Planning Theory for Practitioners.
| Author/creator | Brooks, Michael P. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lanham : American Planning Association, 2002. |
| Description | 1 online resource (218 pages) |
| Supplemental Content | Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Planning Theory for Practitioners; Contents; Preface; Part 1 Introduction; 1. Planning Practice and Political Power; Public Planning; Planning and Political Power; 2. Planning Practice and Planning Theory; The Uses of Theory in Planning; Is There a Theory-Practice Gap?; Planning Theory Today; Part 2 Foundations of Public Planning; 3. Running the Gauntlet of Planning Critics; Planning Is Perilous; Planning Is Impossible; Planning Is Impotent; Planning Is Malevolent; Planning Is Unconstitutional; Planning Is ... Alive and Well; 4. Rationales for Public Planning; The Search for Planning's Bedrock. |
| Contents | The Public Interest: Real or Illusory?Conclusions; 5. The Critical Role of Values and Ethics; Values; Ethics; Conclusions; Part 3 Alternative Paradigms for Public Planning Introduction; 6. Centralized Rationality: The Planner as Applied Scientist; The Nature of Rationality; Rationality-Based Planning Strategies; The Latest Contender: Strategic Planning; Current Status of the Rationality Concept; 7. Centralized Non-Rationality: The Planner Confronts Politics; Simon Says "Satisfice"; Incrementalism; Current Status of Incrementalism. |
| Contents | 8. Decentralized Rationality: The Planner as Political ActivistAdvocacy Planning; Current Status of Advocacy Planning; 9. Decentralized Non-Rationality: The Planner as Communicator; Postmodernism; Planning as Communicative Action; Implications for Practice; Current Status of the Communicative Action Concept; Part 4 Toward a More Practical Strategy Introduction; 10. Setting the Stage: Ideas, Feedback, Goals-and Trial Balloons; Where Do Planning Ideas Come From?; The Critical Role of Feedback; Formulating Workable Goals: Easier Said Than Done; The Benefits of Creative Trial Ballooning. |
| Contents | 11. The Feedback Strategy of Public PlanningPlanning as Social Experimentation; The Habits of Effective Planners; The Feedback Strategy; How the Feedback Strategy Relates to Other Paradigms; Potential Shortcomings of the Feedback Strategy; Part 5 Effective Planning in a Political Milieu; 12. The Politically Savvy Planner; The Nature of Political Savvy; The Elements of Political Savvy; 13. Vision; The Importance of Vision; How to Be a Visionary-and Keep Your Job; References; Index. |
| Abstract | This book is recommended reading for planners preparing to take the AICP exam. In this new book, Michael Brooks bridges the gap between theory and practice. He describes an original approach-Feedback Strategy-that builds on the strengths of previous planning theories with one big difference: it not only acknowledges but welcomes politics-the bogeyman of real-world planning. Don't hold your nose or look the other way, Brooks advises planners, but use politics to your own advantage. Brooks admits that most of the time planning theory doesn't have much to do with planning practice. These ideas. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Brooks, Michael P. Planning Theory for Practitioners. Lanham : American Planning Association, ©2002 9781884829598 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781611900750 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1611900751 (electronic bk.) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |