiry are adopted to investigate a GIS based municipal e-governance project initiated by the Government of Karnataka to address issues of urban development.
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