Author Bios

From online volunteering to open governance, the mainstreaming not only of Web 2.0 technologies but of the very values that underpin the ‘social web’ is having powerful effects on the way urban livability and social welfare are now engaged with and negotiated by diverse actors. As part of this movement, what I refer to as ‘place-based creative problem-solving’ (PBCPS) is empowering residents to become decision-makers over their own environment, creating enabling frameworks for urban participation both in the public sphere and at the institutional level.