A Systems View of Planning
Author | : George Chadwick |
Publisher | : Pergamon |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 1977 |
ISBN-10 | : 0080182321 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780080182322 |
Rating | : 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Download or read book A Systems View of Planning written by George Chadwick and published by Pergamon. This book was released on 1977 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physical change and human ecology; What is planning?; Systems; Planning as a conceptual system; On space and spatial planning; Goals; Projecting the system: What is the future?; Models; Some operational models and their underlying theories; Modelling "the whole system"; Evaluation; A spatial method for regional planning; Satisfaction or optimisation? The bounds of rationality; Plan or programme?; A mixed-programming strategy.