With increased digitalization, governments and public institutes became potentially better
able to practice fuller and wider ranges of democratic governance through eg, e …

Gamification is one of the most commonly employed approaches for motivating individuals
to participate in several types of activities. One of its largest application areas has been e …

Web-based participatory mapping technologies are being increasingly harnessed by local
governments to crowdsource local knowledge and engage the public in urban planning …

Urban residents are often unevenly vulnerable to extreme weather and climate events due
to socio-economic factors and insufficient greenspace. This can be amplified if citizens are …

Planning and management of urban space that involves the local community the process is
key to optimal management of the surroundings, in line with social needs. Social isolation …

This article presents an improved super-twisting high-order sliding mode observer for
permanent magnet synchronous motors to achieve high-performance sensorless control …

Augmented reality is gaining traction across many domains. One of these is participation
within geo-spatial planning projects. The interactive and three-dimensional nature of …

In urban planning, a common unit of measure for housing density is the number of
households per hectare. However, the actual size of the physical space occupied by a …

Spatial planning and development use various visualisation methods. Technological
advancements in visualisation techniques have allowed imaging to shift from 2 to 3D …

As urban planning processes are often complex and protracted, fostering public participation
in this sector has to be seen as a major challenge. Nevertheless, previous research on that …