EFFECTS OF VISUALIZATIONS AND INFORMATION-RICH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN PLANNING FOR ENERGY AND EMISSIONS

摘要: Mitigation of and adaptation to climate change are significant goals for many cities. Many promote "smart growth " development patterns aimed in part at reducing energy use and emissions. However, while citizens may endorse broad energy-mitigation policies, they often resist the implementation of such policies via smart growth and other mitigation initiatives in their own neighborhoods. This study looked at whether public understanding and acceptance of smart-growth policies could be improved if citizens were provided with timely, accessible visualizations about why and how such policies can help reduce energy use. This paper reviews two public-engagement workshops that utilized a collaborative touch table combined with three-dimensional visualizations and metrics that were updated in real time. Working both individually and collaboratively on an urban-design task, all participants improved the smart …