Resources and Planning

Resources and Planning focuses on the trends, approaches, techniques, and emergence of new concepts in geography, as well as the use of models in planning endeavors.

The selection first offers information on planning education and practice, including systems models and inner cities dilemma. The book also examines planning processes and mathematical modeling in land use planning. Topics include general assessment and development of urban modeling; extensions and developments of the gravity model; essential dualism of knowledge and action; science and design as problem-solving processes; and planning processes as social learning.

The manuscript ponders on zone definition in spatial modeling and patterns of information use in planning, including problems and alternative approaches to zone system design. The text also concentrates on maps as source materials; quantitative developments in geography and planning in a practical reasoning framework; human's impact on climate with particular reference to energy balance changes; and climate and town planning.

The book is a fine reference for readers interested in geography, particularly the trends, techniques, and approaches used in this discipline.

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Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Preface
Section I. Overview
Chapter 1 Planning: A Geographer's View
Chapter 2 On Planning Processes
Section II. Scientific Bases of Planning
Chapter 3 Mathematical Modelling in Land Use Planning
Chapter 4 Zone Definition in Spatial Modelling
Chapter 5 Patterns of Information Use in Planning
Chapter 6 Maps as Source Material
Chapter 7 Quantitative Developments in Geography and Planning in a Practical Reasoning Framework
Section III. Investigating the Resource Base
Chapter 8 Terrain Evaluation
Chapter 9 Man's Impact on Climate with Particular Reference to Energy Balance Changes at the Earth's Surface
Chapter 10 Climate and Town Planning
Chapter 11 Resource Evaluation: The Recreational Potential of Forests
Chapter 12 Landscape Perceptions
Section IV. Components of the Planning System
Chapter 13 Provision of Sites for Touring Caravans
Chapter 14 Accessibility, Mobility and Shopping Provision
Chapter 15 A Method for Investigating Consumer Preferences for Certain Transport Policy Alternatives
Chapter 16 Public Resource Allocation: Spatial Inputs and Social Outcomes
Author index
Subject index