Unified development: towards a new paradigm for planning
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Marsay, Andrew
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2019-10-04T15:11:05Z
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2019-10-04T15:11:05Z
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1979
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This thesis advances the notion of a new paradigm for
planning. This idea is based on the belief that many of the
problems faced by the planning institutions in Britain result
from the limitations of a fragmentary physical definition of
environmental problems. The importance of the socio-political
and personal dimensions of the environment is gaining currency
not only among critics of the planning system but among a
broad spectrum of writers concerned with the future generally.
Using as its starting point the crisis of planning in
Britain, the thesis attempts to outline the significance and
meaning of a new paradigm. The problems facing the planning
system are located within a far wider context by means of a
survey of the "World Problematique". Theoretical support
for the notion of a new paradigm is then presented. Finally ,
the practical viability cf the new paradigm is illust rated by
reference to some aspects of the Tennessee Valley Authority
regional development project.
The thesis does not advocate the rejection of planning
as it i s currently practised but suggests that by recognising
the essential unity of developments in the personal, sociopolitical
and physical dimensions of the environment , new insights and responses to existing problems may become apparent .
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http://hdl.handle.net/1842/36204
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dc.publisher
The University of Edinburgh
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dc.subject
Planning
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dc.title
Unified development: towards a new paradigm for planning
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Thesis or Dissertation
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dc.type.qualificationlevel
Masters
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dc.type.qualificationname
MPhil Master of Philosophy
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