Evaluation in planning : facing the challenge of complexity / edited by Nathaniel Lichfield ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lichfield, Nathaniel.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

GeoJournal library ; v. 47.

GeoJournal library ; v. 47

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space in economics--Congresses.

Space in economics.

Regional planning--Congresses.

Regional planning.

Evaluation research (Social action programs)--Congresses.

Evaluation research (Social action programs).

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

x, 383 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1998]

Contents:

Introduction: Trends in planning evaluation: A British perspective / N. Lichfield 1

Part I Emerging Issues for Evaluation Theory

Conservation of cultural and natural heritage. Evaluation for good governance and democratic control / L. Fusco Girard 25

Economics and ecological sustainability. An actor-network approach to evaluation / P. Soderbaum 51

Dealing with environmental conflicts in evaluation. Cognitive complexity and scale problems / A. Barbanente, D. Borri, S. Concilio, S. Macchi, E. Scandurra 73

The communicative turn in planning and evaluation / A. Khakee 97

The communicative ideology and ex ante planning evaluation / H. Voogd 113

Regulation through the development plan: an evaluation / A. D. Hull 127

Part II Perspectives in Evaluation Methods

Integrated planning and environmental impact assessment / D. Lichfield 151

Sustainability indicators in urban planning evaluation. A new classification system based on multimodal thinking / P.L. Lombardi 177

Cultural heritage and the urban revitalisation: a meta-analytic approach to urban sustainability / F. Bizzarro, P. Nijkamp 193

Evaluation and equity in economic policies for environmental planning / M.L. Clemente, G. Maciocco, G. Marchi, F. Pace, F. Selicato, C. Torre 213

On the evaluation of "wicked problems". Guidelines for integrating qualitative and quantitative factors in environmental policy analysis / H. Glasser 229

Evaluation in the digital age / M. Batty 251

Part III Linking Practice to Theory

Linking ex ante and ex post evaluation in British town planning / N. Lichfield, A. Prat 283

Evaluation in Israeli spatial planning. Theory vs. practice / E.R. Alexander 299

Developments in transport appraisal in Britain / C. Nash 311

Managing uncertainty in the evaluation process: A legal perspective / D. Millichap 329

Towards the economic evaluation of British land use planning / J.T. Corkindale 343.

Notes:

Papers from a workshop on "Evaluation in theory and practice in spatial planning" held at University College, London in September 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0792351770

OCLC:

39235641