Emerging Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities in Urban E-Planning

• #1. Smart Planning: The Potential of Web 2.0 for Enhancing Collective Intelligence in Urban Planning
• #2. There's an App for That: Mobile Applications That Advance Urban Planning
• #3. Participatory Environmental Planning Platform
• #4. Socio-Technical Systems on the Move: Some Insights for Policy Activity
• #5. The Impact of Information and Communication Technology on the Rise of Urban Social Movements in Poland
• #6. Smart Urbanism and Digital Activism in Southern Italy
• #7. Planning for Urban Media: Large Public Screens and Urban Communication
• #8. Multi-Scale 3D Geovisualization of Urban Heat Island Data for Planning Dialogue in Toronto
• #9. Indicator Modelling and Interactive Visualisation for Urban Sustainability Assessment
• #10. Urban Planning and Climate Change Mitigation: Using Virtual Reality to Support the Design of a University Master Plan Extension
• #11. Sequential Experiences in Energy Producing Landscapes
• #12. A Unified Building Model for a Real 3D Cadastral System
• #13. Planning Reform as a Catalyst to Advance E-Planning
• #14. E-Governance in Africa and the Challenges Confronting Urban E-Planning: Lusophone African Countries

Carlos Nunes Silva, Geographer, PhD, Professor Auxiliar at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Portugal, holds a degree in Geography (University of Coimbra), a post-graduation in European Studies (University of Coimbra - Faculty of Law), a Master degree in Human Geography: Regional and Local Planning (University of Lisbon), and a PhD in Geography: Regional and Local Planning (University of Lisbon). His research interests focus mainly on urban and metropolitan governance, the history and theory of urban planning, urban planning in Africa, urban e-planning, urban planning ethics, local government policies, local e-government, and research methods. His publications include the books: 'Local Governance in Cape Verde 1970-2020'; ' Local Government and the COVID 19 Pandemic: A Global Perspective'; 'Trends and Innovations in Urban e-Planning'; 'Contemporary Trends in Local Governance: Reform, Cooperation and Citizen Participation'; 'Citizen-Responsive Urban E-Planning: Recent Developments and Critical Perspectives'; 'Local Governance in the New Urban Agenda'(co-edited); 'Routledge Handbook of Urban Planning in Africa'; 'New Approaches, Methods, and Tools in Urban e-Planning'; 'Governing Urban Africa'; 'Local Government and Urban Governance in Europe' (co-edited); 'Urban Planning in North Africa'; 'Urban Planning in Lusophone African Countries'; 'Emerging Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities in Urban E-Planning'; 'Urban Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa: Colonial and Postcolonial Planning Cultures'; 'Fiscal Austerity and Innovation in Local Governance in Europe' (co-edited); 'Citizen e-Participation in Urban Governance: Crowdsourcing and Collaborative Creativity'; 'Online Research Methods in Urban and Planning Studies: Design and Outcomes'; 'Handbook of Research on E-Planning: ICT for Urban Development and Monitoring'; 'Portugal: Sistema de Govern Local'; and 'Política Urbana em Lisboa, 1926-1974'. He is member of the Editorial Board of 'Planning Perspectives', 'Digital Government: Research and Practice', 'Journal of Urban Planning and Development', and 'International Journal of E-Government Research'; the editor of the book series 'Local and Urban Governance'; the founding editor-in-chief of the ‘International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR)’; and Chair of the International Geographical Union Commission on Geography of Governance.