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The Oakland Drive Neighborhood City Of Kalamazoo, Michigan: A Study Of Neighborhood Planning, Karl Francis Freed

Masters Theses

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Social Problems And Collaborative Planning: Toward A Theory And Model Of Social Planning, Marjorie M. Ille

Dissertations and Theses

The concern of this dissertation is planning theory and practice; its purpose is to make planning more responsive to the problems of the city. The premise that the study is built on is that social planning must be in harmony with the nature of its subject matter, and that social problems is its subject matter. The supposition is that if we grasp the nature of social problems and build planning theory and practice on these insights, planning efforts will be more relevant and more effective.

The approach is a theoretical one; social problems are the starting point. After urban problems--and …

A Regional Approach To Solid Waste Management In Oxford County, Ian Smith

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Between Urban Structure And Human Behaviour: An Exploratory Investigation, John Mark Mccash Jr.

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Recognition of the limitations of previous explanations of urban spatial structure due to their implicit assumptions concerning human behaviour in conjunction with the desire to present a framework more conducive to the answering of socially relevant urban problems, has led to this study’s use of an exploratory methodology within which to investigate the phenomena of urban spatial structure. The overall purpose is to investigate the relationships between both the structural and behavioural components of urban spatial structure which will possibly lead to greater levels of understanding of the complex processes which give rise to our present urban environments. To achieve …