Participatory Apps for Urban Planning—Space for Improvement

Planning Practice and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 303-321

  Ertiö, Titiana Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

citizen participation; mobile participation; smartphone applications; urban planning

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; PLANNING PROCESS; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84938421598     PISSN: 02697459     EISSN: 13600583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2015.1052942     Document Type: Article

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