Dr. Jiří Pánek is associate professor in regional and social development at the Department of Development and Environmental Studies at Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic with background in geography, GIScience and Development Studies. His main research lies in using GIS in community participation. He is former Fulbright-Masaryk scholar at Centre for Geospatial Analyses at North Carolina State University (2021-2022), and Ruth Crawford Mitchell Fellow at Urban Studies program of University of Pittsburgh (2017).

• Chapter 1.   Introduction (Jiří Pánek).- Chapter 2. Geoparticipation and Democratic Theory (Jakub Bakule).- Chapter 3. Geospatial Technologies For Geoparticipation (Jaroslav Burian, Jiří Pánek and Vít Pászto).- Chapter 4.  Open Data And Its Role In Geoparticipation (Jaroslav Burian and Barbora Kočvarová).- Chapter 5.   Improving Local Democracy Works: Determinants of Participatory Local Governments (Jakub Lysek).- Chapter 6.   Participatory Budgeting in the Czech Republic (Jiří Chovaneček).- Chapter 7. GeoParticipatory tools in action: Case study Jeseník, Czech Republic (David Žichovský, Jiří Pánek, Jiří Chovaneček).- Chapter 8. The Application Of City-Building Games In Spatial Planning (Jan PIŇOS, Jaroslav Burian).

Dr. Jiří Pánek is associate professor in regional and social development at the Department of Development and Environmental Studies at Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic with background in geography, GIScience and Development Studies. His main research lies in using GIS in community participation. He is former Fulbright-Masaryk scholar at Centre for Geospatial Analyses at North Carolina State University (2021-2022), and Ruth Crawford Mitchell Fellow at Urban Studies program of University of Pittsburgh (2017).

• Chapter 1.   Introduction (Jiří Pánek).- Chapter 2. Geoparticipation and Democratic Theory (Jakub Bakule).- Chapter 3. Geospatial Technologies For Geoparticipation (Jaroslav Burian, Jiří Pánek and Vít Pászto).- Chapter 4.  Open Data And Its Role In Geoparticipation (Jaroslav Burian and Barbora Kočvarová).- Chapter 5.   Improving Local Democracy Works: Determinants of Participatory Local Governments (Jakub Lysek).- Chapter 6.   Participatory Budgeting in the Czech Republic (Jiří Chovaneček).- Chapter 7. GeoParticipatory tools in action: Case study Jeseník, Czech Republic (David Žichovský, Jiří Pánek, Jiří Chovaneček).- Chapter 8. The Application Of City-Building Games In Spatial Planning (Jan PIŇOS, Jaroslav Burian).

Dr. Jiří Pánek is associate professor in regional and social development at the Department of Development and Environmental Studies at Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic with background in geography, GIScience and Development Studies. His main research lies in using GIS in community participation. He is former Fulbright-Masaryk scholar at Centre for Geospatial Analyses at North Carolina State University (2021-2022), and Ruth Crawford Mitchell Fellow at Urban Studies program of University of Pittsburgh (2017).

• Chapter 1.   Introduction (Jiří Pánek).- Chapter 2. Geoparticipation and Democratic Theory (Jakub Bakule).- Chapter 3. Geospatial Technologies For Geoparticipation (Jaroslav Burian, Jiří Pánek and Vít Pászto).- Chapter 4.  Open Data And Its Role In Geoparticipation (Jaroslav Burian and Barbora Kočvarová).- Chapter 5.   Improving Local Democracy Works: Determinants of Participatory Local Governments (Jakub Lysek).- Chapter 6.   Participatory Budgeting in the Czech Republic (Jiří Chovaneček).- Chapter 7. GeoParticipatory tools in action: Case study Jeseník, Czech Republic (David Žichovský, Jiří Pánek, Jiří Chovaneček).- Chapter 8. The Application Of City-Building Games In Spatial Planning (Jan PIŇOS, Jaroslav Burian).