Search for dissertations about: "planning theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 365 swedish dissertations containing the words planning theory.

2. 1. Democracy and Planning : Contested Meanings in Theory and Practice

   Author : Sherif Zakhour; Jonathan Metzger; Maria Håkansson; Philip Allmendinger; Andy Inch; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Democracy; Democratic theory; Planning; Public participation; Demokrati; Demokratiteori; Planering; Medborgardeltagande; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis; Urbana och regionala studier; Urban and Regional Studies;

   Abstract : "Democracy" is a frequently used concept in the Western planning field. Scholars, practitioners, and citizens alike regularly deploy it to both explain and contest the nature and legitimacy of urban governance. And yet, in the planning literature, the concept of democracy itself is rarely explained or debated. READ MORE

4. 2. Making Sense of Integrated Planning : Challenges to Urban and Transport Planning Processes in Sweden

   Author : Patrik Tornberg; Göran Cars; Karolina Isaksson; Maria Håkansson; Tim Richardson; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; urban planning; transport planning; integrated planning; communicative planning; sensemaking; perspectives; coordination;

   Abstract : The shaping of spatial structures at the urban, regional and national levels involves numerous kinds of actors and planning activities. In recent years, calls for crosssectoral coordination and integrated planning approaches echo extensively across different fields of planning. READ MORE

5. 3. Planning in the 'New Reality' : Strategic Elements and Approaches in Swedish Municipalities

   Author : Charlotta Fredriksson; Göran Cars; Raine Mäntysalo; KTH; []
   Keywords : planning theory; planning practice; municipality; region; comprehensive planning; strategic planning; forum-arena-court; case study; planeringsteori; planeringens praktik; kommun; region; översiktsplanering; strategisk planering; forum-arena-court; fallstudie;

   Abstract : Central to this dissertation is a discourse in contemporary Swedish planning practice referred to as the ‘new reality’. The name of this discourse reflects the notion that planning practice interprets the conditions of today as differing from those which occurred previously. READ MORE

6. 4. Efficient Bayesian Planning

   Author : Divya Grover; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; POMDP; Partially Observable MDP; Planning; Bayesian Reinforcement Learning;

   Abstract : Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a long-studied and yet very active field of research. The list of things differentiating humans from AI grows thinner but the dream of an artificial general intelligence remains elusive. READ MORE

7. 5. Urban Planning Participation: Linking Practice and Theory

   Author : Björn Malbert; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; sustainable urban development; complexity; local Agenda 21; shared-power situations; urban design and planning; reflective practice and research; strategic choice approach; uncertainty and conflicts in urban planning; communicative planning theory; participatory decision-making; tasks and roles of planners; planning methodology;

   Abstract : Continuing efforts to apply, at the local level, the Agenda 21 mandate of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, in 1992, provide good illustrations of problems typical in contemporary public planning and decision-making in many European countries. The claims for participatory decision-making and the coordination of decision and action among diverse actors and stakeholders constitute challenges to established public planning systems. READ MORE