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Online research methods in urban and planning studies design and outcomes /

"This book provides an overview of online research methods in urban and planning studies, exploring and discussing new digital tools and Web-based research methods, as well as the scholarly, legal, and ethical challenges associated with their use"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Silva, Carlos Nunes.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2012.
Subjects:
City planning > Research.
Planning > Research.
Electronic information resource searching.
Computer interviews
E-collaboration
Ethical issues in online research
Legal issues
Online data collection
Online research
Online research methods
Research methodology
Urban planning
Urban planning research
Online Access:Chapter PDFs via platform:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Research methods for urban planning in the digital age / Carlos Nunes Silva
  • 2. Infrastructure for survey data processing in urban and planning studies / Randall J. Olsen
  • 3. Volunteer panel Web surveys in urban planning / Sunghee Lee
  • 4. Online qualitative interviews: opportunities and challenges for urban and planning studies / Kathleen J. Hanrahan, Mathew T. Smith and Judith E. Sturges
  • 5. Towards a method for research interviews using e-mail / Peter Petocz, Sue Gordon and Anna Reid
  • 6. The story of Ethnochat: designing an instant messaging program to conduct semi-structured or unstructured interviews / Jason Zalinger
  • 7. Video-enhanced self-administered computer interviews / Joachim Gerich
  • 8. Unveiling space by using participatory photo interview / Bettina Kolb
  • 9. Brainstorming in virtual teams / Mary T. Dzindolet, Paul B. Paulus and Courtney Glazer
  • 10. The use of electronic brainstorming for collecting ideas in scientific research teams: a challenge for future online research / Nicolas Michinov
  • 11. The Delphi technique: use, considerations, and applications in the conventional, policy, and on-line environments / Chia-Chien Hsu and Brian A. Sandford
  • 12. Designing online laddering studies / Thorsten Gruber ... [et al.]
  • 13. Search conferences and future search conferences: potential tools for urban planning in an on-line environment / Rosalind Hurworth
  • 14. Netnography: an assessment of a novel research approach and its underlying philosophical assumptions / Guido Lang, Stanislav Mamonov and Karl R. Lang
  • 15. Citizens on YouTube: research-method issues / Stefano Pace
  • 16. Online opportunities for mobile and visual research / Lesley Murray
  • 17. Using digital tools in qualitative research: supporting integrity, simplicity, deep insight and social change / Susan Crichton
  • 18. Empirical research methods in virtual worlds / Travis L. Ross, Edward Castronova and Gert G. Wagner
  • 19. Monitoring pedestrian spatio-temporal behaviour using semi-automated shadowing / Alexandra Millonig, Markus Ray and Helmut Schrom-Feiertag
  • 20. Mobile phones as a lens into slum dynamics / Amy Wesolowski and Nathan Eagle
  • 21. Archiving audio and video interviews / Almut Leh and Doris Tausendfreund
  • 22. Addressing legal issues in online research, publication and archiving: a UK perspective / Andrew Charlesworth
  • 23. Ethical considerations in online research methods / Harsh Suri and Fay Patel.

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