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Enhancing E-Participation in Urban Planning Competitions

Enhancing E-Participation in Urban Planning Competitions
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Author(s): Pilvi Nummi (Aalto University, Finland), Susa Eräranta (Aalto University, Finland)and Maarit Kahila-Tani (Aalto University, Finland)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 35
Source title: New Approaches, Methods, and Tools in Urban E-Planning
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Carlos Nunes Silva (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5999-3.ch003

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Abstract

Planning competitions are used as a way to determine alternatives and promote innovative solutions in the early phase of urban planning. However, the traditional jury-based evaluation process is encountering significant opposition, as it does not consider the views of local residents. This chapter describes how web-based public participation tools are utilized in urban planning competitions to register public opinion alongside the expert view given by the jury. The research focus of this chapter is on studying how public participation can be arranged in competition processes, how the contestants use the information produced, and how it has been utilized in further planning of the area. Based on two Finnish case studies, this study indicates that web-based tools can augment public participation in the competition process. However, the results indicate that the impact of participation on selecting the winner is weak. Instead, in further planning of the area, the public opinions are valuable.

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