Public Opinion Analysis on Urban and Regional Programming
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainability in Geographic Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 2299
Special Issue Editor
Interests: applied statistics; experiment design; statistical research training; public opinion; political and electoral behavior; electoral geography; election systems; urban and regional programming and development
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Urban and regional planning is in a state of transition today. The authorities and the political decision-making process should take into account the needs of the people, the priorities of the inhabitants, and the changing nature of the governance procedure (especially e-governance). For political personnel, the decision-making process should include people’s involvement. The authorities should organize deliberative institutions and monitor and evaluate the deliberation and the decision-making process, enforcing people’s participation and functioning.
Public opinion analysis can be an important tool in building the institutional framework of regional and urban administration. Analysis methods can research and provide a clear context of people’s views, attitudes, and preferences.
The current Special Issue aims to host high-quality scientific work that discusses the methods to analyze people’s involvement in urban and regional policy planning. We seek papers which outline the above issues, challenges, and ways of improvement in the deliberation process in policymaking. Furthermore, we welcome real examples of application of such methods in the process of urban and regional planning, as well as in the process of monitoring and evaluating the policies planned and implemented. Additionally, contributions on measuring and analyze public opinion are welcome. Finally, we welcome chapters focusing on e-governance and its contribution to facilitating analysis methods and, therefore, people’s involvement in regional planning.
Contributors from all regions across the globe and across disciplines are encouraged.
Prof. Dr. Theodore Chadjipadelis
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- urban and regional planning
- decision-making
- monitoring and evaluation
- public opinion analysis
- deliberation
- local government
- e-governance
- policymaking
