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Rationality in Planning

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In many countries, the recent history of public policymaking, particularly planning, shows a distinct move away from supposedly "rational" approaches towards a reliance upon more pragmatic procedures. The move is partly a result of similar changing attitudes amongst academics. Despite this new conventional wisdom, some policy analysts warn against the dangers of dropping "rational" policymaking methodologies. The debate is of great importance, both for the practice and the theory of public policymaking, and revolves around the meanings and implications of the concept of "rationality". The chapters in this volume focus upon this concept and draw upon practical and theoretical experience to make a contribution to this debate.
Introduction - the role of rationality in urban and regional planning; rationality planning and the state; the return of rationality; practical rationality in planmaking; rationality and its enemies; an analysis of the use of the concept of rationality in the literature of planning; formal reasoning in urban planning computers, complexity and mathematical modelling; the irrationality of "rationality" planning - exploring broader bases for planning and public decisionmaking; rationality in planning and the search for community; rationality in the public interest - notes toward a newer synthesis; can multiple-objective evaluation methods enhance rationality in planning?; speculations on the bounds of rationality in US planning; the practice of rationality - the case of the Coventry-Solihull-Warwickshire Subregional planning study; rationality in planmaking - a professional perspective.
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