In transport planning, locational accessibility measures offer insights into the possibilities of broader economic effects. Linking transport systems and land use, accessibility measures can transform complex technical information into representations more easily understood information for diverse stakeholders that can support co-creative planning.
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‘Citizen engagement requires good communication – but good communication alone is not citizen engagement’. Alec Walker-Love, Europe-based communications specialist with a background in urban mobility, reflects on a practitioner research report on citizen engagement and urban transformation.
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Portland, one of the world’s most sustainable cities, benefits from university-community partnerships on sustainability. B.D. Wortham-Galvin, Jennifer H. Allen and Jacob Sherman discuss Portland State University’s community engagement, teaching and service.
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The smart city comprises multiple facets and collaborations. Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Genova, Renata Paola Dameri, investigates the relationship between principal actors she identifies at its conceptual core: university, government and industry.
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Digital technologies facilitate new forms of civic and political engagement. Yet questions continue to emerge around online engagement and social change.
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Robert Cropf’s new book offers a practical appraisal of e-government’s promise to transform citizen-government relationships into a transparent and responsive collaboration.
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In his research into primary processes of public consultation, community engagement researcher, Dr John May opines that the 90-9-1 rule reveals underlying patterns of inequality are fundamental to community engagement.
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The notion of social inclusion in smart cities has given rise to the need for smart environments to support participatory innovation, where the ‘city as a platform’ enables citizens to co-create solutions.
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Citizens less politically engaged are mobilised by Facebook’s user-friendly aspects, contributing to participation through a ‘virtuous circle’.
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C21 public service suggests the promise of new media and digital technologies. Are virtual town halls and e-governments the future of civic society?
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Spatial vicinity is a major factor shaping citizen participation with geofencing and smart city programs mobilising engagement.
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Online participation is ineffective in advocacy for refugees rights and tends to be tokenistic argue Fiona H McKay and Matthew Dunn.
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By improving public engagement and transportation services, the Illinois Department of Transportation address barriers to participation and inclusivity in engagement initiatives.
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Can interactive governance shape civic engagement? Edelenbos and van Meerkerk explore collaborative relationships between citizens, government and civic organisations.
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Citizen participation in Emergency Management can identify how communities contribute to disaster management and illustrate uses of technology to integrate citizen skills.
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Studies of online policy deliberations usually focus on participant perspectives. Dmitry Epstein and Gilly Leshed instead examine the role of the moderator in ‘The Magic Sauce: Practices of Facilitation in Online Policy Deliberation’.
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Nicola Saltman and Kimberly Crawford, Sustainable Communities, Waverley Council, discuss social research, behaviour change theory and innovative engagement approaches to inspire positive environmental action in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs.
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Global intergovernmental organizations and agencies – and non-government organizations – are undeniably conscious of the call for increased public participation. Here is a list of 26 international citizen engagement frameworks.
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Redesigning civic education, Joseph Kahne, Erica Hodgin, Elyse Eidman-Aadahl interrogate digital practice to better understand youth democratic engagement.
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Across over ten countries, Sintomer, Rocke and Herzeberg’s ‘Participatory Budgeting in Europe’ explores governance, social justice and gender mainstreaming in contemporary Europe.
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