New impulses from theoretical discussions on urban planning strengthen the role of participation in urbanplanning. Combining this development with the options computer- and network-based technologies offerpromises to improve the citizens' satisfaction with the results of planning procedures. We...

Communities frequently encounter design problems they have to deal with, be it theirown representation in different media (e.g. the World Wide Web), or a design problem fromthe “real world” (e.g. urban planning). Major connotations with the term “Community” arethat there may be a great...