Local Government and Strategic Choice. An Operational Research Approach to the Processes of Public Planning

Content: 
Pergamon Urban and Regional Planning Advisory Committee, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Maps, Page vi
Foreword to this Edition, Pages vii-ix
The origins of the book, Pages xi-xiii
Acknowledgements, Pages xv-xvii
Synopsis, Pages xix-xxvi
1 - An introduction to Coventry and its Council, Pages 3-6
2 - Four years of planning in Coventry, Pages 7-22,22a,23-46
3 - Planning and the mechanisms of decision, Pages 47-68
4 - Information and uncertainty in planning, Pages 69-98
5 - The nature of planning, Pages 101-114
6 - The operational problems of the planning process, Pages 115-119
7 - Planning in its organizational context, Pages 120-136
8 - An approach through case examples, Pages 139-141
9 - Case one: land allocation in a redevelopment area, Pages 142-161
10 - Case two: priorities within a changing town, Pages 162-213
11 - Case three: strategy for a sub-region, Pages 214-230
12 - A general appraisal of the technology, Pages 231-239
13 - Organizational choice in local government, Pages 243-249
14 - A case example in organizational choice, Pages 250-286
15 - Prospects for public planning, Pages 287-290
Postscript, Pages 291-296
Supplementary Bibliography, Pages 297-298
Index, Pages 299-304