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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Nature of planning"”.
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An examination of the role orientation of planners in Taipei
This research project explores the professional ideology of planners in a new industrialized setting - Taipei,Taiwan. This study seeks to establish whether urban planners in a newly industrializing country (NIC) exhibit consistent sets of values, attitudes and role orientations that parallel those …
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A cybernetic perspective on policy-making and planning in local government
This thesis explores some of the central problems confronting policymakers and planners in local government. These problems are seen to stem from a view of planning which is characterised as top-down. Previous attempts to apply cybernetic ideas to these problems - characterised as the 'systems …
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Growth for Whom? Sacrifice of Chicago’s Chinatown Then and Now
The utilitarian planning practices that marked the era of Urban Renewal and the beautification efforts of the City Beautiful Movement led to widespread displacement and destruction of many Chinatowns across America, including Chicago’s. The history of Chicago’s Chinatown tells a story of a …
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Planning for a power station: intentions, interactions, and outcomes
Planning practice involves a complex set of social activities, engaged in by individuals acting in various local and national institutional contexts. These actions are constrained by legislation and policies of central and local government, institutional arrangements, the positions held by …
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Problematising the public interest as a tool of neoliberal urban planning
… problematises the public interest as a tool of neoliberal urban planning. As a tool of planning, the public interest has always remained relevant for planners and the planning profession. Since the emergence of land-use or spatial planning as a distinct discipline and profession it has acted …