Binding: Paperback
Description: Instead of seeking theory to justify practical professional judgments this book describes how professionals can and should use theory to guide these judgments. Professional spatial planning in the US and globally continues to suffer from a weak conceptual grasp of its own practice. Practitioners routinely recognize the value and wisdom of practical judgment finely attuned to context nuance and complexity; but later offer banal testimony and glib stories of just so best - practice discrediting the ambiguity of their own experience. The chapters in this book provide a vocabulary tailored to the conventions of practical judgment challenging students and practitioners to treat professional expertise as work in progress rather than best practice. Instead of seeking theory to justify practical professional judgments Hoch describes how professionals can and should use theory to guide these judgments. The pragmatist plan helps cope with complexity rather than control it making it invaluable in the anyone's pursuit of a planning career. This book will appeal to a wide cross section of students and scholars especially those working in urban planning public policy and government.
Title: Pragmatic Spatial Planning Practial Theory For Professionals
Author(s): Hoch Charles
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367075392
Pages: 196 Pages, 3 Tables, Black And White; 2 Line Drawings, Black And White; 10 Halftones, Black And Whit
Publication Date: 7/11/2019
Category: Urban & Municipal Planning