The Routledge Handbook of Planning Research Methods (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Silva, Elisabete A.; Broeck, Pieter van den; Harris, Neil; Healey, Patsy

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Routledge Handbook of Planning Research Methods is an expansive look at the traditions, methods, and challenges of research design and research projects in contemporary urban planning. Through case studies, an international group of researchers, planning practitioners, and planning academics and educators, all recognized authorities in the field, provide accounts of designing and implementing research projects from different approaches and venues. This book shows how to apply quantitative and qualitative methods to projects, and how to take your research from the classroom to the real world. The book is structured into sections focusing on

Beginning planning research

Research design and development

Rediscovering qualitative methods

New advances in quantitative methods

Turning research into action

With chapters written by leading scholars in spatial planning, The Routledge Handbook of Planning Research Methods is the most authoritative and comprehensive handbook on the topic, providing both established and ground breaking coverage of spatial planning research methods. The book is an invaluable resource for undergraduate and graduate level students, young professionals and practitioners in urban, regional, and spatial planning.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 572
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317917038
• Artikelnr.: 41501312

Autorenporträt

Elisabete A. Silva is a Senior Lecturer in Spatial Planning at the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, UK. Her research interests focus on the application of dynamic urban models to urban planning (in particular GIS, CA, and ABM models). She is the co-author of A Planner's Encounter with Complexity (Ashgate 2011) and editor of the journal Urban Design and Planning. Patsy Healey is Professor Emeritus in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, at Newcastle University, UK. She is the author of several widely read books in the planning field, and is particularly known for her work on collaborative planning processes. Recent books include Urban Complexity and Spatial Strategy-Making (Routledge 2007) and Making Better Places (Palgrave Macmillan 2010). Neil Harris is a Senior Lecturer in the Cardiff School of Planning and Geography, UK. He has engaged in both academic research and consultancy projects for government, professional bodies, and charities. He completed his professional planning education and doctorate at Cardiff and is a Chartered Town Planner. Pieter Van den Broeck is a Postdoctoral Researcher at KU Leuven, Belgium, and a Spatial Planner for the planning firm OMGEVING. His current research interests are in institutionalist planning theory, planning instruments and planning systems, territorial development through social innovation, and planning for sustainable development.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Personal reflections on research careers; Chapter 1.1 Introduction
Patsy Healey; Chapter 1.2 Learning the Craft of Research
Patsy Healey; Chapter 1.3 Shifting between Academia and Practice
Neil Harris; Chapter 1.4 Research Methodology and My Life
Mee Kam Ng; Chapter 1.5 It Takes more than just Looking to Make a Difference
Heather Campbell; Chapter 1.6 The Life-Changing Transitions of an Academic Research Career
Elisabete A. Silva; Chapter 1.7 Learning the Craft of Academic Writing
John Forester; Part 2 The craft of research; Chapter 2.1 Introduction
Patsy Healey; Chapter 2.2 Research Design
Jacques du Toit; Chapter 2.3 Planning Research Ethics
Huw Thomas
Francesco Lo Piccolo; Chapter 2.4 What can We Learn from France?
Philip Booth; Chapter 2.5 Towards Social Holism
Frank Moulaert
Abid Mehmood; Chapter 2.6 Refutation and the Knowledge Base of Urban Planning
Chris Webster; Chapter 2.7 Inquiry and Design for Spatial Planning
Pier Carlo Palermo
Davide Ponzini; Part 3 Working within a qualitative tradition; Chapter 3.1 Rediscovering Qualitative Research
Pieter Van den Broeck; Chapter 3.2 Analysing Qualitative Data
Robert Mark Silverman; Chapter 3.3 Researching Community Engagement in Post-1997 Hong Kong
Mee Kam Ng; Chapter 3.4 Planning for the Place
Sandra Lee Pinel; Chapter 3.5 Researching Professional Perspectives in Practice
Maria Håkansson; Chapter 3.6 Analysing Cartographic Representations in Spatial Planning
Stefanie Dühr; Chapter 3.7 Urban Morphology and Cultural Expressions
Gabriela Quintana Vigiola; Chapter 3.8 A Value-Oriented Approach to Discursive Analysis of Urban and Regional Planning
W.W. Buunk
L.M.C. van der Weide; Chapter 3.9 Imagination as a Method for Generating Knowledge about Possible Urban Futures
Diane Davis
Tali Hatuka; Chapter 3.10 From Wicked Problems to Elusive Planning
Mahyar Arefi; Part 4 Working within a quantitative tradition; Chapter 4.1 Quantitative Methods' Expertise - A Diverse Landscape in Europe and Around the World
Elisabete A. Silva; Chapter 4.2 Thinking Spatially
Thinking Statistically
Robert Haining; Chapter 4.3 Indicators and Spatial Planning
Cecilia Wong; Chapter 4.4 Measuring Space
José P. Reis
Elisabete A. Silva
Paulo Pinho; Chapter 4.5 Regression Analysis in Planning Research
Helen Bao; Chapter 4.6 Spatial Econometrics in Practice
Pedro Pires de Matos; Chapter 4.7 Planning Support Systems (PSS) as Research Instruments
Stan Geertman; Chapter 4.8 Geoprocessing and Spatial Planning
Jorge Xavier da Silva
Tiago Badre Marino
Maria Hilde de Barros Goes; Chapter 4.9 Spatial Simulation and the Real World
Claudia Yamu
Andreas Voigt
Pierre Frankhauser; Chapter 4.10 Spatial Data Infrastructures for Spatial Planning Research
Max Craglia; Chapter 4.11 Urban Sprawl and Region Building
Gu Chaolin; Part 5 Methodology in action; Chapter 5.1 Methodology in Action
Neil Harris; Chapter 5.2 Research Impact
Simin Davoudi; Chapter 5.3 Enabling Transdisciplinary Research on Social Cohesion in the City
Davide Cassinari
Frank Moulaert; Chapter 5.4 Researching for Policy Relevance
Deborah Peel
Greg Lloyd; Chapter 5.5 Using the Case Study Approach to Inform Planning Practice and Research in Africa
James Duminy; Chapter 5.6 Urban Master Planning in China
Guanzeng Zhang
Baoyu Wang
Xinyan Jiang; Chapter 5.7 Conceptual and Epistemic Uncertainty in Planning
Anders Törnqvist; Chapter 5.8 Cost-Benefit Analysis in Participatory Planning
Tore Sager; Chapter 5.9 The Strategic Use of the Charrette Process for Applied Research
Zeenat Kotval-K
John R. Mullin; Chapter 5.10 Engaging and Educating Young People in Sustainable Development
Angela Million
Patricia Machemer
Zenia Kotval;