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  2. Planning - Wikipedia

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    Planning and goal setting are important traits of an organization. It is done at all levels of the organization. Planning includes the plan, the thought process, action, and implementation. Planning gives more power over the future. Planning is deciding in advance what to do, how to do it, when to do it, and who should do it.

  3. Theories of urban planning - Wikipedia

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    The term advocacy planning was coined by Paul Davidoff in his influential 1965 paper, "Advocacy and Pluralism in Planning" which acknowledged the political nature of planning and urged planners to acknowledge that their actions are not value-neutral and encouraged minority and underrepresented voices to be part of planning decisions. [88]

  4. Economic planning - Wikipedia

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    Economic planning is a resource allocation mechanism based on a computational procedure for solving a constrained maximization problem with an iterative process for obtaining its solution. Planning is a mechanism for the allocation of resources between and within organizations contrasted with the market mechanism.

  5. Wicked problem - Wikipedia

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    The choice of explanation determines the nature of the problem's resolution. The social planner has no right to be wrong (i.e., planners are liable for the consequences of the actions they generate). Conklin later generalized the concept of problem wickedness to areas other than planning and policy; Conklin's defining characteristics are: [7]

  6. Rational planning model - Wikipedia

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    The rational planning model is used in planning and designing neighborhoods, cities, and regions. It has been central in the development of modern urban planning and transportation planning . The model has many limitations, particularly the lack of guidance on involving stakeholders and the community affected by planning, and other models of ...

  7. Strategic planning - Wikipedia

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    Strategic planning is a process and thus has inputs, activities, outputs and outcomes. This process, like all processes, has constraints. It may be formal or informal and is typically iterative, with feedback loops throughout the process.

  8. Participatory planning - Wikipedia

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    A community engaged in a participatory planning project. Participatory planning is an urban planning paradigm that seeks to involve the community of an area in the urban planning of that area. It's a way for communities to work together to identify and address problems and to create a plan to achieve a desired socio-economic goal.

  9. History of urban planning - Wikipedia

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    The plan resulted in large areas of dense urban city blocks known as 'blockrand structures', with mixed-use buildings reaching to the street and offering a common-used courtyard, later often overbuilt with additional court structures to house more people. Planning and architecture continued its paradigm shift at the turn of the 20th century.