Community consultation goes electronic
Medway Council is piloting a scheme for qualitative data analysis to gain immediate results from community consultations.
The Kent council's regeneration partnership Medway Renaissance first used the technology, provide by software firm Resolex, to gauge an accurate picture of public reaction to its large-scale regeneration programmes.
The results of a survey about how local residents feel the regeneration affected them is displayed on a dashboard screen, said planning and project manager for Medway's community infrastructure department Haidee Brockway.
Most of the information collated in council consultations is free text, viewpoints and opinions, said Brockway.
"The qualitative analysis enables us to immediately see which themes are most prevalent in different geographic areas which is useful for spotting trends in future," she said.
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