INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF E-PLANNING RESEARCH - Volume 3, Issue 4, 2014

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF E-PLANNING RESEARCH
Volume 3, Issue 4, 2014
http://www.igi-global.com/ijepr

Editor-in-Chief - Carlos Nunes Silva, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Abstract Announcement for International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR) 3(4) <http://www.igi-global.com/journals/abstract-announcement/91461>

 EDITORIAL PREFACE

Smart City, Participatory Planning, Ethics and New Urbanism
Carlos Nunes Silva (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal)

RESEARCH ARTICLES

ARTICLE 1

Building Sound Foundations for Smart City Government: The Case of Munich, Germany

Hans Jochen Scholl (University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA), Marlen Jurisch (Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany), Helmut Krcmar (Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany), Margit C. Scholl (Technical University of Applied Sciences of Wildau, Wildau/Berlin, Germany)

ARTICLE 2

Design Review Process: Can New Technology Improve the Art of Participatory Communication?

Rojin S. Vishkaie (Department of Computational Media Design, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada), Richard M. Levy (University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada)

ARTICLE 3

Municipal Websites: Linking Democratic Theory and Citizen Participation

Lamar Vernon Bennett (Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY, USA), Aroon Manoharan (Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA)

ARTICLE 4

Ethical E-Participation: Reasons for Introducing a ‘Qualitative Turn' for PPGIS

Marco Picone (Department of Architecture, University of Palermo,Palermo, Italy), Francesco Lo Piccolo (Department of Architecture, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy)

ARTICLE 5

Can e-Planning Make for Better Communities?: The Parallel Case of Architecture, Ethics and New Urbanism

Michael P. Levine (Department of Philosophy, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia), William M. Taylor (School of Architecture, Landscape & Visual Arts, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia)

BOOK REVIEW

Ethics, Design and Planning of the Built Environment

Carlos Nunes Silva (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal)

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Urban Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa: Colonial and Postcolonial Planning Cultures

 

 

Carlos Nunes Silva (Ed.) (2015). Urban Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa:

Colonial and Postcolonial Planning Cultures. New York: Routledge.

 

«Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are unequally confronted with social, economic and environmental challenges, particularly those related with population growth, urban sprawl, and informality. This complex and uneven African urban condition requires an open discussion of past and current urban planning practices and future reforms. Urban Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa gives a broad perspective of the history of urban planning in Sub-Saharan Africa and a critical view of issues, problems, challenges and opportunities confronting urban policy makers. The book examines the rich variety of planning cultures in Africa, offers a unique view on the introduction and development of urban planning in Sub-Saharan Africa, and makes a significant contribution against the tendency to over-generalize Africa’s urban problems and Africa’s urban planning practices. Urban Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa is written for postgraduate students and advanced undergraduates, researchers, planners and other policy makers in the multidisciplinary field of Urban Planning, in particular for those working in Spatial Planning, Architecture, Geography, and History.»

Flyer / Folheto

"This book is an important addition to African planning scholarship, recognizing the interface between urban planning practices shaped by context as well as imported ideas." - Vanessa Watson, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Cape Town, South Africa

"We are increasingly familiar with the problems that demographic growth, inequality, spatial dualism and post-colonial adjustment pose for cities in the developing world. Few studies, however, have fully got to grips with the sheer diversity of challenges that planners in such cities face. This book breaks new ground by offering comparative analysis of past, present and emerging planning practices across a swathe of sub-Saharan Africa. Packed with incisive case-studies and penetrating critique, it is required reading for anyone interested in the realities of planning cities in the Global South." - John Gold, Professor of Urban Historical Geography, Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom

 

Carlos Nunes Silva (ed.) (2015). Urban Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa: Colonial and Postcolonial Planning Cultures. New York/London: Routledge, 306 pp (hardback)