Title: Urban and regional planning; a systems approach
Authors: McLoughlin, J. Brian.
Publisher: Praeger
Year: 1969
Subjects: City planning; Regional planning.
Contents: 1. Man in his Ecological Setting -- 2. Modifying Actions -- 3. Location Theory : A Foundation for Planning -- 4. The Guidance and Control of Change: Physical Planning as the Control of Complex Systems -- 5. Planning as a Cyclic Process -- 6. Goal Formulation: Identifying Objectives -- 7. System Description: Information Needs -- 8. System Simulation: Forecasting and Modeling -- 9. Plan Formulation: Charting Possible Courses of the System -- 10. Plan Selection: Choosing the Desired Course -- 11. Plan Implementation: System Guidance, Control and Review -- 12. Implications of a Systems Approach to Planning.