Measuring Quality in Planning: Managing the Performance Process

✍ Scribed by Matthew Carmona, Louie Sieh

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 456
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book deals with one of the current major debates in planning: how to measure the quality and effectiveness of the output of the planning process. It deals with issues of defining quality, public sector management, the use of indicators and the planning process. Although case study material is drawn from UK practice this topic is universal and the authors include discussions of international practice and experience.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Figures......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 15
Part One Planning for quality......Page 17
1 Introduction-the research......Page 19
2 The question of quality......Page 30
3 Managing local government......Page 71
4 Measuring performance, the building blocks......Page 104
5 Planning performance in England, the story so far......Page 145
Part Two Measuring quality......Page 202
6 An analytical framework......Page 204
7 Practice in England......Page 219
8 An international perspective......Page 245
9 Innovation and measurement in England......Page 285
10 A new model of quality measurement in planning......Page 339
Appendix 1 The quality tools......Page 368
Appendix 2 Analysis of policy framework content in the case study authorities......Page 410
Notes......Page 421
Bibliography......Page 424
Index......Page 435