237 Pages
by
Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
235 Pages
by
Routledge
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Critiques of traditional urban planning are numerous. The debate about direction within the profession and why urban planning seems to be in a state of despair continues. However, and as Milan J. Dluhy and Kan Chen note, the more critical issue is the future direction of planning, particularly interdisciplinary planning. In this regard, they note five principal areas of concern: planning is action... Read more
I: Dilemmas in Planning; 1: Planning Theory and Planning Practice: Roles and Attitudes of Planners; II: Planning Skills and Orientations; 2: How Rational Can Planning Be: Toward an Information Processing Model of Planning; 3: Rational Processes for Environmental Planning; 4: Technology Planning in Industry: The Classical Approach; 5: Clarifying Complex Public Policy Issues: A Social Decision Analysis Contribution; III: Planning Roles; 6: Steering the Path Between Ambiguity and Overload: Planning as Strategic Social Process; 7: Planning, Public Budgeting, and Politics: Maximizing the Impact of Advice Giving; 8: Building Citizen Support for Planning at the Community Level; IV: Interdisciplinary Planning; 9: The Structural Approach to Planning and Policy Making; 10: Technological Planning in Industry: Increasing Emphasis on Human Resource Considerations; 11: Shifting Demands on Interdisciplinary Planning: An Educational Response
Biography
Kan Chen
