Using Social Media and Mobile Technologies to Foster Engagement and Self-Organization in Participatory Urban Planning and Neighbourhood Governance

Planning Practice and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 237-247

  Kleinhans, Reinout ^a   Van Ham, Maarten ^a,b   Evans Cowley, Jennifer ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Social media, mobile technologies; citizen engagement; self organization; participatory planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938401248     PISSN: 02697459     EISSN: 13600583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2015.1051320     Document Type: Editorial

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