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Comprehensive Planning for the 21st Century General Theory and Principles
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Melville C. Branch
Book Code: C6090
ISBN: 0-275-96090-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96090-2
200 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 2/28/1998
List Price: $106.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Paperback
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • The author has had a distinguished career in the study of planning and the book reflects this in its breadth of discourse and its delineation of important concepts and factors associated with planning and plans.
    —Futures
  • The book is full of short, easy-to-remember sentences that invite underlining, and it is supported in its role as a teaching tool by a number of useful charts and tables. This book is not an entertainment but a reliable textbook. It provides a very useful introduction to an important and timely subject.
    —The Futurist
Description: Planning by civil governments, businesses, and the military services has been considered separately in both theory and practice. Those concerned with each of these applications have had little contact with those in the others, despite the common concerns and characteristics of their respective practices. A leading figure in the research and education in planning, Branch draws upon his experience in civil, corporate, and military planning to provide a comprehensive guide to the key aspects of planning. This text is invaluable to those engaged in governmental and business planning and to students working toward careers in urban and regional planning, public administration, business management, and other fields concerned with planning.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Essential Descriptive Terms
  • Theoretical Context
  • General Principles
  • Information: Selection and Utilization
  • Available Resources: Allocation
  • Natural, Human, and Purposive Change: Interrelationships
  • Objectives: Dependent Variables
  • Primary Elements: Selection and Integration
  • Projection: Separate and Unified
  • The Infinite Scope of Planning: Analytical Pitfall
  • Representation of the Entirety: Basic Reference
  • Continuous Process: Planning and Plans
  • Feedback: Interrelating Plans and Performance
  • Uncertainty, Risk, and Ambiguity: Constant Condition
  • Tolerance and Flexibility: Accommodating Change
  • Peak Periods: Exceptional Circumstances
  • Time and Priority: Sequence
  • Jurisdiction, Scope and Areal Coverage: Determinant Considerations
  • Resistance to Planning: Inevitable Reality
  • The Planning Imperative and Human Behavior
  • References and Selected Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 97-34746
LCC Class: HD87
Dewey Class: 658
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