Essential Methods for Planning Practitioners : Skills and Techniques for Data Analysis, Visualization, and Communication (The Urban Book Series)

Ramasubramanian, Laxmi/ Albrecht, Jochen

Springer International Publishing AG（2017/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 157 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9783319680408
• DDC分類 304.2

Full Description

This book assembles and organizes a selected range of methods and techniques that every planning practitioner should know to be successful in the contemporary global urban landscape. The book is unique because it links different aspects of the planning/policy-making enterprise with the appropriate methods and approaches, thus contextualizing the use of specific methods and techniques within a sociopolitical and ethical framework. This volume familiarizes readers with the diverse range of methods, techniques, and skills that must be applied at different scales in dynamic workplace environments where planning policies and programs are developed and implemented. This book is an invaluable resource in helping new entrants to the planning discourse and profession set aside their own disciplinary biases and empowering them to use their expert knowledge to address societal concerns. 

Contents

Chapter One: Planning as Storytelling.- Chapter Two: Planning Challenges and the Challenges of Planning.- Chapter Three: Planning Grand.- Chapter Four: Placemaking: Everything is Local.- Chapter Five: Civic Engagement.- Chapter Six: Implementation and Sustainability.- Chapter Seven: Epilogue.