The Planner's Use of Information - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138585033 ISBN 13: 9781138585034

Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

For more than 35 years, planners have depended on The Planner's Use of Information to help them address their information needs. While the ability to manage complex information skillfully remains central to the practice of planning, the variety and quantity of information have ballooned in the last two decades. The methods of accessing and handling information––although often ultimately easier and faster––require new technical savvy. At the same time, planners themselves, and the constituents they serve, have changed.

This completely revised and updated third edition of this popular book will serve the new generation of planners who work in a world where social media, cell phones, community-embedded development, and a changing population have revolutionized the practice of planning. Edited again by Hemalata C. Dandekar, with chapters by leading experts in data collection, analysis, presentation, and management, The Planner's Use of Information empowers practitioners to use and address the impacts of twenty-first-century technologies. The book offers a range of methods for addressing many kinds of information needs in myriad situations. It is an invaluable day-to-day resource for practicing planners and an ideal classroom text for courses in planning communication and analytical methods. Illustrations, real-life examples, cartoons, exercises, bibliographies, and lists of online resources enrich the text.

About this title

About the Author:

Hemalata C. Dandekar, PhD, is Professor and former Department Head of City and Regional Planning, California Polytechnic State University, Vice Chair and Planning Commissioner, City of San Luis Obispo, and a licensed architect in California. Her scholarly works include books and articles on planning methods, housing, urbanization, and rural and international development. She is Professor Emerita, University of Michigan and Arizona State University, where she was Director, School of Planning and Landscape Architecture.

Review:

"This edition significantly upgrades the previous edition, incorporating advances in planning like team building, the growing importance of technology in planning, and creating physical concepts. The focus on process throughout the new material ensures that readers know basic concepts as well as how to use it to achieve desired outcomes." –Jesse Saginor, AICP, Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Florida Atlantic University, USA

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1138585033
• ISBN 13: 9781138585034
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 354
• Editor: Dandekar Hemalata C.