A Systems View of Planning
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A Systems View of Planning

Towards a Theory of the Urban and Regional Planning Process

  1. 448 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A Systems View of Planning

Towards a Theory of the Urban and Regional Planning Process

About this book

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.

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Information

Publisher
Pergamon
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780080206257
eBook ISBN
9781483139388
Edition
2
Topic
Architecture
Subtopic
Architecture General

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. A Systems View of Planning: Towards a Theory of the Urban and Regional Planning Process
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. Preface to the Second Edition
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction
  9. CHAPTER 1. Physical Change and Human Ecology
  10. CHAPTER 2. What is Planning?
  11. CHAPTER 3. Systems
  12. CHAPTER 4. Planning as a Conceptual System
  13. CHAPTER 5. On Space and Spatial Planning
  14. CHAPTER 6. Goals
  15. CHAPTER 7. Projecting the System: What is the Future?
  16. CHAPTER 8. Models
  17. CHAPTER 9. Some Operational Models and Their Underlying Theories
  18. CHAPTER 10. Modelling "The Whole System"
  19. CHAPTER 11. Evaluation
  20. CHAPTER 12. A Spatial Method for Regional Planning
  21. CHAPTER 13. Satisfaction or Optimisation? The Bounds of Rationality
  22. CHAPTER 14. Management and Planning
  23. CHAPTER 15. Plan or Programme?
  24. CHAPTER 16. A Mixed-Programming Strategy
  25. Note on Mathematics
  26. Glossary
  27. Index
  28. Other Titles in the Series