"the ability of individuals and social groups to map out, in a true geographic sense, their vision for the future is a key prerequisite for informed and sustainable planning"
- Carver, 2001
"The process of involving the public makes the results more relevant to the population’s needs. In fact, participation provides local knowledge and thus makes the planner decisions more appropriate to local specificities"
- Amado et al., 2009 & Brabham, 2009
"VR applications offer users interactive and immersive 3D renderings of environments, capable of mimicking real-world locations or proposed environments result in higher perception of location, size and topography, higher cognition level of characteristics and lastly increased sense of spatial enclosure. "
- Koramaz and Gulersoy, 2009
"(...) technological approaches need to be carefully grounded in a good understanding of the issues involved and an application of the technology within a framework of more traditional means of outreach and participation"
- Carver, 2001
