Public participation in the decision-making process for the government or local authority
planning and agenda is crucial and significant, and if not handled systematically will trigger …

Problem, research strategy, and findings: Historic preservation and planning often operate
together in the United States within local planning departments, sharing some common roots …

Public participation has attracted considerable interest in urban planning theory and
practice. A large body of growing literature has attempted to figure out the importance of …

Social media has flourished recently, and government agencies across different levels are
experimenting with launching government social media (GSM) to socialize government …

Societies face difficult challenges which require responses that go beyond the innovation
capability of most public sector organisations. Open approaches to public sector innovation …

Problem, research strategy, and findings: Planners increasingly involve stakeholders in co-
producing vital planning information by crowdsourcing data using online map-based …

Urban planning/management is a complex process requiring multidisciplinary technical
support and public approval. With the rapid development of information and communication …

Problem, research strategy, and findings: When Arnstein created the ladder of participation,
local governments engaged predominately urban African-American neighborhoods through …

Recently, crowdsourcing platforms have been used to solve problems in the field of urban
planning by involving crowds of citizens in performing tasks. However, the success of this …

This article examines public historic preservation agencies' ability to support social inclusion
aims within the context of the Certified Local Government (CLG) program. Though …