New impulses from theoretical discussions on urban planning strengthen the role of participation in urban planning. Combining this development with the options computerand network-based technologies offer promises to improve the citizens' satisfaction with the results of planning procedures. We summarise the new theoretical approaches and discuss first examples and further ideas to realise them...

Urban planning is an activity for optimal land usage organisation design according to a number of functional criteria. Making decision in urban planning depends on various factors including environment characteristics, desired aim, present infrastructure, buildings and previously made decisions. Urban planning relies on knowledge of human experts in various areas and also on huge volumes of dat...

The paper discusses the benefits of specific user’s oriented tools in urban planning processes, throughout the applications of an original system devised to define the localisation of urban services based on traffic distribution. Operative examples concern the Italian city of Pavia. The system ULISSE (Urban Location Interactive System for SErvices), created by the author, uses a static model of...

Modern urban infrastructure needs a comprehensive and integrated information science and technology. Global Position System (GPS), Geographic Information System (GIS), Digital Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (RS) and other spatial information technologies are it’s core techniques. Products of digital photogrammetry and remote sensing are its basic information resource. The key tasks of modern...

Virtual reality is a hot research topic in computer science and the introduction of virtual roaming to the field of urban planning provides a new means for urban design. This paper analyzes the development, features and technology of virtual reality and the virtual city roaming and its applications and advantages in urban planning; then focus on key technologies and how to implement a real-time...

Urban planning exerts influences on environmental, social and economic system related with the city. Processes of land transformation and city growth determine radical changes in urban landscape morphology and as a consequence they affect air temperature and energy exchange. The urbanization can bear on local climate more intensively than the global warming does. This is due to the rapidity of ...

Like any living system, urban communities consume material and energy inputs, process them into usable forms, and eliminate the wastes from the process. This can be seen as "metabolism" of industry, commerce, municipal operations and households. Understanding the pattern of these energy and material flows through a community's economy provides a systemic reading of the present situation for goa...