This project aims to develop a working prototype for a web-based community’s asset mapping platform. The project will focus on exploring a persuasive and interaction technology design, a method centrally concerned with the way of thinking about target behaviors and how to achieve those goals by using technology for the purpose of changing people’s attitudes or behavior.

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This study investigates the following questions:1. How can online technology helps city planners extract ongoing qualitative information from various sources to support decision makings?; 2. How can technology assist us to design applications that encourage people to participate in mapping their community resources and share information about how they feel about their place?; 3. How the social media networks sites and interactive mappings can help us to obtain necessary data for mapping community’s resources for planning purposes?

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This project will make a major contribution to the study of cultural planning and creative community design. The proposed design solution provides a cost-effective, dynamic, and information-rich alternative to traditional expensive cultural survey services. The design concept for a web-based community asset mapping is an ongoing process; many of its benefits can only be achieved through sustained collaborative efforts which require an ongoing partnership with the community stakeholders.