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Immersive Planning: A Conceptual Model for Designing Public Participation with New Technologies

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  • Eric Gordon

    (Department of Visual and Media Arts, Emerson College, 120 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116, USA)

  • Steven Schirra

    (Department of Comparative Media Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building E15-331, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA)

  • Justin Hollander

    (Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University, 97 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA 02155, USA)

Abstract

Public participation is an important part of the urban planning process. However, too often the goals of this participation are not clearly articulated and, as a result, the platforms for participation created with digital technologies are often poorly designed or simply lack clarity. Immersive planning is a conceptual model with which to conceive the process of public participation that focuses on the depth and breadth of user experience. Borrowing from literature on games and virtual environments, we frame recent, technologically aided approaches to public participation within three categories of immersion: challenge-based, sensory, and imaginative. Geographic information systems, computer aided design, planning support systems, virtual environments, and digital games are all methods of obtaining user immersion in one or a combination of these categories. In this paper we provide a review of the foundational literature and influential projects in this area, and by framing them within the model of immersive planning seek to connect these efforts to provide a clearer path forward in employing new technologies for public participation.

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  • Eric Gordon & Steven Schirra & Justin Hollander, 2011. "Immersive Planning: A Conceptual Model for Designing Public Participation with New Technologies," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 38(3), pages 505-519, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirb:v:38:y:2011:i:3:p:505-519
    DOI: 10.1068/b37013
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    1. Joanna P. Ganning & Sarah L. Coffin & Benjamin McCall & Kathleen Carson, 2014. "Goals, Challenges, and Capacity of Regional Data Portals in the United States: An Updated Understanding of Long-Standing Discussions," Journal of Urban Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(4), pages 125-139, October.
    2. Maria-Llu�sa Marsal-Llacuna & Maria-Beatriz L�pez-Ib��ez, 2014. "Smart Urban Planning: Designing Urban Land Use from Urban Time Use," Journal of Urban Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(1), pages 39-56, January.

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