International Journal of E-Planning Research
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Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning - University of Lisbon
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF E-PLANNING RESEARCH (IJEPR)
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
URBAN E-PLANNING: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, EMERGING ISSUES AND FUTURE CHALLENGES
Lisbon, 31 March - 1 April 2016
Call for Papers
The 'International Journal of E-Planning Research' first Annual Conference, to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, 31 March and 1 April 2016, at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning – University of Lisbon, will explore recent developments, emerging issues and future challenges in the field of Urban e-Planning. Urban planning has been affected, in different ways and with different outcomes, by the increasing and widespread use of Web 2.0 technologies and mobile devices equipped with multiple sensors. With the advent of these new digital tools, a whole range of new possibilities emerged in the planning field. The conference will provide a forum for the critical discussion of these new approaches, methods, and tools in the field of urban planning.
We welcome proposals for papers on any aspect of the broad area of Urban e-Planning. Papers might address, but are not limited to, the following topics:
Theme 1: Citizens e-Participation
• Citizen Responsive Urban e-Planning
• Web Based Citizen e-Participation in Urban Planning
• Crowdsourcing and Volunteered Geographic Information in Urban Planning
• Citizens as Voluntary Sensors in Urban Planning
• Citizen Apps in Urban Planning
• Participatory Mapping and Public Engagement in Emergency Response
• Citizen Science in Urban e-Planning: data collection, analysis and dissemination
• Open Science and Innovation in Urban Planning
• Mobile applications and sensors for Urban e-Planning
Theme 2: Smart City Governance
• Smart City and Urban Planning: current practices and future prospects
• The Smart City narrative in the Global South context
• Digital Tools and Technologies for Planning the Development of Smart Cities
• Surveillance and Security in the City: Challenges for Urban Planning
• Non-territorial (or Virtual) Communities and their role in Urban Planning
• Urban e-Planning in different Political Contexts: comparative studies
•The Internet of Things and Urban Planning
• Visualization of Virtual 3-D Urban Models and Spatial Landscape Evaluation
Theme 3: Critical Approaches and Methods in Urban e-Planning
• Epistemology of Urban e-Planning
• Actor-Network-Theory in Urban e-Planning Studies
• Digital Technologies and Urban Planning: who they benefit and who they don't
• Digital Research Methods in Urban Planning
• The impact of digital technologies in planning methods and research practices
• Big Data in Urban e-Planning: sensing the city
• Ethics in Urban e-Planning
Participation in the Conference & Selection criteria
•Participation in the conference requires the presentation of a paper
•The working language of the conference will be English
•All submissions will be peer-reviewed for content and appropriateness to this conference
•Information on registration will be available soon in the conference website
•If necessary, contact us to discuss any ideas that you might have for a paper on these or on other related issues
Abstracts
•Please submit an abstract, of no more than 250 words, by 15 December 2015, to Carlos Nunes Silva (ijepr.conference@gmail.com). Successful applicants will be informed by 15 January 2016. Registration is due between between 15 - 31 January 2016.
• NEW DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACT : 8 January 2016
Expected Outcomes
•One of the expected outcomes of the conference is the publication of a selection of papers in the 'International Journal of E-Planning Research' (IJEPR). The selected manuscripts will undergo the IJEPR standard peer-review process. It is also planned the publication of a selection of papers in a book.
•We hope the conference will be an opportunity to enhance the 'Urban e-Planning Research Network' (UEP-NET) and for the advance of critical thinking about Urban e-Planning.
Conference Convenor & Organization
Carlos Nunes Silva
Editor-in-chief of the 'International Journal of E-Planning Research' (IJEPR)
Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning
University of Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: cs [at] campus.ul.pt
Conference e-mail: ijepr.conference@gmail.com
Conference venue
Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning
University of Lisbon
Cidade Universitária (University Campus)
Lisbon, Portugal
Further information available in the Conference website
All inquiries, expressions of interests, and abstracts should be sent, by e-mail, to:
Carlos Nunes Silva
E-mail: ijepr.conference@gmail.com