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Search Conferences and Future Search Conferences: Potential Tools for Urban Planning in an On-Line Environment

Search Conferences and Future Search Conferences: Potential Tools for Urban Planning in an On-Line Environment
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Author(s): Rosalind Hurworth (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 17
Source title: Online Research Methods in Urban and Planning Studies: Design and Outcomes
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Carlos Nunes Silva (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0074-4.ch013

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Abstract

This chapter examines the potential of the Search Conference (SC) and a later version, the Future Search Conference (FS), as useful participatory methods that contribute to urban and other types of planning. An unusual feature of these approaches is that participants are expected to contribute to the implementation of any action recommended. The chapter begins with a definition and history of these conferences before outlining how traditional, face-to-face conferences are implemented. As an illustration, the Future Search Conference ‘Bendigo +25’ (carried out in a regional Australian city to determine ways forward for the next 25 years) is discussed. The same case study is then re-examined in the context of attempting to run such an exercise in a Web-based environment. Both advantages and challenges of this mode of delivery are considered.

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