Supporting participation in planning new roads by using virtual reality systems

Virtual Reality

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 145-159

  Heldal, Ilona ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Collaborative decision; Communication; Public; Road planning process; User participation; Virtual reality; Visualization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DECISION MAKING; INTERNET; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; VISUALIZATION;

ROAD PLANNING PROCESS; USER PARTICIPATION;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 34347399857     PISSN: 13594338     EISSN: 14349957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10055-006-0061-3     Document Type: Article

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