Record Detail Back
Planning with Complexity
- Share to:
The book you have in your hand culminates a journey that began over forty years ago (though time may show it is merely a way station). The journey mirrors developments in planning and policy making during that time – the effort to integrate theory and practice, the search for more effective ways to conduct policy, and the growing role of collaboration. This journey began in 1967 when author Innes was a student at MIT in Urban Studies and Planning. She took a class from Jack Howard, the respected founder of the department and planning consultant for the Boston Redevelopment Authority. In that capacity he had advised the city to tear down the urban village in Boston’s West End which inspired another colleague, Herbert Gans to write a book (Gans 1962) that dis- credited the redevelopment idea. Howard’s course offered a list of “best practices” for land use planning, which he compiled into large notebooks for students. At the end of the class he told students that he had given them the best that he knew about practice but, he added with tears in his eyes, his generation of planners had failed. He hoped that ours would do better. At that moment Innes decided that it would be her project to find a new mode of practice. She tossed out the notebook and began her search.
At about the same time, Booher was a student at the University of Tennessee, involved as an activist in the civil rights movement, as well as in the free speech and anti- Vietnam war movements. He helped start the University of Tennessee chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and served as its president. During this time he found himself negotiating among university administrators and other student activists to prevent violent confrontations during free speech activities. This was the beginning of his evolution through many professional roles to his current one as designer and facilitator of collaborative processes. Throughout his career he has sought to understand his experiences and the frustrating challenges of trying to get something accomplished.
Judith E. Innes and David E. Booher - Personal Name
1st Edtion
0-203-86430-1
NONE
Planning with Complexity
Management
English
Routledge
2010
USA
1-254
LOADING LIST...
LOADING LIST...