Explorations in Planning Theory by Luigi Mazza - 9780882851549

Explorations in Planning TheoryAuthor(s): Luigi Mazza\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Rutgers University Press, United States\nImprint: Rutgers University Press\nISBN-13: 9780882851549, 978-0882851549\nSynopsis\nWhat is this thing called planning? What is its domain? What do planners do? How do they talk? What are the limits and possibilities for planning imposed by power, politics, knowledge, technology, interpretation, ethics, and institutional design? In this comprehensive volume, the foremost voices in planning explore the foundational ideas and issues of the [url] in Planning Theory is an extended inquiry into the practice of the profession. As such, it is a landmark text that defines the field for today's planners and the next generation. As Seymour J. Mandelbaum notes in the introduction, \""the shared framework of these essays captures a pervasive interest in the behavior, values, character, and experience of professional planners at work.\""All of the chapters in this volume ar.