Augmenting public participation: Enhancing planning outcomes through the use of social media and web 2.0

Australian Planner

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 244-256

  Fredericks, Joel ^a   Foth, Marcus ^b  

^a AURECON   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

augmented deliberation; community engagement; participatory planning; social media; South East Queensland; urban informatics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881662863     PISSN: 07293682     EISSN: 21506841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07293682.2012.748083     Document Type: Article

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