Title: Advanced process simulation tool for improving the quality of decision-making in local government of the Czech Republic

Authors: Martin Molhanec; Vojtěch Merunka

Addresses: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technická 2, 166 27, Prague 6, Czech Republic ' Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00, Prague 6, Czech Republic

Abstract: The paper addresses the problem of low participation of residents of small settlements in the territorial planning processes. Low participation causes dissatisfaction with democracy in local government and decreases the quality of life. The paper presents a solution, which consists of the use of computer simulation tools to increase the level of knowledge of the persons concerned, which makes the effect of greater participation. This hypothesis was confirmed experimentally by our project in settlements of Central Bohemia.

Keywords: territorial planning; quality of life; participation; process modelling; process simulation; training and education.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEG.2017.088221

International Journal of Electronic Governance, 2017 Vol.9 No.3/4, pp.283 - 299

Received: 06 May 2016
Accepted: 13 Apr 2017
Published online: 29 Nov 2017 *

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