Planning Processes In Developing Countries

Textbook, including case studies, on urban planning in some Asian developing countries - covers urban development policy, new towns, urban renewal, growth poles for rural development, housing, urban traffic and urban transport schemes and health services for slum squatters. Map and references.

Textbook on social planning in developing countries - analyses nature of social planning (incl. Social policy, social reform and basic needs approach), its role in national level development planning, project design, social participation, the social services, etc., and discusses information needs, skills and organisation relationships. Bibliography pp. 212 to 215.

The status of planning: an overview; Models and policy: the dialogue between model builder and planner; Theoretical foundations and technical implications; Quantitative foundations and implications of planning processes; Intersectoral consistency and macroeconomic planning; The foreign trade sector in planning models; Employment and human capital formation; Planning models, shadow prices, and project evaluation; Planning for multiple goals; Interindustry planning models for a multiregional economy; Planning with economies os scale; Substitution and nonlinearities in planning models.