AAG Annual Meeting, 17 - 21 March 2026, San Francisco, California, USA
[https://www.aag.org/events/aag2026/ ]
Virtual Session
Smart Urban Governance and E-Planning
Session Organizer & Chair: Carlos Nunes Silva (Geographer, Lisbon, Portugal)
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The Session reviews global trends, challenges and innovations in the digitalization of Urban Governance and Urban Planning. It invites studies on these and related issues:
o Digital Urban Government and Urban Planning
o AI in Urban Governance
o Urban Planning in the AI City
o Citizen e-Participation in Urban Governance
o Citizen Science and Urban e-Planning
o Co-creation in Urban e-Governance
o Crowdsensing / Crowdsourcing Spatial Information
o Participatory Mapping and Public Engagement in Urban Planning
o Virtual/Mixed/Augmented reality in online participation
o Social Media in Urban e-Planning
o …
Studies of countries, cities, or municipalities—including individual or comparative research—are encouraged. This includes academic research or firsthand presentations from academics, planners, or policymakers working on innovative local and urban governance.
Abstracts are welcome from UEPNET members and others with relevant work. This Session offers a chance to share research and experiences on the digitalization of urban planning and urban governance.
Kindly submit a 200-word abstract to Carlos Nunes Silva (cnsulisboa@gmail.com) by October 25. The AAG abstract submission deadline is October 30.
The Session is organised as part of the Urban e-Planning Research Network (UEPNET), in collaboration with the International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR).
The session is supported by the AAG Specialty Group Applied Geography, the AAG Specialty Group Digital Geographies, and by the AAG Specialty Group Spatial Analysis and Modeling.
Selected papers are expected to be published in the 'International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR)' following the journal's standard double-blind peer review process.
Kindly submit a 200-word abstract to Carlos Nunes Silva (cnsulisboa@gmail.com) by October 25. The AAG abstract submission deadline is October 30.
Inquiries should be sent, by e-mail, to:
Carlos Nunes Silva
Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: cnsulisboa@gmail.com
AAG Session link: https://aag-meetings.secure-platform.com/aag2026/solicitations/93/sessiongallery/24657
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