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100			_aWilson, Alexander _931047
245			_aUrban planning, public participation and digital technology: App development as a method of generating citizen involvement in local planning processes
260			_bSage, _c2019.
300			_aVol 46, Issue 2, 2019,(286-302 p.)
520			_aThere has been a recent shift in England towards empowering citizens to shape their neighbourhoods. However, current methods of participation are unsuitable or unwieldy for many people. In this paper, we report on ChangeExplorer, a smart watch application to support citizen feedback, to investigate the extent to which digital wearables can address barriers to participation in planning. The research contributes to both technology-mediated citizen involvement and urban planning participation methods. The app leverages in-situ, quick interactions encouraging citizens to reflect and comment on their environment. Taking a case study approach, the paper discusses the design and deployment of the app in a local planning authority through interviews with 19 citizens and three professional planners. The paper discusses the potential of the ChangeExplorer app to address more conceptual issues, and concludes by assessing the degree to which the technology raises awareness of urban change and whether it could serve as a gateway to more meaningful participatory methods.
650			_aPlanning participation, _945659
650			_adigital applications, _945660
650			_awearables, _945661
650			_a local democracy, _945662
650			_acitizen involvement, _945663
650			_a technology _945664
700			_a Tewdwr-Jones, Mark _933943
700			_aComber, Rob _945665
773	0		_011590 _915512 _dSage 2019. _t Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/2399808317712515
942			_2ddc _cART