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The Role of Social Media in Green Infrastructure Planning: A Case Study of Neighborhood Participation in Park Siting

The Role of Social Media in Green Infrastructure Planning: A Case Study of Neighborhood... AbstractThis paper explores the role of social media in facilitating green infrastructure planning through supporting discourses among online participants. Building on the communicative rationality theory, it adopts interpretive discourse analysis to explore ways in which online participants of a neighborhood online forum in Eugene, Oregon were able to assess and clarify the validity of each other's claims while discussing the location of a new park. The results show that this forum did not create a collaborative process, but facilitated this process through its integration with other methods. It facilitated a valid dialogue among the group members and provided valuable information for planners regarding the interests of a selected community of citizens. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Urban Technology Taylor & Francis

The Role of Social Media in Green Infrastructure Planning: A Case Study of Neighborhood Participation in Park Siting

Journal of Urban Technology , Volume 21 (3): 17 – Jul 3, 2014
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Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Copyright
© 2014 The Society of Urban Technology
ISSN
1466-1853
eISSN
1063-0732
DOI
10.1080/10630732.2014.940701
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Abstract

AbstractThis paper explores the role of social media in facilitating green infrastructure planning through supporting discourses among online participants. Building on the communicative rationality theory, it adopts interpretive discourse analysis to explore ways in which online participants of a neighborhood online forum in Eugene, Oregon were able to assess and clarify the validity of each other's claims while discussing the location of a new park. The results show that this forum did not create a collaborative process, but facilitated this process through its integration with other methods. It facilitated a valid dialogue among the group members and provided valuable information for planners regarding the interests of a selected community of citizens.

Journal

Journal of Urban TechnologyTaylor & Francis

Published: Jul 3, 2014

Keywords: climate-adaptive planning; collaborative planning; discourse; green infrastructure; social media; neighborhood park

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