title: On the relevance of Gibson's affordance concept for geographical information science (GISc).
abstract: J. J. Gibson's concept of affordances has provided a theoretical basis for various studies in geographical information science (GISc). This paper sets out to explain its popularity from a GISc perspective. Based on a short review of previous work, it will be argued that its main contributions to GISc are twofold, including an action-centered view of spatial entities and the notion of agent-environment mutuality. Using the practical example of pedestrian behavior simulation, new potentials for using and extending affordances are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Geography, University of Augsburg, Alter Postweg 118, 86159, Augsburg, Germany, david.jonietz@geo.uni-augsburg.de.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jonietz
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Timpf
mesh_terms: D004777:Environment; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D009903:Optical Illusions / Q000502:physiology; D011603:Psychophysiology