Evaluation in the Planning Process examines the role of evaluation in the overall planning process and the implications of evaluation for the organization and management of studies. Emphasis is placed on the nature of evaluation and the functions it should fulfill in the urban and regional planning process, as well as the interrelationships that should exist between evaluation and other planning activities.
This book consists of 12 chapters organized into three sections. The first section focuses on principles governing the use of evaluation in the planning process and includes a model of general urban and regional planning. Various methods that are available for evaluating planning proposals are considered, with emphasis on the social cost-benefit approach and the planning balance sheet method. The chapters that follow explore the role of measurement in plan evaluation and review seven planning studies to critically examine UK experience in the application of evaluation methods to urban and regional planning problems. This book concludes by presenting the principles and guidelines for the short-listing of options and assessing the influence of various practical circumstances on the planning process. Some final recommendations on the organization and structure of the planning process, and the nature and role of evaluation within it, are offered.
This book is intended for specialists, planners, and those who are engaged in the task of aiding decisions on urban and regional planning problems. This text will appeal especially to those who are concerned with formulating planning processes and with the management of studies.

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Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Part I. Principles Governing the Use of Evaluation in the Planning Process
Chapter 1. Evaluation and Planning
1.1. Planning and Welfare
1.2. Meaning and Role of Evaluation
1.3. Some Limitations of Recent Practice
Chapter 2. The Planning Process
2.1. A Model of a General Planning Process
2.2. Goals, Problems, and Objectives in the Planning Process
2.3. The Use of Objectives in Planning and Evaluation Select Bibliography
Chapter 3. Evaluation in the Planning Process
3.1. Linkages between Evaluation and Other Planning Activities
3.2. Generation of Alternatives
3.3. An Example of Evaluation-Associated Linkages: Accessibility Benefits
Chapter 4. Current Methods of Plan Evaluation
4.1. A Review of Current Methods
4.2. The Rationale for Planning Balance Sheet Analysis
Chapter 5. A Comparison of the Planning Balance Sheet with the Goals-Achievement Matrix Method of Evaluation
5.1. Origins and Development of the Methods
5.2. The Methods and Central Issues in Evaluation
5.3. Summary and Concluding Observations
Chapter 6. Measurement in Plan Evaluation
6.1. The Role of Measurement
6.2. The Use of Urban Development Models for Evaluation
Part II. An Exploration and Critique of Recent Evaluation Practice
Introduction
Chapter 7. Regional Studies
Grangemouth/Falkirk (October 1964-December 1966)
7.1. Background
7.2. Selection of the Preferred Urban Development Strategy
7.3. Evaluation in the Planning Process of the Grangemouth/Falkirk Study
7.4. Conclusions on the Grangemouth/Falkirk Study
West Midland Regional Study (February 1968-October 1972)
7.5. Background
7.6. The Adopted Planning Process in Outline
7.7. The Planning Process in More Detail
7.8. Evaluation in the Planning Process of the West Midland Regional Study
7.9. Conclusions on the West Midland Regional Study
Chapter 8. Sub-Regional Studies
Nottinghamshire-Derbyshire (June 1968-September 1969)
8.1. Purpose of the Study and Terms of Reference
8.2. Approach to the Study
8.3. Evaluation in the Planning Process of the Nottinghamshire-Derbyshire Study
8.4. Concluding Observations on the Nottinghamshire-Derbyshire Study
Coventry-Solihull-Warwickshire (September 1968-May 1971)
8.5. Purpose of the Study
8.6. Approach to the Study
8.7. Evaluation in the Planning Process of the Coventry-Solihull-Warwickshire Study
8.8. Concluding Observations on the Coventry-Solihull-Warwickshire Study
Appendix I. Objectives for the Strategy in the Nottinghamshire-Derbyshire Study
Appendix II. Concepts Used during the First Cycle of Design in the Nottinghamshire-Derbyshire Study
Chapter 9. An Urban Structure Plan Study: Brighton (March 1970-March 1974)
9.1. Background
9.2. The Team's Approach to the Study
9.3. Evaluation in the Planning Process of the Brighton Study
9.4. Concluding Observations on the Brighton Study
Chapter 10. A New Town Study: Irvine (September 1968-January 1971)
10.1. Background
10.2. Approach to the Revision of the Wilson Proposals
10.3. Evaluation in the Planning Process of the Irvine Study
10.4. Concluding Observations on the Irvine Study
Appendix. The Development Corporation's Objectives for the Irvine New Town Plan
Chapter 11. A Major Project: Third London Airport (June 1968-December 1970)
11.1. Background
11.2. The Commission's Site-selection Process
11.3. Summary of Findings
Part III. Implications for Planning Procedures
Introduction
Chapter 12. Recommendations for Short-listing Procedures and the Assessment of Options
12.1. Short-listing Procedures
12.2. Circumstances Affecting the Choice between Plan-Making Strategies
12.3. Some Final Recommendations
Epilogue
Appendix. Working Papers Prepared during the Research Project
Name Index
Subject Index