Virtual Worlds for Facilitating Urban Development Dialogue

As digital technologies have come to shape the city and the daily lives of its citizenry (Ridell & Zeller 2013), it is timely and necessary that the means by which we envision the future city are enabled by these same technologies. Batty (1997) suggests “that computers will have to be used to understand cities which are built of computers. There will be no other way” (p. 159). Yet, planning activities are not easily communicated, nor readily understood by all stakeholders (Podevyn et al. 2009, Ylipulli & Suopajärvi 2013). Furthermore, there is currently a gap in the research on how Web 2.0 technologies, and especially, virtual worlds, may be effectively utilised to achieve fuller civic participation in planning activities.

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David Harris Smith

Frauke Zeller

John Eyles

Débora Silva de Jesus

Lauren Dwyer

Emily Eyles

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Publication date: July 2017

Publication date (Print): July 2017

Pages: 109-111

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[0001]McMaster University

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[0002]Ryerson University

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2017.25

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Conference name: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2017)

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Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 11 – 13 July 2017

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M. Batty 1997 The computable city International Planning Studies 2 2 155 173
S. RidellF. Zeller 2013 Mediated urbanism: Navigating an interdisciplinary terrain The International Communication Gazette 75 5-6 437 451
D. H. Smith 2013 Reflexive design of the recursive space of virtual worlds International Communication Gazette 75 5-6 452 469
M. PodevynM. HorneP. Fisher 2009 Virtual cities: Management and organisational issues CUPUM 2009 11th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management Hong Kong June 2009 1 13
J. YlipulliT. Suopajärvi 2013 Contesting ubicomp visions through ICT practices: Power negotiations in the meshwork of a technologized city International Communication Gazette 75 5-6 538 554

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[1] M. Batty 1997 The computable city International Planning Studies 2 2 155 173

[2] S. RidellF. Zeller 2013 Mediated urbanism: Navigating an interdisciplinary terrain The International Communication Gazette 75 5-6 437 451

[3] D. H. Smith 2013 Reflexive design of the recursive space of virtual worlds International Communication Gazette 75 5-6 452 469

[4] M. PodevynM. HorneP. Fisher 2009 Virtual cities: Management and organisational issues CUPUM 2009 11th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management Hong Kong June 2009 1 13

[5] J. YlipulliT. Suopajärvi 2013 Contesting ubicomp visions through ICT practices: Power negotiations in the meshwork of a technologized city International Communication Gazette 75 5-6 538 554

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