Playful public participation in urban planning: A case study for online serious games

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 195-206

  Poplin, Alenka ^a  

^a HAFENCITY UNIVERSITY HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Game design; Game testing; Playful public participation; Serious online games; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; GAME DESIGN; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; GERMANY; ON-LINE GAMES; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; SERIOUS GAMES; SUPPORT LEARNING; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; UNIVERSITY CAMPUS; USER INTERFACE DESIGNS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET; USER INTERFACES;

URBAN PLANNING;

INTERNET; LEARNING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; STUDENT; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84858792378     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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