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Digital social innovation and civic participation: toward responsible and inclusive transport planning

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  • Abid Mehmood
  • Muhammad Imran

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This paper makes the case for Digital Social Innovation as a step toward democratic participation and engagement in the planning process. Information and communication technologies are increasingly playing a major part in mobilizing collective social and political action as a response to the outdated planning policies and practices. With transport infrastructures constrained by the unprecedented global impact of COVID-19, DSI can potentially become a defining element of the post-pandemic world. We use the case of transport planning in Auckland and analyse the role of a proactive advocacy group and its use of technical expertise to offer opinions through virtual shared platforms for public participation and empowerment. City Rail Link is discussed as a large-scale public transport project that received political and community support due to the efforts of digital social innovators.

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  • Abid Mehmood & Muhammad Imran, 2021. "Digital social innovation and civic participation: toward responsible and inclusive transport planning," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(10), pages 1870-1885, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:29:y:2021:i:10:p:1870-1885
    DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2021.1882946
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    1. Marijana Pantić & Juaneé Cilliers & Guido Cimadomo & Fernando Montaño & Olusola Olufemi & Sally Torres Mallma & Johan van den Berg, 2021. "Challenges and Opportunities for Public Participation in Urban and Regional Planning during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Lessons Learned for the Future," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(12), pages 1-19, December.
    2. Rodrigo, L & Pérez-Arechaederra, D & Palacios, M & Romero, J, 2022. "Organisational commitment in the digital social innovation context: does qualitative comparative analysis add information to linear regression?," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 179(C).
    3. Kulikauskienė Kristina, 2021. "The Theoretical Quadruple Helix Model for Digital Inclusion Increase," Management of Organizations: Systematic Research, Sciendo, vol. 85(1), pages 13-32, June.
    4. Andreas Novy & Nathan Barlow & Julia Fankhauser, 2022. "Transformative Innovation," SRE-Disc sre-disc-2022_01, Institute for Multilevel Governance and Development, Department of Socioeconomics, Vienna University of Economics and Business.

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