Experimental Urban Planning Prototype: Web-Based Housing Price Forecasting System

Recent progresses in ICTs have paved the way for innovative services, and interactive models and tools. Citizen participation and open innovation have become essential tools for urban planners. These concepts can be implemented through the crowdsourcing model, which is a people-centric approach to solve societal problems using Web 2.0 technologies. This has led to the collection and sharing of geocoded data through GIS. The large amount of data required is one of the drawbacks of GIS. However, collecting such data within short durations at minimum cost has now become possible through development of web-based surveys coupled with use of DBMS. The effectiveness and importance of these three tools (Crowdsourcing, GIS, and DBMS) in modern and future urban planning strategies cannot be undermined. In conclusion, the authors argue that integration of urban policies, modern technologies and fundamental concepts of engineering will lead to discovery of new solutions to important age-old urban problems.

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Urban Information Systems and Digital Channels to Enhance Transparency and Participation in Urban Planning

Citizen-Responsive Urban E-Planning - Advances in Public Policy and Administration ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-4018-3.ch004 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 83-110

Author(s):

Beatriz Santos

Keyword(s):

Information Systems ◽

Urban Planning ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Local Level ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Relevant Information ◽

Information And Communications Technologies ◽

Web Based ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Digital Channels

Through the use of information and communication technologies, Public Administrations make its relevant information related to issues of public interest available for citizens. In the specific field of urban planning, Spanish administrations are making a huge effort to improve the urban information and make it available online for citizens developing Urban Information Systems, tools based on Geographic Information Systems which offer visualization and interaction options and increase transparency. More recently, digital channels have started to be used to enhance participation and promote democratic processes at regional, municipal, and local level. The chapter analyses different digital tools and services implemented to improve transparency in urban planning and web-based participation processes developed in Spain to check the result of these developments concluding that there is still a long considerable way to go since information and communications technologies offers a lot of options and tools to improve these processes, particularly through the application of PPGIS.

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Enhancing E-Participation in Urban Planning Competitions

10.4018/978-1-6684-3706-3.ch068 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 1238-1265

Author(s):

Pilvi Nummi ◽

Susa Eräranta ◽

Maarit Kahila-Tani

Keyword(s):

Urban Planning ◽

Public Participation ◽

Early Phase ◽

Evaluation Process ◽

Web Based ◽

The Public ◽

Innovative Solutions ◽

Local Residents ◽

Competition Process ◽

The Impact

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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Housing Price Forecasting Based on Least Squares Support Vector Regression with Particle Swarm Optimization

Journal of Convergence Information Technology ◽

10.4156/jcit.vol6.issue11.37 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 6 (11) ◽

pp. 325-333

Author(s):

Rong Liu ◽

Hong Ren

Keyword(s):

Particle Swarm Optimization ◽

Least Squares ◽

Support Vector Regression ◽

Particle Swarm ◽

Housing Price ◽

Support Vector ◽

Price Forecasting ◽

Swarm Optimization

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Web-based Public Participation in Urban Planning Competitions

International Journal of E-Planning Research ◽

10.4018/ijepr.2015010101 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 1-18 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Susa Eräranta ◽

Maarit Kahila-Tani ◽

Pilvi Nummi-Sund

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Urban Planning ◽

Public Participation ◽

Evaluation Process ◽

Web Pages ◽

Research Focus ◽

Web Based ◽

Public Evaluation ◽

Local Residents ◽

Competition Process

In Finland, planning competitions are used as a way to determine alternatives 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. In recent years, methods of web-based evaluation have been developed and tested to register public opinion in several planning competitions. This paper describes how web-based public participation and GIS-based evaluation tools, such as PPGIS (public participation geographic information system) and public evaluation web pages, are utilised in urban planning competitions. The research focus of this paper is on studying how public participation can be arranged in competition processes and how the competitors use the information produced. In addition, we identify issues that can affect the utilisation of the information. Based on two Finnish case studies, this study indicates that web-based tools can augment public participation in various phases of the competition process.

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A Web-based spatial decision supporting system for land management and soil conservation

Solid Earth ◽

10.5194/se-6-903-2015 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 903-928 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

F. Terribile ◽

A. Agrillo ◽

A. Bonfante ◽

G. Buscemi ◽

M. Colandrea ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Urban Planning ◽

Land Management ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Soil Conservation ◽

Special Kind ◽

End Users ◽

Spatial Decision Support System ◽

Web Based ◽

Life Project ◽

Study Results

Abstract. Today it is evident that there are many contrasting demands on our landscape (e.g. food security, more sustainable agriculture, higher income in rural areas, etc.) as well as many land degradation problems. It has been proved that providing operational answers to these demands and problems is extremely difficult. Here we aim to demonstrate that a spatial decision support system based on geospatial cyberinfrastructure (GCI) can address all of the above, so producing a smart system for supporting decision making for agriculture, forestry, and urban planning with respect to the landscape. In this paper, we discuss methods and results of a special kind of GCI architecture, one that is highly focused on land management and soil conservation. The system allows us to obtain dynamic, multidisciplinary, multiscale, and multifunctional answers to agriculture, forestry, and urban planning issues through the Web. The system has been applied to and tested in an area of about 20 000 ha in the south of Italy, within the framework of a European LIFE+ project (SOILCONSWEB). The paper reports – as a case study – results from two different applications dealing with agriculture (olive growth tool) and environmental protection (soil capability to protect groundwater). Developed with the help of end users, the system is starting to be adopted by local communities. The system indirectly explores a change of paradigm for soil and landscape scientists. Indeed, the potential benefit is shown of overcoming current disciplinary fragmentation over landscape issues by offering – through a smart Web-based system – truly integrated geospatial knowledge that may be directly and freely used by any end user (www.landconsultingweb.eu). This may help bridge the last very important divide between scientists working on the landscape and end users.

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