A Proposal for studying Decision-making and Spatial Data Infrastructures in the Public Sector in India

This paper is based on a research-in-progress which focuses on public decision-making in a selected Indian city using the case of spatial data infrastructure in citizens ’ participation in local government budgeting. We are particularly interested in the ways in which spatial information is used in public decision-making and the contributions of local spatial data infrastructures in participatory decision-making in Indian cities. We will do this using the concept of ‘frames ’ to investigate cognition and behaviour to study use of spatial information by decision-makers in the public sector (particularly, public administration). This has implications for upscaling and institutionalisation of spatial data infrastructures in Indian cities