Essential Methods for Planning Practitioners : Skills and Techniques for Data Analysis, Visualization, and Communication

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This book assembles and organizes a selected range of methods and techniques that every planning practitioner should know to be successful in the contemporary global urban landscape. The book is unique because it links different aspects of the planning/policy-making enterprise with the appropriate methods and approaches, thus contextualizing the use of specific methods and techniques within a sociopolitical and ethical framework. This volume familiarizes readers with the diverse range of methods, techniques, and skills that must be applied at different scales in dynamic workplace environments where planning policies and programs are developed and implemented. This book is an invaluable resource in helping new entrants to the planning discourse and profession set aside their own disciplinary biases and empowering them to use their expert knowledge to address societal concerns. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Planning as Storytelling (Laxmi Ramasubramanian, Jochen Albrecht)....Pages 1-13 Planning Challenges and the Challenges of Planning (Laxmi Ramasubramanian, Jochen Albrecht)....Pages 15-37 Case Studies (Laxmi Ramasubramanian, Jochen Albrecht)....Pages 39-77 Planning Grand (Laxmi Ramasubramanian, Jochen Albrecht)....Pages 79-86 Placemaking: Why Everything Is Local (Laxmi Ramasubramanian, Jochen Albrecht)....Pages 87-110 Civic Engagement (Laxmi Ramasubramanian, Jochen Albrecht)....Pages 111-128 Implementation (Laxmi Ramasubramanian, Jochen Albrecht)....Pages 129-141 Epilogue (Laxmi Ramasubramanian, Jochen Albrecht)....Pages 143-151 Back Matter ....Pages 153-157