The benefits of Q + PPGIS for coupled human-natural systems research: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Managing complex problems in socio-ecological systems (SES) requires innovative approaches, which account for multiple scales, large datasets, and diverse lived experiences. By combining two commonly utilized mixed-methods, public participation GIS (PPGIS) and Q-method (Q), Q + PPGIS has the potential to reveal competing agendas and reduce conflict, but its benefits and weaknesses are comparatively understudied. Using a systematic review, we evaluated how different studies have employed and implemented the Q + PPGIS method. We found 16 studies, comprising 30 publications, with considerable variation in their geographic foci, research disciplines, and addressed SES challenges. These studies exhibit a lack of cohesion between methodological design and implementation and the absence of a cons

SUBMITTER: Johnson MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9200925 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature