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A Systems View of Planning: Towards a Theory of the Urban and Regional Planning Process
A Systems View of Planning: Towards a Theory of the Urban and Regional Planning Process
A Systems View of Planning: Towards a Theory of the Urban and Regional Planning Process
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A Systems View of Planning: Towards a Theory of the Urban and Regional Planning Process, Second Edition covers theories of the process of town and regional planning. The book discusses physical change and human ecology; the theory of planning; the variety and entropy of systems; and planning as a conceptual system. The text also describes space and spatial planning; goal formulation in planning; exploratory and normative techniques and intuitive methods in projecting the system; and operational models and their underlying theories. Using linear programming and entropy methods; major aspects of evaluation, program budgeting, cost benefit analysis, and matrix methods; and the spatial method for regional planning are also covered. The book tackles the mixed-programming strategy as well. Engineers, architects, farmers, and foresters will find the book invaluable.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJun 6, 2016
ISBN9781483103747
A Systems View of Planning: Towards a Theory of the Urban and Regional Planning Process

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