1st Edition

Planning Theory A Search for Future Directions

By Robert Burchell Copyright 2012
429 Pages
by Routledge

430 Pages
by Routledge

418 Pages
by Routledge

Theory and practice in city planning have never been known for their compatibility. The planner, dealing with stresses such as the personalities at work in a board meeting and coping with the realities of fund raising, political realities, and the like, can find little guidance in the theory of the trade. The issues of poverty groups, whether rural or urban, the provision of services, and the... Read more
PREFACE, INTRODUCTION: PLANNING THEORY IN THE 1980s-A SEARCH FOR FUTURE DIRECTIONS, SECTION I: PHYSICAL PLANNING IN CHANGE–THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING, SECTION II: SOCIAL PLANNING IN CHANGE-PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF SOCIAL SENSITIVITY, SECTION III: PUBLIC POLICY PLANNING IN CHANGEMACRO- PLANNING VERSUS LOCAL CONTROL, SECTION IV: ECONOMIC PLANNING IN CHANGENATIONAL PLANNING, DEMAND VERSUS SUPPLY EMPHASES, SECTION V: WHAT ARE PLANNERS? WHAT DO PLANNERS DO? AND HOW ARE THEY PREPARED FOR THEIR TASKS?, BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Robert Burchell