Methodology for the recognition of a spacially enabled society in Public Policies

Abstract

The spatially enabled society is a concept in formation, which attempts to describe a cultural and governance revolution offered by the increasingly generalized and accessible spatial information technologies (Williamson, Rajabifard, Wallace, & Bennett, 2011).

On the other hand, public policies establish a series of concrete actions to improve important aspects of society. These have a series of organized steps for their approach, implementation and evaluation, which seeks to determine with this work how this concept (SEH) is immersed in its development.

Taking into account the studies of Williamson and Rajabifard, six elements that make up the spatially enabled society are broken down, with which it is easier to determine their presence in the stages of development of public policy, this within the framework of the Americas.

The importance of this research is based on the future challenges of governments (sustainable development objectives, disaster management, multipurpose cadaster) and how the adaptation of the SES would imply an improvement in spatial governance in general.