Planning Theories
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Examples are synoptic, incremental, advocacy, transactive, or radical
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A discussion regarding planning theories including examples such as synoptic, incremental, advocacy, transactive and radical. 256 words, 1 reference.
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Synoptic
- It is also called the rational comprehensive approach and is the most dominate planning theory.
- It typically looks at problems from a systems point of view and uses conceptual and mathematical approaches (HubPages, 2013).
- It has a heavy reliance on numbers and data .
Incremental
- In this theory the "extent of action is decided by adding an incremental change in the desired direction to status quo" (HubPages, ...
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