There's An App for That: Using Smartphones for Planning

As more and more cities make release their data, smartphones are becoming an essential tool in citizen engagement and participation. Apps and mobile websites give planners the ability to seek input from their communities, receive pictures of potholes and nuisances, and deliver useful info on public meetings.

About your instructor: Dr. ennifer Evans-Cowley, AICP, is Professor and Section Head of City and Regional Planning at the Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture at The Ohio State University. Dr. Evans-Cowley is one of Planetizen's most dynamic professors, and she also teaches Planetizen's AICP Exam Preparation course.