Planning Under Pressure (Urban and Regional Planning Series)

by Allen Hickling (Author), JohnFriend (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2004

  $70.95

  Offers managers, planners, consultants and students a comprehensive guide to the Strategic Choice Approach. Starting from basic principles, this book uses diagrams and explanations to demonstrate practical ways of approaching daunting decision problems; of devising possible ways forward; and of working effectively towards agreed courses of action.

• Used

  Paperback
  1997

  $3.27

  'Planning Under Pressure' offers a versatile and practical set of planning methods for collaborative decision making, which is ideally suited for reaching decisions in conditions of uncertainty. This approach is equally valid for planning and development decisions in local government and strategic business planning. When 'Planning Under Pressure' appeared in 1987, it was the first mature exposition of the Strategic Choice Approach. Since then, the approach has been gathering support among decision makers, while also becoming widely taught in management, planning and policy schools. The second edition reflects the diverse range of contexts in which the Strategic Choice Approach is now put to work: management, urban planning, public policy making, community action, and sustainable development in third world countries. New material includes a chapter on the role of software, and coverage of recent theoretical advances.