Planning in crisis?
Subtitle: theoretical orientations for architecture and planning
By: by Walter L. Schoenwandt.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754672760
Subjects: Planning; Planning -- Study and teaching; Social planning
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Constructs for the description of planning; title: Seven models of planning. The rational model of planning. The advocacy model of planning. The (neo)Marxist model of planning. The model of equity planning. The model of social learning and communicative action. The radical model of planning. The liberalistic model of planning; title: Towards a "third generation" of planning theory. Three generations of planning. Aligning the positions here advocated with actual, mainstream approaches in planning theory; title: Constructs for the treatment of planning tasks; title: The semiotic triangle; title: a conceptual tool in planning. The components of the semiotic triangle. The formation of concepts. Relations. Mechanisms. The formation of constructs. Schemas, mental models, metaphors and analogies. The meaning of constructs. The relationships within the semiotic triangle. Attributes of constructs. Consequences for planning. Possible mistakes. Rules in planning. Conclusion.