Integrated Media for Urban Design Engagement

Forms of urban design engagement (i.e. public workshops, town hall meetings, neighbourhood association meetings) are often ineffective at providing residents with the opportunity to contribute to urban design decisions. The average resident does not have sufficient experience, technical expertise or vocabulary necessary to visualize the spatial implications of different design proposals. This research project seeks to discover how digital media tools such as three-dimensional modeling programs (i.e. Google SketchUp) or social media (i.e. Twitter, Facebook) can be used by local governments to increase community involvement in urban design decisions. Partnering with the City of Revelstoke Planning Department provides the opportunity to test and apply research on the ground. The

municipality also benefits from research findings that have the potential to be adopted and implemented in future engagement processes

Faculty Supervisor:

Maged Senbel

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Partner:

City of Revelstoke

Discipline:

Sociology

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The University of British Columbia

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