CITB01H3 Chapter 5: Week 5; The Process of Planning.pdf
Document Summary
Survey before plan; planning survey involves collecting necessary info abt land & ppl so begin w/ good knowledge base. Data abt bedrocks, soils, drainage, vegetation, land use, ownership; for making decision abt land capability & potential for dev. Pop characteristics (age/edu/ic/household composition/size) to judge demand for housing, infrastructure, local services. Plan generated lays out strategies that must be taken to achieve good dev; goals set, policy follow, tools used. By 1960s & 1970s model became elaborate; setting objs added to early stages, monitoring & evaluation extended process, feedback loops (process not linear), public participation. Planning process rational/logical process; involves empirical analysis, complete consideration of all possible options, selection of best possible option. Steps: define problem define goals & objs collect data analyze data describe alterns evaluate & select altern implement action monitor results evaluate progress redefine problem begin again. Public participation may occur@any step, reconsideration of prev step same case.
