Systems thinking and decision making in urban and environmental planning [electronic resource] / Anastássios Perdicoúlis.
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TextPublication details: Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2010Description: 1 online resource (ix, 182 p.) : illISBN: 9781781000861 (e-book)Subject(s): City planning -- Decision making | Environmental protection -- Planning -- Decision makingGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 711.12 LOC classification: HT166 | .P47 2010Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-176) and index.
Introduction -- Systems thinking -- Decision making -- Diagramming techniques -- New plans -- Existing plans -- Simulations.
In this path-breaking book, Anastássios Perdicoúlis progresses the conception and expression of the planning problem as an 'extended mental model'. In doing so he concisely expresses the essential elements of strategic planning (conditions, objectives, action) in a visual form which both stimulates and clearly communicates reasoning. As a result, concerns, defined objectives, and corresponding actions are uniquely linked. He goes on to illustrate how the structural and functional organization of the target system extends naturally into the planning process, and how decision-making therefore becomes based on systems learning.
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