Rationality in Planning
Published on 1. January 1985
Book
Hardback
252 pages
978-0-85086-112-9 (ISBN)
Description
The debate about "rational" versus "pragmatic" procedures is important, both for the practice and the theory of public policymaking. This book focuses on the concept of "rationality" drawing on a wealth of theoretical and practical experience to make its contribution to the debate.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Sage Publications Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-85086-112-9 (9780850861129)
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Content
Introduction - the role orf rationality in urban and regional planning; rationality planning and the state; the return of rationality; practical rationality in planmaking; rationality and its enemies; an analysis of the use of the concept of rationality in the literature of planning; formal reasoning in urban planning; computers, complexity, and mathematical modelling; the irrationality of "rationality" planning - exploring broader bases for planning and public decisionmaking; rationality in planning and the search for community; rationality in the public interest - notes towards a new synthesis; can multiple-objective evaluation methods enhance rationality in planning?; speculations on the bounds of rationality in US planning; the practice of rationality - the case of the Coventry-Solihull-Warwickshire subregional planning study; rationality in planmaking - a professional perspective.