简介:Sustainabledevelopment,aconceptwhichhasbeenbuiltwiththesustainabilityofeconomicprogressionasamainthrust,hasbeenawidelypreferredmodeltotraditionaldevelopmentalmodels.However,therealmeaningofwhatsustainabledevelopmentisandshouldincludehasbeenanobjectofdebate.Ontheonehand,differingfromtraditionaleconomicdevelopmentalmodels,economicprogressdoesnotnecessitatethepracticeof‘sustainabledevelopment'.Ontheotherhand,currentlevelsofscienceandtechnologyarestillunabletosolveseveralproblemsthatarisewitheconomicdevelopment.Sustainabledevelopmenthastransferredtheresponsibilityofenvironmentaldestructiontothatofdevelopingcountries.Lastly,insteadofutilizingthebesttechnologyandleadershipintoformulatingexcellentenvironmental-protectionpolicies,itismoreimportanttocreatewidespreadawarenesstothepublicontheneedtoprotecttheenvironmentandtherebyengagetheirparticipationindecision-makingtoactuallyrealizewhatistruly‘sustainabledevelopment'.
简介:Thoughthemethodofcitizenparticipationinurbanplanningisquitewellestablished,foraspecificsegmentofresidentialenvironment,however,existingparticipationsystemhasnotcopedadequatelywiththeissue.Thespecificresidentialenvironmenthasdetailedaspectsthatneedpositiveandhighlevelinvolvementofthecitizensinparticipatinginallstagesandeveryfieldoftheplan.Oneofthebestandsystematicmethodstoobtainamoreinvolvedcitizenisthroughacitizenworkshop.Togetamore'educated'citizenwhoparticipatesintheworkshop,aspecialsessiontoinformthecitizenonwhatwaspreviouslygatheredthroughasurveywasrevealedtobeprerequisitebeforetheworkshop.Thecomputersupportsystemisoneofthebesttoolsforthispurpose.Thispaperdescribesthedevelopmentofthecomputersupportsystemforresidentialenvironmentevaluationsystem,whichisanessentialtooltogivemoreinformationtothecitizensbeforetheirparticipationinpublicworkshop.Thesignificantcontributionofthispaperistheeducationalsystemframeworkinvolvedintheworkshoponthepublicparticipationsystemthroughcomputersupport,especiallyforresidentialenvironment.Theframework,developmentandapplicationofthecomputersupportsystemaredescribed.Theapplicationofaworkshoponthecomputersupportsystemwascommentedonasveryvaluableandhelpfulbytheaudienceasitresultedingreaterbenefittohavewiderrangeofparticipation,anddeeperlevelofcitizenunderstanding.