Evaluation in the Planning Process

ForewordPrefaceIntroductionPart I. Principles Governing the Use of Evaluation in the Planning Process Chapter 1. Evaluation and Planning 1.1. Planning and Welfare 1.2. Meaning and Role of Evaluation 1.3. Some Limitations of Recent Practice Chapter 2. The Planning Process 2.1. A Model of a General Planning Process 2.2. Goals, Problems, and Objectives in the Planning Process 2.3. The Use of Objectives in Planning and Evaluation Select Bibliography Chapter 3. Evaluation in the Planning Process 3.1. Linkages Between Evaluation and Other Planning Activities 3.2. Generation of Alternatives 3.3. An Example of Evaluation-associated Linkages: Accessibility Benefits Chapter 4. Current Methods of Plan Evaluation 4.1. A Review of Current Methods 4.2. The Rationale for Planning Balance Sheet Analysis Chapter 5. A Comparison of the Planning Balance Sheet with the Goals-Achievement Matrix Method of Evaluation 5.1. Origins and Development of the Methods 5.2. The Methods and Central Issues in Evaluation 5.3. Summary and Concluding Observations Chapter 6. Measurement in Plan Evaluation 6.1. The Role of Measurement 6.2. The Use of Urban Development Models for EvaluationPart II. An Exploration and Critique of Recent Evaluation Practice Introduction Chapter 7. Regional Studies 7.1. Background 7.2. Selection of the Preferred Urban Development Strategy 7.3. Evaluation in the Planning Process of the Grangemouth/Falkirk Study 7.4. Conclusions on the Grangemouth/Falkirk Study 7.5. Background 7.6. The Adopted Planning Process in Outline 7.7. The Planning Process in More Detail 7.8. Evaluation in the Planning Process of the West Midland Regional Study 7.9. Conclusions on the West Midland Regional Study Chapter 8. Sub-Regional Studies 8.1. Purpose of the Study and Terms of Reference 8.2. Approach to the Study 8.3. Evaluation in the Planning Process of the Nottinghamshire-Derbyshire Study 8.4. Concluding Observations on the Nottinghamshire-Derbyshire Study 8.5. Purpose of the Study 8.6. Approach to the Study 8.7. Evaluation in the Planning Process of the Coventry-Solihull-Warwickshire Study 8.8. Concluding Observations on the Coventry-Solihull-Warwickshire Study Appendix I. Objectives for the Strategy in the Nottinghamshire-Derbyshire Study Appendix II. Concepts Used During the First Cycle of Design in the Nottinghamshire-Derbyshire Study Chapter 9. An Urban Structure Plan Study: Brighton (March 1970-March 1974) 9.1. Background 9.2. The Team's Approach to the Study 9.3. Evaluation in the Planning Process of the Brighton Study 9.4. Concluding Observations on the Brighton Study Chapter 10. A New Town Study: Irvine (September 1968-January 1971) 10.1. Background 10.2. Approach to the Revision of the Wilson Proposals 10.3. Evaluation in the Planning Process of the Irvine Study 10.4. Concluding Observations on the Irvine Study Appendix. The Development Corporation's Objectives for the Irvine New Town Plan Chapter 11. A Major Project: Third London Airport (June 1968-December 1970) 11.1. Background 11.2. The Commission's Site-selection Process 11.3. Summary of FindingsPart III. Implications for Planning Procedures Introduction Chapter 12. Recommendations for Short-listing Procedures and the Assessment of Options 12.1. Short-listing Procedures 12.2. Circumstances Affecting the Choice Between Planmaking Strategies 12.3. Some Final RecommendationsEpilogueAppendix.