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Klappentext "Wide-ranging, significant, and readable...It will earn respect in non-academics as well as academic circles. A first-rate job."—Lloyd Rodwin Zusammenfassung Recounts the histories of five planning disasters and two near-disasters and analyzes the decisions of the professional bureaucrats, community activists, and politicians involved in the planning process. This book includes an introduction which reflects on the moral planners that citizens should draw from them. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables List of Figures Preface Introduction to the American Edition 1. Overview PART ONE: CASE STUDIES 2. London's Third Airport 3. London's Motorways 4. THe Anglo-French Concorde 5. San Francisco's BART System 6. Sydney's Opera House 7. Two Near-Disasters: California's New Campuses and Britain's National Library PART TWO: ANALYSIS 8. Approaching the Problem 9. The Actors: (1) The Community 10. The Actors: (2) The Bureaucracy 11. The Actors: (3) The Politicians 12. The Actors in Concert 13. Towards Perscription Notes Reference Index
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Recounts the histories of five planning disasters and two near-disasters and analyzes the decisions of the professional bureaucrats, community activists, and politicians involved in the planning process. This book includes an introduction which reflects on the moral planners that citizens should draw from them.
