Pragmatic Spatial Planning

Instead of seeking theory to justify practical professional judgments this book describes how professionals can and should use theory to guide these judgments. Professional spatial planning in the US and globally continues to suffer from a weak conceptual grasp of its own practice. Practitioners routinely recognize the value and wisdom of practical judgment finely attuned to context nuance and complexity; but later offer banal testimony and glib stories of Ôjust soÕ best-practice discrediting the ambiguity of their own experience. The chapters in this book provide a vocabulary tailored to the conventions of practical judgment challenging students and practitioners to treat professional expertise as work in progress rather than ÔbestÕ practice. Instead of seeking theory to justify practical professional judgments Hoch describes how professionals can and should use theory to guide these judgments. The pragmatist plan helps cope with complexity rather than control it making it invaluable in the anyoneÕs pursuit of a planning career. This book will appeal to a wide cross section of students and scholars especially those working in urban planning public policy and government.

Paperback: 204 pages

Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (July 13 2019)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0367075393

ISBN-13: 978-0367075392

Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches

Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces