Planning Theory in the 1980s: A Search for Future Directions

This volume represents the most current thinking on the course and direction of future planning. The collection of invited papers frorri the field's foremost experts are grouped by four key areas:

• Physical Planning In Change:The Role of Environmental Planning
• Social Planning In Change: PracticalApplications of Social Sensitivity
• Public Policy Planning In Change:Macroplannlng versus Local Control
• Economic Planning In Change: National Planning—Demand versus Supply Emphases

The concepts and practices embodied here here are key inputs for the planning practitioner and the academic.