TY - BOOK TI - Planning theory. SN - 0080177417 AV - HT391 .F26 1973 PY - 1973///] CY - Oxford, New York PB - Pergamon Press KW - City planning KW - Planning KW - Regional planning KW - Planificaciâon KW - Planificaciâon urbana KW - 1945 KW - Amâenagement du territoire KW - Urbanisme KW - 1945- KW - Planung KW - swd KW - Regionale planning KW - gtt KW - Stadsplanning KW - Theorieèen N1 - Includes bibliographies.; PART ONE: WHAT IS PLANNING THEORY -- The Problem of Planning Theory -- The Underlying Theory Models -- PART TWO: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR PLANNING THOUGHT -- The Rationale of Planning Theory -- A Model of Planning Agencies -- The Operations of Plann ing Agencies -- Rational Planning: Limitations and Approaches -- PART THREE: TOWARDS A POSITIVE THEORY OF PLANNING -- The Blueprint versus the Process Mode of Planning -- The Rational Comprehensive versus the Disjointed Incrementalist Mode of Planning -- The Normative versus the Functional Mode of Planning -- The Planning Environment and the Style of Planning -- PART FOUR: THE POLITICS OF RATIONAL PLANNING -- Multi-planning Agencies -- Decision-Making in Planning Agencies -- The Organization of Planning Departments -- The Planning Process: An Experiment -- The Implementation of Programmes -- EPILOGUE: THE PLANNING SOCIETY; Also issued online ER -