Cities and Complexity: Making Intergovernmental Decisions

by Karen Stromme Christensen

Planners hate uncertainty. The objective of their work is to devise a course of action that will reduce uncertainty on a public scale. However, complicated intergovernmental systems often make their work complex and difficult. The planning profession is founded in quandries: How can we know the future? What is the public interest? How can we know which values are right? What is the relationship between means and ends? This book addresses the mismatch...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761911650
• ISBN13: 9780761911654
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.2"