Visualization in environmental policy and planning: a systematic review and research agenda

Figures & data

Figure 1. The Blue Marble. Source: NASA/Apollo 17 crew; taken by either Harrison Schmitt or Ron Evans.

Figure 2. Blue Banana (Bouattou et al., 2017).

Figure 3. Burning Embers Evolution (Schellnhuber, 2010).

Figure 4. Number of articles about visual* per year between 2000 and 2019.

Figure 5. Objectives of the papers about visuals over the years.

Figure 6. Types of visuals discussed over the years.

Table 1. An overview of the number of visualization studies in environmental policy and planning according to their main objectives and type of visualization.

	1. Data-visualization for better communication (35)	2. Effects of visualization on decision making/public perception and acceptance (13)	3. Role of visualization in public participation /Cocreation knowledge or policies (18)
Digital visualization	27: (Andersson et al., 2013) (Axelsson et al., 2013). (Burch et al., 2010) (Chau et al., 2003). (Eppler & Platts, 2009). (Haara et al., 2018). (Huggins & Peace, 2014). (Jeong et al., 2015) (Kask et al., 2018). (Kim & Wilson, 2015). (KOZAKI, Miki & HIRATE, 2016) (Krassanakis & Vassilopoulou, 2018). (Krisp, 2010). (Lange & Hehl-Lange, 2006) (Lee-Miller et al., 2016) (Lewis, 2012) (Lovett et al., 2015). (Newell et al., 2017). (Olfat et al., 2019) (Orenstein et al., 2015). (Paar, 2006) (Royse et al., 2008). (Schmid, 2001) (Torabi Moghadam et al., 2019). (Zheng et al., 2019). (Zhou et al., 2015). (An & Powe, 2015) BOTH: 4 (Gobster et al., 2019). (Torabi Moghadam et al., 2019) (Ryan, 2011) (George Szekely, 2006).	5: (Berry & Higgs, 2012). (Bryan, 2003). (Feng et al., 2019) (Glaas et al., 2017) (Hamilton et al., 2001) (Sizarta Sarshar, 2018) One does both: (Shanken, 2018)	9: (Hayek, 2011) (Hemmersam et al., 2015) (Maffei et al., 2016) (Sklenicka & Zouhar, 2018). (Wissen et al., 2008)Wissen U., Schroth O., Lange E., Schmid W.A. (Onitsuka et al., 2018). (Salter et al., 2009). (Sui, 2019) (Tyrväinen et al., 2006). Seven do both: (Billger et al., 2017) (Gill et al., 2013) (Al-Kodmany, 2001) (Al-Kodmany, 2002) (Alshuwaikhat & Nkwenti, 2002) (Girling et al., 2016) (Sheppard, 2008)
Traditional visualization	4: (Dühr, 2004) (Beratan, 2019) (Lewis, 2012) (Paklone, 2011)	7: (DeSimone et al., 2015) (Natori et al., 2005) (Robert, 2018) (Jász, 2018) (Scott, 2003) (Dupont et al., 2015) (Filova et al., 2015)	2: (Radinsky et al., 2017) (Tress & Tress, 2003)

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