Crowdsourcing the public participation process for planning projects

Planning Theory

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 242-262

  Brabham, Daren C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective intelligence; Crowdsourcing; Public participation; Urban planning; Web

Indexed keywords

IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

HARNESS;

EID: 70449500941     PISSN: 14730952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473095209104824     Document Type: Article

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