Abstract
This chapter paints geodesign as an interdisciplinary field with five distinguishing characteristics: a focus on spatial thinking, geospatial technologies, the future, design as a force for good in the world, and multi-disciplinary collaboration. Several examples are introduced to show how the geodesign concept is not new and to highlight some of the challenges that derailed early “geodesign” projects. The important role of the Web as a ubiquitous analysis and communication platform and why this may be an ideal time to accomplish meaningful and lasting change is then explored with the help of three recent geodesign initiatives. The chapter concludes by examining the ways in which the aforementioned characteristics and examples might be used to help shape geodesign education programs and to highlight some of the challenges universities are likely to face as they work to create and sustain such programs in an environment in which disciplinary silos are still the norm and they are continually challenged to do more with less.
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Wilson, J. (2014). Towards Geodesign: Building New Education Programs and Audiences. In: Lee, D., Dias, E., Scholten, H. (eds) Geodesign by Integrating Design and Geospatial Sciences. GeoJournal Library(), vol 111. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08299-8_23
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