A Systems View of Planning

A Systems View of Planning
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Publisher : Pergamon
Total Pages : 390
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ISBN-10 : 0080182321
ISBN-13 : 9780080182322
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis A Systems View of Planning by : George Chadwick

Physical change and human ecology; What is planning?; Systems; Planning as a conceptual system; On space and spatial planning; Goals; Projecting the system: What is the future?; Models; Some operational models and their underlying theories; Modelling "the whole system"; Evaluation; A spatial method for regional planning; Satisfaction or optimisation? The bounds of rationality; Plan or programme?; A mixed-programming strategy.

A Systems View of Planning

A Systems View of Planning
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Publisher : Pergamon
Total Pages : 414
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015009401400
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Synopsis A Systems View of Planning by : George F. Chadwick

A Systems View of Planning

A Systems View of Planning
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Publisher : Elsevier
Total Pages : 449
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ISBN-10 : 9781483139388
ISBN-13 : 1483139387
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis A Systems View of Planning by : George Chadwick

A Systems View Of Planning: Towards A Theory of the Urban and Regional Planning sets out to be a special kind of theory of the process known as town and regional planning, which is based upon the broader theory of General Systems and its allied field of Cybernetics. Because of this, the content of the book differs considerably from what most town planners think of as relevant to the subject. The book begins with physical change and human ecology, and then moves on to systems and planning, its goals, projecting the future of the system, operational models and their underlying theories, and management and planning. The book appeals to planners, architects, and city engineers, especially those who wish to learn or make a study on the systems view of planning, its different theories and methods, its possible future, and its many applications in designing and improving towns and cities.

Urban Planning Theory Since 1945

Urban Planning Theory Since 1945
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Publisher : SAGE
Total Pages : 196
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ISBN-10 : 0761960937
ISBN-13 : 9780761960935
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis Urban Planning Theory Since 1945 by : Nigel Taylor

Taylor describes the development of urban planning ideas since the end of the Second World War, outlining the main theories from the traditional view of planning as an exercise in physical design to recent views of planning as 'communicative action'.

A Systems View of Planning

A Systems View of Planning
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Publisher : Elsevier
Total Pages : 451
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ISBN-10 : 9781483103747
ISBN-13 : 1483103749
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis A Systems View of Planning by : George Chadwick

A Systems View of Planning: Towards a Theory of the Urban and Regional Planning Process, Second Edition covers theories of the process of town and regional planning. The book discusses physical change and human ecology; the theory of planning; the variety and entropy of systems; and planning as a conceptual system. The text also describes space and spatial planning; goal formulation in planning; exploratory and normative techniques and intuitive methods in projecting the system; and operational models and their underlying theories. Using linear programming and entropy methods; major aspects of evaluation, program budgeting, cost benefit analysis, and matrix methods; and the spatial method for regional planning are also covered. The book tackles the mixed-programming strategy as well. Engineers, architects, farmers, and foresters will find the book invaluable.

A Reader in Planning Theory

A Reader in Planning Theory
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Publisher : Elsevier
Total Pages : 415
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ISBN-10 : 9781483292892
ISBN-13 : 1483292894
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis A Reader in Planning Theory by : Andreas Faludi

Urban and Regional Planning Series, Volume 5: A Reader in Planning Theory focuses on the approaches, methodologies, applications, and mechanics involved in planning theory. The selection first elaborates on a choice theory of planning, sociological considerations in the evaluation of planning, and British town planning. Discussions focus on social scientific research and town planning ideology, town planning as part of broader social policy, critics of traditional planning, value formulation, means identification, and effectuation. The text then examines comprehensive planning and social responsibility and building the middle-range bridge for comprehensive planning. The publication takes a look at the science of "muddling through", beyond the middle-range planning bridge, and goals of comprehensive planning. Topics include comprehensiveness and public interest, community development programming, non-comprehensive analysis, relations between means and ends, and successive comparisons as a system. The book also ponders on community decision behavior, a conceptual model for the analysis of planning behavior, and advocacy and pluralism in planning. The selection is a dependable reference for researchers interested in planning theory.

Planning Support Systems

Planning Support Systems
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Publisher : ESRI, Inc.
Total Pages : 472
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ISBN-10 : 1589480112
ISBN-13 : 9781589480117
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Planning Support Systems by : Richard K. Brail

With planning support software, citizen planners can move buildings from block to block, tear them down, build complete subdivisions, run new highways in and around town, analyze any number of scenarios, and see with their own eyes the consequences of each action. This reference offers new possibilities and discusses the most important aspects of computer-aided land-use planning.

Complexity and Planning

Complexity and Planning
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 494
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ISBN-10 : 9781317162759
ISBN-13 : 1317162757
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis Complexity and Planning by : Gert de Roo

Complexity, complex systems and complexity theories are becoming increasingly important within a variety disciplines. While these issues are less well known within the discipline of spatial planning, there has been a recent growing awareness and interest. As planners grapple with how to consider the vagaries of the real world when putting together proposals for future development, they question how complexity, complex systems and complexity theories might prove useful with regard to spatial planning and the physical environment. This book provides a readable overview, presenting and relating a range of understandings and characteristics of complexity and complex systems as they are relevant to planning. It recognizes multiple, relational approaches of dynamic complexity which enhance understandings of, and facilitate working with, contingencies of place, time and the various participants' behaviours. In doing so, it should contribute to a better understanding of processes with regard to our physical and social worlds.

A Decision-centred View of Environmental Planning

A Decision-centred View of Environmental Planning
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Publisher : Elsevier
Total Pages : 255
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ISBN-10 : 9781483286488
ISBN-13 : 1483286487
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis A Decision-centred View of Environmental Planning by : A. Faludi

Planning theorists are often criticised for being insufficiently concerned with the needs of practitioners. The author of this book takes a view of planning which centres around the decision-making process and offers a theoretical approach which takes practice as its starting point. Building on his earlier important work, Planning Theory (Pergamon URPS 1984, first edition, 1973), this book constitutes a further major advance in planning thought, synthesizing the influence of the British IOR School with the American 'rational planning model'. Going beyond previous 'generic' approaches, the work culminates in a consideration of theory and practice in the planning of all forms of environmental intervention.